Steve Kline stats
Bio
- Age
- 54 yearsAug 22, 1972
- Height
- 6' 1"
Steve Kline played 11 MLB seasons, 1997 to 2007.
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
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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 |
Bio
- Age
- 54 yearsAug 22, 1972
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1997
- Birthplace
- Sunbury, PA
- College
- West Virginia
Latest performance
Steve Kline
Sep 25 · vs SD · L 6-4
- IP
- 0.1
- H
- 0
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 0
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 4.70
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Sep 25 | vs SDL 6-4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 21 | vs CINL 9-8 F/11 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Sep 20 | vsCINL 4-2 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mon, Sep 17 | at ARIW 8-5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 14 | atSDL 5-4 F/10 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon, Sep 10 | vsARIL 5-3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
More on Steve Kline
Playoff series
Steve Kline played 13 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 5 series — 2 won, 3 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  LAD | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 |  HOU | Won 1-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | ARI | Won 2-0 | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 |  SF | Lost 1-3 | 4 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | ARI | Lost 2-2 | 4 | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Steve Kline’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Steve Kline against each club
- vs Cincinnati Reds (47)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (42)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (40)
- vs Chicago Cubs (39)
- vs Colorado Rockies (36)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (33)
- vs San Diego Padres (30)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (28)
- vs Houston Astros (24)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (23)
- vs New York Mets (19)
- vs Atlanta Braves (18)
- vs Washington Nationals (18)
- vs New York Yankees (14)
- vs San Francisco Giants (14)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (13)
- vs Kansas City Royals (11)
- vs Miami Marlins (11)
- vs Athletics (10)
- vs Boston Red Sox (9)
- vs Texas Rangers (7)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (5)
- vs Minnesota Twins (5)
- vs Chicago White Sox (4)
- vs Detroit Tigers (4)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (4)
- vs Seattle Mariners (4)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (4)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (3)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (1)
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