Bill Kling vs. Matt Moore — Career Comparison

Bill Kling
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Moore
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Matt Moore built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Kling as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Moore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.39 and WHIP 1.405 compared to 5.17 and 1.701 for Bill Kling. By the career numbers, Matt Moore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kling and Matt Moore

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.55
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.91
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.93
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.29
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.56
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.52
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.17
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4.39
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3428
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1142.2
9
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.17
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1097
8.64
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
1.18
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.14
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.83
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.18
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
3.41
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1053
8.29
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.839
0.839
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.54
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.32
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
42.62
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4961
39.07
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.62
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.39
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
7.97
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
4.73
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.24
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.64
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.701
1.701
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
38.07
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4373
34.44
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.62
42.62
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.07
39.07

Fielding Stats for Bill Kling and Matt Moore

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.58
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.91
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.29
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
27
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3428
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
9
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1142.2
9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.32
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.48
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.94
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.68
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.35
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.58
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.26
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.57
93.57
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.434
0.434
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kling and Matt Moore

Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
16
218.18
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
369
1892.31
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
600
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
36
490.91
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
533.33
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.15
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.15
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
52.91
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
2.83
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
122.73
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.15
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
204.55
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
11
56.41
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
25.64
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
25.64
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
51.28
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
60.67
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.82
-24.72
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.26
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
47
241.03
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.8
8.8
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2.49
2.49
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
1.6
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
56.41
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.38
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Moore
Career
Per 600 PA