Steve Kline
Steven James Kline
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 22, 1972 in Sunbury, PA
High School: Lewisburg (Lewisburg, PA)
School: West Virginia University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 8th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 1997
Final Game: September 25, 2007
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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
1997 TOT MLB 24 P 46 1 52.2 9 3 5 1 0 .889 1.37 0.17 .967 1.78 0.51
1997 CLE AL 24 P 20 1 26.1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.03 0.15 .975 1.71 0.49
1997 MON NL 24 P 26 0 26.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.19 .960 1.85 0.52
1998 MON NL 25 P 78 0 71.2 14 3 10 1 0 .929 1.63 0.17 .964 1.85 0.54
1999 MON NL 26 P 82 0 69.2 23 5 17 1 2 .957 2.84 0.27 .952 1.72 0.48
2000 MON NL 27 P 83 0 82.1 15 4 10 1 1 .933 1.53 0.17 .967 1.74 0.48
2001 STL NL 28 P 89 0 75.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.56 0.15 .954 1.75 0.46 MVP-24
2002 STL NL 29 P 66 0 58.1 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.15 .960 1.84 0.48
2003 STL NL 30 P 78 0 63.2 17 1 16 0 3 1.000 2.40 0.22 .953 1.85 0.48
2004 STL NL 31 P 67 0 50.1 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.50 0.21 .964 1.84 0.47
2005 BAL AL 32 P 67 0 61.0 17 2 14 1 1 .941 2.36 0.24 .953 1.70 0.46
2006 SFG NL 33 P 72 0 51.2 16 5 10 1 0 .938 2.61 0.21 .956 1.72 0.43
2007 SFG NL 34 P 68 0 46.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 1.17 0.09 .971 1.68 0.40
11 Seasons P 796 1 682.1 155 37 111 7 7 .955 1.95 0.19 .959 1.77 0.47
11 Seasons TOT 796 1 682.1 155 37 111 7 7 .955 1.95 0.19 .914 1.77 0.47

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
1997 MON NL 24 26 0 24 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 CLE AL 24 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 MON NL 25 78 0 73 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 MON NL 26 82 0 77 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 MON NL 27 83 0 79 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 STL NL 28 89 0 85 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 STL NL 29 66 0 64 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 STL NL 30 78 0 75 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 STL NL 31 67 0 64 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 BAL AL 32 67 0 6 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 SFG NL 33 72 0 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 SFG NL 34 68 0 67 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 796 0 686 796 796 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%
1997 MON NL 24 122 74% 37% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1997 CLE AL 24 138 78% 30% 4 50% 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 MON NL 25 330 64% 32% 10 100% 0 3 0 2 9 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1999 MON NL 26 304 65% 34% 17 94% 0 5 0 5 17 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 4 75%
2000 MON NL 27 354 73% 33% 12 92% 0 4 0 3 10 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
2001 STL NL 28 307 72% 32% 10 100% 0 3 0 2 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
2002 STL NL 29 246 74% 30% 8 100% 0 1 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2003 STL NL 30 281 77% 36% 16 94% 1 1 0 1 16 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 75%
2004 STL NL 31 210 73% 38% 12 100% 2 4 1 2 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2005 BAL AL 32 274 76% 40% 17 88% 0 2 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 50%
2006 SFG NL 33 231 74% 32% 11 82% 0 5 0 5 10 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2007 SFG NL 34 223 83% 39% 4 75% 0 3 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
11 Seasons 3020 73% 34% 125 92% 4 34 2 25 111 88 10 7 0 1 6 4 7 5 7 0 30 83%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* 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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