Steve Kline vs. Bill Phyle — Career Comparison

Steve Kline
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Phyle
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Phyle built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Kline as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Kline posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 3.96 and 1.500 for Bill Phyle. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Kline and Bill Phyle

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
10.5
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.45
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.51
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.58
46.58
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.48
34.48
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.78
83.78
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.92
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.51
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.51
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
3.96
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2047
27
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682.1
9
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
649
8.56
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
10.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.79
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
3.89
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.91
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.63
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
6.5
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
2.48
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.5
6.5
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.599
0.599
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.34
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2940
38.78
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
39.65
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.05
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.86
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
6.34
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.44
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.08
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567
33.86
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1112
36.35
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.65
39.65

Fielding Stats for Steve Kline and Bill Phyle

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
10.5
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.16
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2047
27
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682.1
9
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.49
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.07
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.46
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
2.04
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.65
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
1.95
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
3.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.48
95.48
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.89
91.89
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.186
0.186
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.881
2.881
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.59
35.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Kline and Bill Phyle

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
796
26533.33
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
61
190.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
600
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
14
466.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
568.75
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
100
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
81.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
15.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
18.75
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
14.38
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.95
27.98
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
121.88
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
128.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
78.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
5.64
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.07
25.23
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
200
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
93.75
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
6.4
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100