Steve Kline vs. Robbie Ray — Career Comparison

Steve Kline
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Robbie Ray
MillenialTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Robbie Ray 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. Robbie Ray led in strikeout rate (K%+ 132 vs 68), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 102 vs 91), and run prevention (ERA+ 102 vs 97). Steve Kline held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 144 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Robbie Ray.

Pitching Stats for Steve Kline and Robbie Ray

Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
10.5
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
1.66
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.51
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.58
46.58
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.07
52.07
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.49
98.49
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.51
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.51
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
631
3.94
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2047
27
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4323
27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
682.1
9
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1441
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
649
8.56
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1250
7.81
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.79
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.35
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
3.89
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
608
3.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.63
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
6.5
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1734
10.83
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.83
10.83
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.34
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.32
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2940
38.78
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6097
38.08
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.05
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.86
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
4.21
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.44
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.08
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.384
1.384
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2567
33.86
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5379
33.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Steve Kline and Robbie Ray

Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
10.5
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
1.66
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2047
27
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4323
27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
682.1
9
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1441
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.49
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.22
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.46
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.81
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.04
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
1.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.95
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.04
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.48
95.48
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.186
0.186
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.626
0.626
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.49
98.49
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Kline and Robbie Ray

Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
796
26533.33
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
267
597.76
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
268
600
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
14
466.67
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
530.6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
76.12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
60.45
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
13.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15.67
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
14.38
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.76
15.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
96.27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
85.07
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
24.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
20.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
42.54
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
5.64
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.01
2.27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.96
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
116
259.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
58.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.72
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA