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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1970 22 NYY AL 6 6 .500 3.41 16 15 0 5 0 0 100.1 99 42 38 8 24 3 49 0 0 1 420 104 1.226 8.9 0.7 2.2 4.4 2.04
1971 23 NYY AL 12 13 .480 2.96 31 30 0 15 1 0 222.1 206 87 73 21 37 7 81 0 1 3 888 110 1.093 8.3 0.9 1.5 3.3 2.19
1972 24 NYY AL 16 9 .640 2.40 32 32 0 11 4 0 236.1 210 79 63 11 44 6 58 10 0 1 956 123 1.075 8.0 0.4 1.7 2.2 1.32
1973 25 NYY AL 4 7 .364 4.01 14 13 1 2 1 0 74.0 76 39 33 5 31 3 19 1 0 0 320 91 1.446 9.2 0.6 3.8 2.3 0.61
1974 26 TOT AL 5 10 .333 4.64 20 15 1 1 0 0 97.0 96 56 50 12 36 2 23 5 1 3 409 78 1.361 8.9 1.1 3.3 2.1 0.64
1974 26 NYY AL 2 2 .500 3.46 4 4 0 0 0 0 26.0 26 12 10 3 5 0 6 1 0 1 106 103 1.192 9.0 1.0 1.7 2.1 1.20
1974 26 CLE AL 3 8 .273 5.07 16 11 1 1 0 0 71.0 70 44 40 9 31 2 17 4 1 2 303 71 1.423 8.9 1.1 3.9 2.2 0.55
1977 29 ATL NL 0 0 6.64 16 0 7 0 0 1 20.1 21 15 15 4 12 3 10 0 3 1 93 67 1.623 9.3 1.8 5.3 4.4 0.83
6 Seasons 43 45 .489 3.26 129 105 9 34 6 1 750.1 708 318 272 61 184 24 240 16 5 9 3086 102 1.189 8.5 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.30
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .489 3.26 37 31 3 10 2 0 218 206 92 79 18 53 7 70 5 1 3 897 102 1.189 8.5 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.30
NYY (5 yrs) 40 37 .519 2.96 97 94 1 33 6 0 659.0 617 259 217 48 141 19 213 12 1 6 2690 110 1.150 8.4 0.7 1.9 2.9 1.51
ATL (1 yr) 0 0 6.64 16 0 7 0 0 1 20.1 21 15 15 4 12 3 10 0 3 1 93 67 1.623 9.3 1.8 5.3 4.4 0.83
CLE (1 yr) 3 8 .273 5.07 16 11 1 1 0 0 71.0 70 44 40 9 31 2 17 4 1 2 303 71 1.423 8.9 1.1 3.9 2.2 0.55
AL (5 yrs) 43 45 .489 3.17 113 105 2 34 6 0 730.0 687 303 257 57 172 21 230 16 2 8 2993 104 1.177 8.5 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.34
NL (1 yr) 0 0 6.64 16 0 7 0 0 1 20.1 21 15 15 4 12 3 10 0 3 1 93 67 1.623 9.3 1.8 5.3 4.4 0.83

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 22 NYY AL 16 420 389 42 99 19 2 8 2 1 24 49 .254 .296 .375 .672 .272 146 9 0 5 2 3
1971 23 NYY AL 31 888 843 87 206 24 4 21 9 8 37 81 .244 .275 .357 .632 .248 301 22 0 3 5 7
1972 24 NYY AL 32 956 887 79 210 26 2 11 2 8 44 58 .237 .279 .308 .587 .242 273 26 10 11 4 6
1973 25 NYY AL 14 320 282 39 76 11 2 5 2 3 31 19 .270 .342 .376 .718 .273 106 10 1 4 2 3
1974 26 CLE AL 16 303 263 44 70 9 0 9 9 3 31 17 .266 .350 .403 .753 .255 106 13 4 3 2 2
1974 26 NYY AL 4 106 99 12 26 1 1 3 0 2 5 6 .263 .305 .384 .689 .256 38 3 1 1 0 0
1974 26 TOT AL 20 409 362 56 96 10 1 12 9 5 36 23 .265 .338 .398 .736 .255 144 16 5 4 2 2
1977 29 ATL NL 16 93 81 15 21 5 0 4 1 1 12 10 .259 .355 .469 .824 .254 38 0 0 0 0 3
6 Seasons 129 3086 2844 318 708 95 11 61 25 26 184 240 .249 .297 .354 .651 .253 1008 83 16 27 15 24
162 Game Avg. 37 897 826 92 206 28 3 18 7 8 53 70 .249 .297 .354 .651 .253 293 24 5 8 4 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1970 22 NYY AL 16 15 6 6 3 1 2 8 7 .533 1 2 5 0 8 53% 53 75 14 15 4 2 6 3.6 3.4 6.6
