Steve Kline

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: October 6, 1947 in Wenatchee, WA us

Died: June 4, 2018 in Chelan, WA

Buried: Chelan Fraternal Cemetery, Chelan, WA

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Chelan HS (Chelan, WA).

High School: Chelan HS (Chelan, WA)

School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

Debut: July 10, 1970 (Age 22-277d, 13,018th in major league history)
vs. WSA 8.0 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: July 24, 1977 (Age 29-291d)
vs. PIT 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Steven Jack Kline

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

ERA

3.26

129

105

750.1

240

WHIP

1.189

Summary of 61 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 20 go ahead

3 Tms
NYY	48
CLE	9
ATL	4

Platoon
vs RHB	36
vs LHB	25

Home/Road
Away	35
Home	26

Outs
2	26
0	18
1	17

15 Opps
BOS	13
BAL	11
OAK	10
TEX/WSA	4
CAL	3
CLE	3
DET	3
MIL	3
MIN	2
KCR	2
CIN	2
CHW	2
PHI	1
MON	1
NYY	1

49 Batters
Reggie Jackson	5
Rico Petrocelli	3
Brooks Robinson	2
John Kennedy	2
Frank Howard	2
Graig Nettles	2
Jim Spencer	2
Dave Duncan	2
Chris Speier	1
Gene Tenace	1
Sonny Siebert	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Harmon Killebrew	1
Bob Oliver	1
Charlie Spikes	1
Tommy Davis	1
Mike Epstein	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Bill Melton	1
Dave Concepción	1
Terry Crowley	1
Pedro García	1
Mark Belanger	1
Rick Monday	1
Don Money	1
Jim Rice	1
Ted Ford	1
Leo Cárdenas	1
Paul Blair	1
Bernie Carbo	1
Bill Freehan	1
George Foster	1
Ed Brinkman	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
George Scott	1
Don Buford	1
Cookie Rojas	1
Tommy Harper	1
Dave May	1
Orlando Cepeda	1
Tony Oliva	1
Boog Powell	1
Al Bumbry	1
Elrod Hendricks	1
Ed Herrmann	1
Dalton Jones	1
Vada Pinson	1
Chico Salmon	1
Joe Lahoud	1

17 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	20
Fenway Pk (BOS)	10
ClevelandStd (CLE)	7
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Memor. Stad (BAL)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1

Where Hit
7	27
9	20
78	5
8	4
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	15
12-	6
123	2
-2-	2
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

101 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	33
1 on	18
2 on	8
3 on	2
Any on	28

Inning
1	9
2	11
3	8
4	7
5	5
6	7
7	5
8	6
9	3

1-3	28
4-6	19
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	6
+2	5
+1	10
Tied	17
-1	8
-2	4
-3	6
-4..	5

Ahead	21
Tied	17
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	12
SS	8
3B	8
1B	7
CF	6
C	6
DH	5
2B	4
LF	4
P	1

