Ron Kline

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: March 9, 1932 in Callery, PA us

Died: June 22, 2002 in Callery, PA

Buried: Brownsdale Cemetery, Brownsdale, PA

High School: Callery HS (Callery, PA)

Last Game: June 13, 1970 (Age 38-096d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Ronald Lee Kline

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.1

114

144

ERA

3.75

736

203

108

2078.0

989

WHIP

1.369

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1950	18	-2.5	Bartlesville	KOML	D	PIT	5	2	.714	3.81	4.85	12	8					78.0	69	42	33	3	45							1.462	8.0	0.3	5.2
1951	19	-1.1	Bartlesville	KOML	D	PIT	18	4	.818	2.33	3.27	28			21	4		209.0	140	76	54	4	145		208	17	1	2		1.364	6.0	0.2	6.2	9.0	1.43
1952	20	-5.1	Burlington-Graham	CARL	B	PIT	3	6	.333	3.51	5.38	13			5	0		82.0	69	49	32	4	55		27	2	1	2		1.512	7.6	0.4	6.0	3.0	0.49
1952	20	-8.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	7	.000	5.49	6.29	27	11	5	0	0	0	78.2	74	55	48	3	66	3	27	6	3	4	368	1.780	8.5	0.3	7.6	3.1	0.41

1955	23	-5.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	6	13	.316	4.15	5.14	36	19	12	2	1	2	136.2	161	78	63	13	53	5	48	5	2	2	611	1.566	10.6	0.9	3.5	3.2	0.91
1956	24	-4.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	14	18	.438	3.38	3.75	44	39	2	9	2	2	264.0	263	110	99	26	81	8	125	5	0	10	1102	1.303	9.0	0.9	2.8	4.3	1.54
1957	25	-2.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	9	16	.360	4.04	4.70	40	31	2	11	2	0	205.0	214	107	92	27	61	6	88	1	0	2	871	1.341	9.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.44
1958	26	-1.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	13	16	.448	3.53	3.64	32	32	0	11	2	0	237.1	220	96	93	25	92	14	109	0	0	3	986	1.315	8.3	0.9	3.5	4.1	1.18
1959	27	-0.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	13	.458	4.26	4.60	33	29	1	7	0	0	186.0	186	95	88	23	70	9	91	2	1	9	796	1.376	9.0	1.1	3.4	4.4	1.30
1960	28	0.6	STL	NL	Maj	STL	4	9	.308	6.04	6.58	34	17	6	1	0	1	117.2	133	86	79	21	43	5	54	0	0	4	523	1.496	10.2	1.6	3.3	4.1	1.26
1961	29		2 Teams	AL	Maj	LAA-DET	8	9	.471	4.14	4.86	36	20	6	3	1	1	161.0	172	87	74	19	61	6	97	1	1	5	701	1.447	9.6	1.1	3.4	5.4	1.59
1961	29	1.2	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	3	6	.333	4.90	5.33	26	12	5	0	0	1	104.2	119	62	57	16	44	5	70	1	1	2	464	1.557	10.2	1.4	3.8	6.0	1.59
1961	29	1.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	5	3	.625	2.72	3.99	10	8	1	3	1	0	56.1	53	25	17	3	17	1	27	0	0	3	237	1.243	8.5	0.5	2.7	4.3	1.59
1962	30	2.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	6	.333	4.31	4.66	36	4	16	0	0	2	77.1	88	40	37	9	28	2	47	2	0	4	343	1.500	10.2	1.0	3.3	5.5	1.68
1963	31	3.3	WSA	AL	Maj	WSA	3	8	.273	2.79	3.46	62	1	46	0	0	17	93.2	85	36	29	3	30	7	49	3	0	5	383	1.228	8.2	0.3	2.9	4.7	1.63
1964	32	4.8	WSA	AL	Maj	WSA	10	7	.588	2.32	3.21	61	0	52	0	0	14	81.1	81	29	21	4	21	9	40	2	0	7	344	1.254	9.0	0.4	2.3	4.4	1.90
1965	33	5.9	WSA	AL	Maj	WSA	7	6	.538	2.63	3.26	74	0	58	0	0	29	99.1	106	36	29	7	32	14	52	2	0	1	434	1.389	9.6	0.6	2.9	4.7	1.63
1966	34	7.0	WSA	AL	Maj	WSA	6	4	.600	2.39	3.19	63	0	46	0	0	23	90.1	79	32	24	12	17	7	46	0	0	0	355	1.063	7.9	1.2	1.7	4.6	2.71
1967	35	8.1	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	7	1	.875	3.77	4.14	54	0	26	0	0	5	71.2	71	33	30	10	15	7	36	1	0	2	294	1.200	8.9	1.3	1.9	4.5	2.40
1968	36	8.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	5	.706	1.68	2.08	56	0	31	0	0	7	112.2	94	26	21	3	31	11	48	2	0	0	449	1.109	7.5	0.2	2.5	3.8	1.55
1969	37		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PIT-SFG	1	6	.143	5.19	6.10	43	0	25	0	0	4	59.0	77	40	34	8	28	8	29	1	0	1	278	1.780	11.7	1.2	4.3	4.4	1.04
1969	37	9.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	1	.000	4.76	5.82	16	0	9	0	0	1	17.0	24	11	9	4	17	3	7	0	0	1	92	2.412	12.7	2.1	9.0	3.7	0.41
1969	37	10.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	3	.250	5.81	6.68	20	0	13	0	0	3	31.0	37	23	20	3	5	2	15	1	0	0	134	1.355	10.7	0.9	1.5	4.4	3.00
1969	37	10.0	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	0	2	.000	4.09	4.91	7	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	16	6	5	1	6	3	7	0	0	0	52	2.000	13.1	0.8	4.9	5.7	1.17
1970	38	12.8	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	CAL	4	0	1.000	3.27	3.82	15	3		0	0	0	33.0	34	14	12	0	20	5	17	1	0	2		1.636	9.3	0.0	5.5	4.6	0.85
1970	38	10.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		7.11	7.11	5	0	4	0	0	1	6.1	9	5	5	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	30	1.737	12.8	5.7	2.8	4.3	1.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		114	144	.442	3.75	4.29	736	203	338	44	8	108	2078.0	2113	991	866	217	731	121	989	33	7	59	8868	1.369	9.2	0.9	3.2	4.3	1.35
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		30	12	.714	2.93	4.05	68	11		26	4	0	402.0	312	181	131	11	265	5	252	20	2	6		1.435	7.0	0.2	5.9
All Levels (19 Seasons)							144	156	.480	3.62	4.25	804	214	338	70	12	108	2480.0	2425	1172	997	228	996	126	1241	53	9	65	8868	1.379	8.8	0.8	3.6

AAA (1 season)					Minors		4	0	1.000	3.27	3.82	15	3		0	0	0	33.0	34	14	12	0	20	5	17	1	0	2		1.636	9.3	0.0	5.5	4.6	0.85
B (1 season)					Minors		3	6	.333	3.51	5.38	13			5	0		82.0	69	49	32	4	55		27	2	1	2		1.512	7.6	0.4	6.0	3.0	0.49
D (2 seasons)					Minors		23	6	.793	2.73	3.70	40	8		21	4		287.0	209	118	87	7	190		208	17	1	2		1.390	6.6	0.2	6.0