Bio
- Debut
- 1952
Bio
- Debut
- 1952
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 736
- W
- 114
- L
- 144
- ERA
- 3.75
- IP
- 2078.0
- K
- 989
- BB
- 731
- WHIP
- 1.37
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | PIT | 27 | 0 | 7 | 5.49 | 78.2 | 27 | 66 | 1.78 |
| 1955 | PIT | 36 | 6 | 13 | 4.15 | 136.2 | 48 | 53 | 1.57 |
| 1956 | PIT | 44 | 14 | 18 | 3.38 | 264.0 | 125 | 81 | 1.30 |
| 1957 | PIT | 40 | 9 | 16 | 4.04 | 205.0 | 88 | 61 | 1.34 |
| 1958 | PIT | 32 | 13 | 16 | 3.53 | 237.1 | 109 | 92 | 1.31 |
| 1959 | PIT | 33 | 11 | 13 | 4.26 | 186.0 | 91 | 70 | 1.38 |
| 1960 | STL | 34 | 4 | 9 | 6.04 | 117.2 | 54 | 43 | 1.50 |
| 1961 |  LAA/DET | 36 | 8 | 9 | 4.14 | 161.0 | 97 | 61 | 1.45 |
| 1962 | DET | 36 | 3 | 6 | 4.31 | 77.1 | 47 | 28 | 1.50 |
| 1963 | TEX | 62 | 3 | 8 | 2.79 | 93.2 | 49 | 30 | 1.23 |
| 1964 | TEX | 61 | 10 | 7 | 2.32 | 81.1 | 40 | 21 | 1.25 |
| 1965 | TEX | 74 | 7 | 6 | 2.63 | 99.1 | 52 | 32 | 1.39 |
| 1966 | TEX | 63 | 6 | 4 | 2.39 | 90.1 | 46 | 17 | 1.06 |
| 1967 | MIN | 54 | 7 | 1 | 3.77 | 71.2 | 36 | 15 | 1.20 |
| 1968 | PIT | 56 | 12 | 5 | 1.68 | 112.2 | 48 | 31 | 1.11 |
| 1969 |  PIT/BOS/SF | 43 | 1 | 6 | 5.19 | 59.0 | 29 | 28 | 1.78 |
| 1970 | ATL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 1.74 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 44
- SHO
- 8
- K/9
- 4.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | LAA/DET | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | PIT/BOS/SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ron Kline's career stats?
Ron Kline played 17 seasons for the Pirates, the Cardinals, the Tigers, the Rangers, the Twins and the Braves. He had 114 wins and 989 strikeouts with a 3.75 ERA over 2,078.0 innings. His best season was 1956: 14 wins, a 3.38 ERA and 125 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 1952 to 1970
Ron Kline finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
All-time career rank
- 156th in saves (108)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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