1971 23 NYY AL 31 30 12 13 5 0 6 14 16 .467 0 5 15 1 22 73% 57 79 16 7 2 10 12 3.6 3.1 7.4
1972 24 NYY AL 32 32 16 9 7 3 3 19 13 .594 2 1 11 4 21 66% 57 82 24 21 10 10 10 3.5 3.7 7.4
1973 25 NYY AL 14 13 4 7 2 1 2 5 8 .385 1 1 2 1 5 38% 46 85 19 19 10 0 6 3.7 2.7 5.3
1974 26 TOT AL 20 15 5 10 0 1 2 5 10 .333 0 1 1 0 6 40% 46 65 27 13 5 2 7 3.0 3.0 5.7
1974 26 NYY AL 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 2 50% 50 65 42 3 1 0 2 4.0 2.1 6.5
1974 26 CLE AL 16 11 3 8 0 1 2 3 8 .273 0 0 1 0 4 36% 45 64 27 10 4 2 5 2.6 3.4 5.4
5 Seasons 113 105 43 45 17 6 15 51 54 .486 4 10 34 6 62 59% 54 85 14 75 31 24 41 3.5 3.3 6.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1970 22 NYY AL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.069 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1971 23 NYY AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.044 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1973 25 NYY AL 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0.994 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 16.0
1974 26 TOT AL 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.009 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 4 5 0 5 0 7.0
1974 26 CLE AL 16 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 0.983 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 4 5 0 5 0 7.0
1977 29 ATL NL 16 16 7 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 7 64% 8 0.380 3 1 12 2 2 12 6 10 8 3 9 3 3.8
5 Seasons 93 24 9 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 15 7 47% 1.002 3 3 18 2 3 19 8 16 15 3 16 3 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1970 22 NYY AL 420 46% 1.9% 11.7% 5.7% 6.9% 29% 1.43 80% 63 9 14%
1971 23 NYY AL 888 42% 2.4% 9.1% 4.2% 5.5% 24% 1.64 84% 161 22 14%
1972 24 NYY AL 956 45% 1.2% 6.1% 4.6% 4.1% 19% 1.74 86% 176 26 15%
1973 25 NYY AL 320 39% 1.6% 5.9% 9.7% 5.6% 24% 2.15 81% 58 10 17%
1974 26 TOT AL 409 36% 2.9% 5.6% 8.8% 5.6% 24% 1.30 80% 78 16 21%
1974 26 NYY AL 106 26% 2.8% 5.7% 4.7% 4.7% 19% 1.12 85% 19 3 16%
1974 26 CLE AL 303 40% 3.0% 5.6% 10.2% 5.9% 26% 1.37 79% 59 13 22%
1977 29 ATL NL 93 32% 4.3% 10.8% 12.9% 9.7% 43% 0.79 72% 19 0 0%
6 Seasons 3086 42% 2.0% 7.8% 6.0% 5.4% 24% 1.60 83% 555 83 15%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1970 22 NYY AL 420 99 8 0 4 4 4 4 4 15 5 3 33% 8 1 0 143 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 23 NYY AL 888 206 21 0 13 8 13 9 12 35 20 1 57% 10 3 0 283 9 8 53% 6 7 1 1 2 0 3 2 10 0
1972 24 NYY AL 956 210 11 0 10 8 3 5 6 33 14 2 42% 22 1 0 340 2 8 20% 2 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1973 25 NYY AL 320 76 5 0 9 3 2 2 3 19 8 3 42% 7 0 0 110 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1974 26 TOT AL 409 96 12 1 7 9 3 5 7 16 8 1 50% 6 3 1 147 9 5 64% 9 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 10 0
