Bob Kline

Robert George Kline (Junior)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 9, 1909 in Enterprise, OH
High School: Central HS (Columbus, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1930
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Athletics/Senators 1930-1934

Final Game: July 15, 1934
Died: March 16, 1987 in Westerville, OH
Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1930	20	ERI	B	23	9	.719	3.95	40						305.0	324	171	134		111							1.426	9.6		3.3			ERI · CENL
1930	20	BOS	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1931	21	BOS	AL	5	5	.500	4.41	28	10	11	3	0	0	98.0	110	54	48	3	35	25	3	2	3	414	98	1.480	10.1	0.3	3.2	2.3	0.71
1932	22	BOS	AL	11	13	.458	5.28	47	19	21	4	1	2	172.0	203	117	101	10	76	31	1	1	6	784	84	1.622	10.6	0.5	4.0	1.6	0.41
1933	23	BOS	AL	7	8	.467	4.54	46	8	21	1	0	4	127.0	127	70	64	5	67	16	6	0	2	565	98	1.528	9.0	0.4	4.7	1.1	0.24
1934	24	MIN-min	A	6	3	.667	3.84	12						68.0	89	33	29		12							1.485	11.8		1.6			CNG · SOUA
1934	24	TOT	AL	7	2	.778	7.21	26	0	19	0	0	1	43.2	60	42	35	6	17	15	1	0	3	205	61	1.763	12.4	1.2	3.5	3.1	0.88
1934	24	PHA	AL	6	2	.750	6.35	20	0	17	0	0	1	39.2	50	34	28	6	13	14	0	0	3	178	69	1.588	11.3	1.4	2.9	3.2	1.08
1934	24	WSH	AL	1	0	1.000	15.75	6	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	10	8	7	0	4	1	1	0	0	27	30	3.500	22.5	0.0	9.0	2.3	0.25
1935	25	BFL	AA	17	10	.630	4.44	40						223.0	265	131	110		72							1.511	10.7		2.9			BFL · IL
1936	26	BFL	AA	12	10	.545	4.98	41	28					208.0	255	129	115		56							1.495	11.0		2.4			BFL · IL
1937	27	BFL	AA	11	14	.440	3.67	32	27					189.0	216	108	77		40							1.354	10.3		1.9			BFL · IL
1938	28	BFL	AA	8	13	.381	5.77	36	23					145.0	203	118	93		50							1.745	12.6		3.1			BFL · IL
1939	29	CLE-min	AA	6	10	.375	3.50	22	20					131.0	138	74	51		43							1.382	9.5		3.0			BFL · IL
1940	30	CHC-min	AA	8	5	.615	3.78	39	9					112.0	120	54	47		42							1.446	9.6		3.4			MLW · AA
1941	31	MNE	AA	3	3	.500	2.96	52			0	0		85.0	98	35	28		30	19	1	0	0			1.506	10.4		3.2	2.0	0.63	MNE · AA
1942	32	MNE	AA	0	0			3			0	0		4.0	9				4	1						3.250	20.2		9.0	2.2	0.25	MNE · AA
1946	36	STL-min	D	0	0			1						0.1																		MAR · OHSL
5 Yrs				30	28	.517	5.05	148	37	73	8	1	7	441.2	501	283	248	24	195	87	11	3	14	1972	87	1.576	10.2	0.5	4.0	1.8	0.45
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.517	5.05	54	14	27	3	0	3	162	184	104	91	9	72	32	4	1	5	725	87	1.576	10.2	0.5	4.0	1.8	0.45

