Steve Kline
Steven Jack Kline
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 6, 1947 in Wenatchee, WA
High School: Chelan (Lake Chelan, WA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1970
Final Game: July 24, 1977
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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
1970 NYY AL 22 P 16 15 100.1 28 14 14 0 2 1.000 2.51 1.75 .950 1.86 0.67
1971 NYY AL 23 P 31 30 222.1 74 24 49 1 1 .986 2.96 2.35 .957 1.98 0.77
1972 NYY AL 24 P 32 32 236.1 77 20 50 7 3 .909 2.67 2.19 .952 1.86 0.75
1973 NYY AL 25 P 14 13 74.0 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.58 0.93 .946 1.86 0.86
1974 TOT AL 26 P 20 15 97.0 22 5 17 0 4 1.000 2.04 1.10 .945 1.81 0.83
1974 NYY AL 26 P 4 4 26.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.38 1.00 .950 1.80 0.82
1974 CLE AL 26 P 16 11 71.0 18 5 13 0 4 1.000 2.28 1.13 .944 1.81 0.83
1977 ATL NL 29 P 16 0 20.1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.89 0.13 .967 1.86 0.67
6 Seasons P 129 105 750.1 217 64 144 9 10 .959 2.49 1.61 .953 1.89 0.76
6 Seasons TOT 129 105 750.1 217 64 144 9 10 .959 2.49 1.61 .911 1.89 0.76

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
1970 NYY AL 22 16 15 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 23 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 24 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 NYY AL 25 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 26 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 26 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 ATL NL 29 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 129 77 95 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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%
1970 NYY AL 22 424 83% 37% 17 100% 1 14 4 9 13 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1971 NYY AL 23 906 87% 41% 50 88% 1 24 0 20 46 34 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1972 NYY AL 24 969 88% 44% 60 87% 1 21 1 16 51 40 5 7 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 0 15 67%
1973 NYY AL 25 328 84% 38% 16 88% 1 1 0 1 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60%
1974 CLE AL 26 319 84% 32% 13 92% 0 5 1 3 13 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 1 100%
1974 NYY AL 26 109 89% 34% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 ATL NL 29 100 77% 25% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3155 86% 39% 163 89% 4 65 6 49 144 110 17 9 1 5 3 4 10 9 10 0 34 76%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* 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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