Steve Kline
New York Yankees 1970–1973; Cleveland Indians 1974; New York Yankees 1974; Atlanta Braves 1977
Percentile snapshot
1972 season — qualified pitchers
of 85 qualified 1972 pitchers (min 155 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 16 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .303 | .179 | .482 | 50.2 | 40.0 | .254 | 1.3 |
| 1971 | 31 | 75 | 66 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .186 | .152 | .337 | -13.2 | -2.8 | .169 | 3.5 |
| 1972 | 32 | 93 | 76 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .092 | .148 | .092 | .240 | -40.6 | -26.0 | .128 | 3.9 |
| 1973 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4 |
| 1974 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 38 | 24 | 49 | 8 | 100.3 | 3.41 | 1.226 | 4.40 | 3.21 | 90.6 | 103.9 | 1.3 |
| 1971 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 206 | 73 | 37 | 81 | 21 | 222.3 | 2.96 | 1.093 | 3.28 | 3.36 | 97.6 | 116.4 | 3.5 |
| 1972 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 210 | 63 | 44 | 58 | 11 | 236.3 | 2.40 | 1.075 | 2.21 | 3.07 | 103.0 | 124.2 | 3.9 |
| 1973 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 33 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 74.0 | 4.01 | 1.446 | 2.31 | 4.24 | 115.2 | 91.8 | 0.4 |
| 1974 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 50 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 97.0 | 4.64 | 1.361 | 2.13 | 4.97 | 137.8 | 77.7 | -0.3 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 20.3 | 6.64 | 1.623 | 4.43 | 6.08 | 139.4 | 65.7 | -0.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-07-18 | ATH @ NYY Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1971-04-30 | MIL @ NYY Gameday | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972-09-27 | NYY @ DET Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971-06-05 | KC @ NYY Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970-09-29 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-05-14 | CLE @ NYY Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 1970-08-25 | NYY @ KC Gameday | 7.1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1971-05-19 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1972-09-07 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 5.1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 1970-07-18 | ATH @ NYY Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.