Ron Kline
Ronald Lee Kline
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 9, 1932 in Callery, PA
High School: Callery (Callery, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1952
Final Game: June 13, 1970
Died: June 22, 2002 in Callery, PA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 PIT NL 20 P 27 11 3 8 0 2 1.000 0.41 .955 0.98
1955 PIT NL 23 P 36 19 136.2 52 20 30 2 2 .962 3.29 1.39 .950 2.04 0.83
1955 PIT NL 23 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1956 PIT NL 24 P 44 39 264.0 63 17 42 4 3 .937 2.01 1.34 .967 2.05 0.83
1957 PIT NL 25 P 40 31 205.0 46 18 27 1 2 .978 1.98 1.13 .961 2.06 0.82
1958 PIT NL 26 P 32 32 237.1 63 20 40 3 4 .952 2.28 1.88 .956 1.97 0.77
1959 PIT NL 27 P 33 29 186.0 44 15 27 2 1 .955 2.03 1.27 .955 1.99 0.82
1960 STL NL 28 P 34 17 117.2 31 8 23 0 1 1.000 2.37 0.91 .961 2.09 0.87
1961 TOT AL 29 P 36 20 161.0 41 10 28 3 2 .927 2.12 1.06 .956 2.05 0.83
1961 LAA AL 29 P 26 12 104.2 32 8 21 3 1 .906 2.49 1.12 .956 2.05 0.83
1961 DET AL 29 P 10 8 56.1 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.44 0.90 .956 2.04 0.83
1962 DET AL 30 P 36 4 77.1 26 13 11 2 2 .923 2.79 0.67 .958 2.08 0.79
1963 WSA AL 31 P 62 1 93.2 18 3 14 1 2 .944 1.63 0.27 .956 1.99 0.79
1964 WSA AL 32 P 61 0 81.1 16 2 13 1 1 .938 1.66 0.25 .956 1.90 0.72
1965 WSA AL 33 P 74 0 99.1 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.22 .950 2.04 0.75 MVP-29
1966 WSA AL 34 P 63 0 90.1 14 6 7 1 0 .929 1.30 0.21 .950 1.99 0.75
1967 MIN AL 35 P 54 0 71.2 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.63 0.24 .954 1.96 0.74
1968 PIT NL 36 P 56 0 112.2 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.34 .958 2.01 0.85
1969 TOT MLB 37 P 43 0 59.0 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.98 0.30 .946 1.94 0.75
1969 TOT NL 37 P 27 0 42.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.30 .950 1.95 0.78
1969 PIT NL 37 P 20 0 31.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.30 .950 1.95 0.78
1969 SFG NL 37 P 7 0 11.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.29 .950 1.96 0.79
1969 BOS AL 37 P 16 0 17.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.65 0.31 .940 1.91 0.69
1970 ATL NL 38 P 5 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.85 0.72
17 Seasons P 736 192 1999.1 486 147 319 20 24 .959 2.10 0.63 .957 2.02 0.79
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
17 Seasons TOT 737 192 1999.1 486 147 319 20 24 .959 2.10 0.63 .916 2.02 0.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 PIT NL 20 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PIT NL 23 37 19 37 37 36 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PIT NL 24 44 39 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 25 40 31 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PIT NL 26 33 32 33 33 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 PIT NL 27 38 29 38 38 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1960 STL NL 28 34 17 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 29 26 12 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 29 10 8 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 30 36 4 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 WSA AL 31 62 1 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 WSA AL 32 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 WSA AL 33 74 0 74 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 WSA AL 34 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MIN AL 35 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PIT NL 36 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 PIT NL 37 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BOS AL 37 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SFG NL 37 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 ATL NL 38 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 743 192 743 743 736 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1955 PIT NL 23 395 82% 32% 18 100% 1 8 0 6 17 11 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1956 PIT NL 24 725 80% 26% 25 92% 0 10 2 5 25 19 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 3 100%
1957 PIT NL 25 802 83% 28% 25 92% 0 16 2 12 20 17 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 50%
1958 PIT NL 26 856 79% 27% 40 80% 2 14 0 12 32 22 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 4 0 7 86%
1959 PIT NL 27 821 80% 26% 29 93% 0 14 0 12 25 19 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 13 100%
1960 STL NL 28 538 82% 26% 27 93% 1 7 1 4 23 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1961 LAA AL 29 477 76% 27% 28 82% 2 8 0 3 23 16 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 33%
1961 DET AL 29 244 82% 23% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1962 DET AL 30 355 78% 29% 13 85% 0 13 0 12 11 8 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1963 WSA AL 31 399 79% 28% 18 83% 0 3 1 2 15 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 33%
1964 WSA AL 32 358 82% 24% 18 94% 0 2 0 0 15 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1965 WSA AL 33 441 81% 24% 14 100% 0 2 0 1 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1966 WSA AL 34 362 83% 27% 10 70% 0 7 0 6 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1967 MIN AL 35 303 83% 23% 15 73% 1 2 0 1 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 PIT NL 36 381 82% 31% 17 88% 0 3 0 2 15 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 3 33%
1969 PIT NL 37 132 84% 23% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 BOS AL 37 95 75% 21% 6 83% 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 67%
1969 SFG NL 37 53 75% 25% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 ATL NL 38 32 84% 16% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 7769 81% 27% 315 88% 7 114 7 82 269 201 32 18 2 8 8 7 23 18 22 1 57 81%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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