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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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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
1997 24 TOT MLB 4 4 .500 5.98 46 1 7 0 0 0 52.2 73 37 35 10 23 4 37 2 1 4 248 74 1.823 12.5 1.7 3.9 6.3 1.61
1997 24 CLE AL 3 1 .750 5.81 20 1 0 0 0 0 26.1 42 19 17 6 13 1 17 1 1 3 130 80 2.089 14.4 2.1 4.4 5.8 1.31
1997 24 MON NL 1 3 .250 6.15 26 0 7 0 0 0 26.1 31 18 18 4 10 3 20 1 0 1 118 68 1.557 10.6 1.4 3.4 6.8 2.00
1998 25 MON NL 3 6 .333 2.76 78 0 18 0 0 1 71.2 62 25 22 4 41 7 76 3 0 5 319 152 1.437 7.8 0.5 5.1 9.5 1.85
1999 26 MON NL 7 4 .636 3.75 82 0 18 0 0 0 69.2 56 32 29 8 33 6 69 3 0 2 297 119 1.278 7.2 1.0 4.3 8.9 2.09
2000 27 MON NL 1 5 .167 3.50 83 0 42 0 0 14 82.1 88 36 32 8 27 2 64 3 0 4 349 138 1.397 9.6 0.9 3.0 7.0 2.37
2001 28 STL NL 3 3 .500 1.80 89 0 26 0 0 9 75.0 53 16 15 3 29 7 54 4 0 1 303 240 1.093 6.4 0.4 3.5 6.5 1.86 MVP-24
2002 29 STL NL 2 1 .667 3.39 66 0 17 0 0 6 58.1 54 23 22 3 21 2 41 1 0 1 241 118 1.286 8.3 0.5 3.2 6.3 1.95
2003 30 STL NL 5 5 .500 3.82 78 0 22 0 0 3 63.2 56 29 27 5 30 5 31 3 0 2 274 108 1.351 7.9 0.7 4.2 4.4 1.03
2004 31 STL NL 2 2 .500 1.79 67 0 22 0 0 3 50.1 37 12 10 3 17 4 35 4 0 1 202 239 1.073 6.6 0.5 3.0 6.3 2.06
2005 32 BAL AL 2 4 .333 4.28 67 0 23 0 0 0 61.0 59 34 29 11 30 5 36 0 3 4 264 101 1.459 8.7 1.6 4.4 5.3 1.20
2006 33 SFG NL 4 3 .571 3.66 72 0 17 0 0 1 51.2 53 24 21 3 26 3 33 1 0 1 227 123 1.529 9.2 0.5 4.5 5.7 1.27
2007 34 SFG NL 1 2 .333 4.70 68 0 19 0 0 2 46.0 58 25 24 2 18 3 17 2 0 1 216 95 1.652 11.3 0.4 3.5 3.3 0.94
11 Seasons 34 39 .466 3.51 796 1 231 0 0 39 682.1 649 293 266 60 295 48 493 26 4 26 2940 124 1.383 8.6 0.8 3.9 6.5 1.67
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .466 3.51 68 0 20 0 0 3 58 55 25 23 5 25 4 42 2 0 2 251 124 1.383 8.6 0.8 3.9 6.5 1.67
STL (4 yrs) 12 11 .522 2.69 300 0 87 0 0 21 247.1 200 80 74 14 97 18 161 12 0 5 1020 155 1.201 7.3 0.5 3.5 5.9 1.66
MON (4 yrs) 12 18 .400 3.64 269 0 85 0 0 15 250.0 237 111 101 24 111 18 229 10 0 12 1083 123 1.392 8.5 0.9 4.0 8.2 2.06
SFG (2 yrs) 5 5 .500 4.15 140 0 36 0 0 3 97.2 111 49 45 5 44 6 50 3 0 2 443 108 1.587 10.2 0.5 4.1 4.6 1.14
CLE (1 yr) 3 1 .750 5.81 20 1 0 0 0 0 26.1 42 19 17 6 13 1 17 1 1 3 130 80 2.089 14.4 2.1 4.4 5.8 1.31
BAL (1 yr) 2 4 .333 4.28 67 0 23 0 0 0 61.0 59 34 29 11 30 5 36 0 3 4 264 101 1.459 8.7 1.6 4.4 5.3 1.20
NL (10 yrs) 29 34 .460 3.33 709 0 208 0 0 39 595.0 548 240 220 43 252 42 440 25 0 19 2546 131 1.345 8.3 0.7 3.8 6.7 1.75
AL (2 yrs) 5 5 .500 4.74 87 1 23 0 0 0 87.1 101 53 46 17 43 6 53 1 4 7 394 93 1.649 10.4 1.8 4.4 5.5 1.23

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2001 28 STL NL NLDS L ARI 0 1 .000 2.08 4 0 4 0 0 2 4.1 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17 1.385 8.3 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.00
2002 29 STL NL NLDS W ARI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
2002 29 STL NL NLCS L SFG 0 0 0.00 4 0 3 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 3.9
2004 31 STL NL NLDS W LAD 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 31 STL NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 Seasons (5 Series) 0 1 .000 0.96 13 0 9 0 0 2 9.1 9 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 38 1.286 8.7 0.0 2.9 1.0 0.33
3 NLDS 0 1 .000 1.29 8 0 6 0 0 2 7.0 5 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 27 1.143 6.4 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
2 NLCS 0 0 0.00 5 0 3 0 0 0 2.1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 3.9

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 24 TOT MLB 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 24 MON NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 25 MON NL 73 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1999 26 MON NL 77 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2000 27 MON NL 79 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 28 STL NL 85 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 161 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-24
2002 29 STL NL 64 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 30 STL NL 75 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 284 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
2004 31 STL NL 64 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2005 32 BAL AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 33 SFG NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 34 SFG NL 67 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 686 18 14 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .214 .357 -8 3 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .214 .357 -8 1 0 0 1 0 0
STL (4 yrs) 288 7 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 158 3 0 0 2 0 0
MON (4 yrs) 253 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
SFG (2 yrs) 139 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 680 18 14 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .214 .357 -8 3 0 0 4 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 28 STL NL NLDS ARI L 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2002 29 STL NL NLDS ARI W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 29 STL NL NLCS SFG L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 31 STL NL NLDS LAD W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 31 STL NL NLCS HOU W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 NLDS 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2001-NL-24-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Games Played s c a p y
1998 NL--78--2nd
1999 NL--82--1st
2000 NL--83--1st
2001 NL--89--1st
2003 NL--78--5th
Career--796--44th

Games Finished s c a p y
Career--231--178th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (558), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 8th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1993.

July 31, 1997: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Montreal Expos for Jeff Juden.

December 14, 2000: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Dustin Hermanson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Britt Reames and Fernando Tatis.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

December 6, 2005: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for LaTroy Hawkins.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

April 5, 2008: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

April 11, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 11, 2008: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1997Cleveland Indians$150,000
1998Montreal Expos$173,500
1999Montreal Expos$260,000
2000Montreal Expos$355,000
2001St. Louis Cardinals$750,000
2002St. Louis Cardinals$1,200,000
2003St. Louis Cardinals$1,800,000
2004St. Louis Cardinals$1,700,000
2005Baltimore Orioles$2,500,000
2006San Francisco Giants$3,000,000
2007San Francisco Giants$1,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$13,638,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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