Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1997
- College
- West Virginia
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1997
- College
- West Virginia
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 796
- W
- 34
- L
- 39
- ERA
- 3.51
- IP
- 682.1
- K
- 493
- BB
- 295
- WHIP
- 1.38
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  CLE/WSH | 46 | 4 | 4 | 5.98 | 52.2 | 37 | 23 | 1.82 |
| 1998 | WSH | 78 | 3 | 6 | 2.76 | 71.2 | 76 | 41 | 1.44 |
| 1999 | WSH | 82 | 7 | 4 | 3.75 | 69.2 | 69 | 33 | 1.28 |
| 2000 | WSH | 83 | 1 | 5 | 3.50 | 82.1 | 64 | 27 | 1.40 |
| 2001 | STL | 89 | 3 | 3 | 1.80 | 75.0 | 54 | 29 | 1.09 |
| 2002 | STL | 66 | 2 | 1 | 3.39 | 58.1 | 41 | 21 | 1.29 |
| 2003 | STL | 78 | 5 | 5 | 3.82 | 63.2 | 31 | 30 | 1.35 |
| 2004 | STL | 67 | 2 | 2 | 1.79 | 50.1 | 35 | 17 | 1.07 |
| 2005 | BAL | 67 | 2 | 4 | 4.28 | 61.0 | 36 | 30 | 1.46 |
| 2006 | SF | 72 | 4 | 3 | 3.66 | 51.2 | 33 | 26 | 1.53 |
| 2007 | SF | 68 | 1 | 2 | 4.70 | 46.0 | 17 | 18 | 1.65 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 0.96
- IP
- 9.1
- K
- 1
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.29
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 6.5
- GB
- 372
- FB
- 318
- G/F
- 1.20
- WP
- 26
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | CLE/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1998 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1999 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 85 | 61 | 1.4 | 1 |
| 2005 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 113 | 85 | 1.3 | 4 |
| 2006 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 82 | 85 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 92 | 87 | 1.1 | 1 |
What were Steve Kline's career stats?
Steve Kline played 11 seasons for the Nationals, the Cardinals, the Orioles and the Giants. He had 34 wins and 493 strikeouts with a 3.51 ERA over 682.1 innings. His best season was 1999: 7 wins, a 3.75 ERA and 69 strikeouts.
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