BOS (4 yrs)				23	26	.469	4.82	122	37	54	8	1	6	398.0	441	241	213	18	178	72	10	3	11	1767	92	1.555	10.0	0.4	4.0	1.6	0.40
WSH (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	15.75	6	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	10	8	7	0	4	1	1	0	0	27	30	3.500	22.5	0.0	9.0	2.3	0.25
PHA (1 yr)				6	2	.750	6.35	20	0	17	0	0	1	39.2	50	34	28	6	13	14	0	0	3	178	69	1.588	11.3	1.4	2.9	3.2	1.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1930	20	BOS	AL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.11	0.21	0.00	106.0	5.20	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.554	.500	$
1931	21	BOS	AL	98.0	28	10	54	4.96	5.15	0.01	0.00	98.1	5.04	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.9	13	.501	.500	$
1932	22	BOS	AL	172.0	47	19	117	6.12	5.39	-0.18	0.00	100.0	5.57	-11	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.4	11	.478	.494	$
1933	23	BOS	AL	127.0	46	8	70	4.96	5.06	-0.04	0.00	103.4	5.27	3	0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.4	19	.507	.502	$
1934	24	PHA	AL	39.2	20	0	34	7.71	5.23	0.21	0.00	98.4	4.93	-12	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.445	.493	$
1934	24	WSH	AL	4.0	6	0	8	18.00	5.69	0.09	0.00	90.6	5.08	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.416	.497	$
5 Seasons				441.2	148	37	283	5.77	5.23	-0.06	0.00	100.3	5.31	-25	-2.2	1.0	-0.2	1.5	31	.485	.498	$

BOS (4 yrs)				398.0	122	37	241	5.45	5.22	-0.09	0.00	100.6	5.34	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.2	2.8	43	.495	.499	$
WSH (1 yr)				4.0	6	0	8	18.00	5.69	0.09	0.00	90.6	5.08	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.416	.497	$
PHA (1 yr)				39.2	20	0	34	7.71	5.23	0.21	0.00	98.4	4.93	-12	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.445	.493	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1930	20	BOS	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			75%
1931	21	BOS	AL	424	0.7%	5.9%	8.3%	2.1%	8%	83%
1932	22	BOS	AL	784	1.3%	4.0%	9.7%	2.0%	8%	83%
1933	23	BOS	AL	568	0.9%	2.8%	11.8%	1.2%	6%	81%
1934	24	TOT	AL	205	2.9%	7.3%	8.3%			77%
1934	24	PHA	AL	178	3.4%	7.9%	7.3%			78%
1934	24	WSH	AL	27	0.0%	3.7%	14.8%			70%
5 Yrs				1985	1.2%	4.4%	9.8%	1.6%	6%	82%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.2%	7.9%	3.3%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1930	20	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1931	21	5	5	.500	4.36	29	10	12	3	0	0	99.0	111	54	48	3	35	25	3	2	3	418	99	1.475	10.1	0.3	3.2	2.3	0.71	99
1932	22	16	18	.471	4.95	76	29	33	7	1	2	271.0	314	171	149	13	111	56	4	3	9	1202	89	1.568	10.4	0.4	3.7	1.9	0.50	89
1933	23	23	26	.469	4.82	122	37	54	8	1	6	398.0	441	241	213	18	178	72	10	3	11	1767	92	1.555	10.0	0.4	4.0	1.6	0.40	92
1934	24	30	28	.517	5.05	148	37	73	8	1	7	441.2	501	283	248	24	195	87	11	3	14	1972	87	1.576	10.2	0.5	4.0	1.8	0.45	87

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1930	20	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
1931	21	5	5	.500	4.13	96.0	108	49	44	3	34	24	3	1.479	10.1	3.2	2.3	0.71	0.3	28
1932	22	9	11	.450	4.45	184.0	197	101	91	10	74	33	1	1.473	9.6	3.6	1.6	0.45	0.5	47
1933	23	8	7	.533	3.87	135.0	125	64	58	5	66	17	6	1.415	8.3	4.4	1.1	0.26	0.3	46
1934	24	1	4	.200	6.46	46.0	60	37	33	6	17	16	1	1.674	11.7	3.3	3.1	0.94	1.2	26
5 Yrs		23	27	.460	4.40	462.0	490	251	226	24	191	90	11	1.474	9.5		1.8	0.47	0.5	148

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1932 AL 47 (4th) 1933 AL 46 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1933 AL 4 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1932 AL 6 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1933 AL 6 (1st)
Games Finished s c a p y 1932 AL 21 (6th) 1933 AL 21 (6th) 1934 AL 19 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1930 AL born 1909-12-09 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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