1974 26 NYY AL 106 26 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 1 0 33% 2 1 0 37 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 26 CLE AL 303 70 9 1 7 7 2 5 4 13 7 1 54% 4 2 1 110 9 3 75% 9 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1977 29 ATL NL 93 21 4 1 7 4 0 1 3 12 6 0 50% 3 1 0 34 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
6 Seasons 3086 708 61 2 50 36 25 26 35 130 61 10 47% 56 9 1 1057 25 26 49% 22 22 1 4 2 0 8 2 39 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1970 22 6 6 .500 3.41 16 15 0 5 0 0 100.1 99 42 38 8 24 3 49 0 0 1 420 104 1.226 8.9 0.7 2.2 4.4 2.04 104
1971 23 18 19 .486 3.10 47 45 0 20 1 0 322.2 305 129 111 29 61 10 130 0 1 4 1308 108 1.134 8.5 0.8 1.7 3.6 2.13 108
1972 24 34 28 .548 2.80 79 77 0 31 5 0 559.0 515 208 174 40 105 16 188 10 1 5 2264 113 1.109 8.3 0.6 1.7 3.0 1.79 113
1973 25 38 35 .521 2.94 93 90 1 33 6 0 633.0 591 247 207 45 136 19 207 11 1 5 2584 110 1.148 8.4 0.6 1.9 2.9 1.52 110
1974 26 43 45 .489 3.17 113 105 2 34 6 0 730.0 687 303 257 57 172 21 230 16 2 8 2993 104 1.177 8.5 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.34 104
1975 27 43 45 .489 3.17 113 105 2 34 6 0 730.0 687 303 257 57 172 21 230 16 2 8 2993 104 1.177 8.5 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.34 104
1976 28 43 45 .489 3.17 113 105 2 34 6 0 730.0 687 303 257 57 172 21 230 16 2 8 2993 104 1.177 8.5 0.7 2.1 2.8 1.34 104
1977 29 43 45 .489 3.26 129 105 9 34 6 1 750.1 708 318 272 61 184 24 240 16 5 9 3086 102 1.189 8.5 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.30 102

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
1970 22 5 5 .500 3.90 97.0 105 47 42 8 25 47 0 1.340 9.7 2.3 4.4 1.88 0.7 16
1971 23 12 11 .522 3.85 208.0 229 99 89 23 41 76 0 1.298 9.9 1.8 3.3 1.85 1.0 31
1972 24 14 11 .560 3.45 227.0 253 97 87 13 53 56 12 1.348 10.0 2.1 2.2 1.06 0.5 32
1973 25 3 4 .429 5.03 68.0 81 42 38 5 33 17 1 1.676 10.7 4.4 2.3 0.52 0.7 14
1974 26 3 6 .333 5.83 88.0 102 63 57 13 38 21 5 1.591 10.4 3.9 2.1 0.55 1.3 20
1977 29 1 1 .500 5.57 21.0 20 14 13 4 11 10 0 1.476 8.6 4.7 4.3 0.91 1.7 16
6 Seasons 38 38 .500 4.14 709.0 790 362 326 66 201 227 18 1.398 10.0 2.9 1.13 0.8 129

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1972 AL--2.399--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1972 AL--.640--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 AL--1.093--3rd
1972 AL--1.075--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL--1.498--2nd
1972 AL--1.676--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1972 AL--4--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL--.419--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 AL--10--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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