OrderPos
6th	15
3rd	12
5th	9
1st	7
4th	6
7th	4
8th	4
9th	3
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-07-10	Frank Howard	WSA		NYY	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1--	2	3	7	21%	77%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Brinkman Scores
2	2	2	1	1970-07-18	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	9	17%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Campaneris Scores
3	3	3	1	1970-08-04	Vada Pinson	CLE		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	1	9	16%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Brown Scores/unER; V. Pinson Scores/unER
4	4	4	1	1970-08-09 (2)	Chico Salmon	BAL	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	8	6	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Johnson Scores
5	5	5	2	1970-08-09 (2)	Terry Crowley	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	12-	3	5	9	17%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Buford Scores; B. Powell Scores
6	6	6	1	1970-08-21	Bill Melton	CHW		NYY	behind 1-4	b 6	0	---	1	4	9	10%	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1970-08-25	Bob Oliver	KCR		NYY	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	1	6	3	24%	58%		Home Run (LF-CF)
8	8	8	1	1970-09-25 (1)	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	6	13%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1971-04-16	Don Buford	BAL		NYY	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	11%	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	2	1	1971-04-23	Tony Oliva	MIN	@	NYY	behind 2-7	t 9	0	---	1	3	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	3	1	1971-04-30	Dave May	MIL	@	NYY	behind 0-5	t 9	2	---	1	4	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	4	1	1971-05-08	Ed Herrmann	CHW		NYY	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	12%	63%		Home Run (CF-RF)
13	13	5	1	1971-05-14	Graig Nettles	CLE	@	NYY	tied 1-1	t 6	2	---	1	3	5	20%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	6	1	1971-05-28	Jim Spencer	CAL	@	NYY	behind 0-2	t 2	1	1--	2	6	3	20%	48%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Repoz Scores
15	15	7	1	1971-06-01	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	NYY	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	1--	2	3	9	16%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rudi Scores
16	16	8	1	1971-06-05	Cookie Rojas	KCR	@	NYY	tied 3-3	t 5	2	1--	2	5	4	29%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Kirkpatrick Scores
17	17	9	1	1971-06-11	Reggie Jackson	OAK		NYY	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1	3	9	12%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	10	2	1971-06-11	Dave Duncan	OAK		NYY	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	1	7	2	18%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	11	1	1971-06-25	Frank Howard	WSA	@	NYY	behind 1-10	t 6	2	---	1	4	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	12	1	1971-07-04	John Kennedy	BOS		NYY	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (LF-CF)
21	21	13	2	1971-07-04	Joe Lahoud	BOS		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	---	1	3	7	10%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	14	3	1971-07-04	George Scott	BOS		NYY	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1--	2	6	3	14%	86%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Petrocelli Scores
23	23	15	1	1971-07-08	Bill Freehan	DET		NYY	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	6	2	7%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	16	1	1971-08-20	Jim Spencer	CAL		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	12-	3	5	3	23%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Alomar Scores/unER; M. Rivers Scores/unER; J. Spencer Scores/unER
25	25	17	1	1971-08-25	Reggie Jackson	OAK		NYY	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	10%	39%		Home Run (Deep CF)
26	26	18	2	1971-08-25	Rick Monday	OAK		NYY	behind 1-4	b 6	2	---	1	6	8	8%	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	19	1	1971-09-06 (1)	John Kennedy	BOS	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	4	12%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	20	1	1971-09-15	Brooks Robinson	BAL		NYY	behind 1-4	b 9	0	---	1	5	5	4%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	21	1	1971-09-22	Boog Powell	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 7-1	t 8	1	1--	2	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Blair Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1972-04-25	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	NYY	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	1	6	2	8%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	2	1	1972-05-07	Dave Duncan	OAK		NYY	behind 0-5	b 4	2	12-	3	7	2	16%	21%		Home Run (LF-CF); S. Bando Scores; M. Epstein Scores
32	32	3	1	1972-05-12	Leo Cárdenas	CAL		NYY	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	6	6	17%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	4	1	1972-07-14 (1)	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	NYY	behind 0-3	t 7	0	1-3	3	3	8	29%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Campaneris Scores; J. Rudi Scores
34	34	5	2	1972-07-14 (1)	Mike Epstein	OAK	@	NYY	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	4	3	23%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	6	1	1972-08-02 (1)	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		NYY	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	5	13%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	7	1	1972-08-19	Dalton Jones	TEX		NYY	behind 0-4	b 7	2	---	1	6	5	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	8	1	1972-08-29 (1)	Ted Ford	TEX	@	NYY	behind 1-2	t 6	2	-23	3	7	9	47%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Biittner Scores; D. Jones Scores
38	38	9	1	1972-09-07	Tommy Harper	BOS		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	12-	3	1	8	23%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Griffin Scores; S. Siebert Scores
39	39	10	2	1972-09-07	Sonny Siebert	BOS		NYY	ahead 6-2	b 6	0	---	1	9	1	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	11	1	1972-09-16	Brooks Robinson	BAL	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	5	13%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1973-04-07	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		NYY	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	1	3	3	10%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	2	1	1973-04-22	Don Money	MIL		NYY	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	1	5	6	15%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	3	1	1973-05-11	Elrod Hendricks	BAL	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	8	2	19%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Crowley Scores
44	44	4	1	1973-05-16	Pedro García	MIL	@	NYY	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	1	9	4	8%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	5	1	1973-08-02	Orlando Cepeda	BOS		NYY	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	DH	24%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1974-04-14 (1)	Charlie Spikes	CLE		NYY	behind 1-2	b 7	0	1--	2	6	9	38%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Chambliss Scores
47	47	2	1	1974-04-19	Tommy Davis	BAL		NYY	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	2	4	DH	26%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Coggins Scores
48	48	3	2	1974-04-19	Al Bumbry	BAL		NYY	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	1--	2	1	7	19%	89%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (LF-CF); M. Belanger Scores
49	49	4	1	1974-04-29	Harmon Killebrew	MIN		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3	2	4	DH	18%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Braun Scores
50	50	5	1	1974-05-10	Mark Belanger	BAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	9	6	13%	59%		Home Run
51	51	6	1	1974-05-15	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 2	1	1--	2	6	5	19%	48%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Yastrzemski Scores
52	52	7	2	1974-05-15	Bernie Carbo	BOS	@	CLE	tied 2-2	t 3	2	12-	3	5	9	30%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Cooper Scores; D. McAuliffe Scores
53	53	8	1	1974-05-21	Paul Blair	BAL		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	123	4	8	8	13%	93%		Home Run; B. Powell Scores; B. Grich Scores; B. Robinson Scores
54	54	9	1	1974-06-23	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	DH	9%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	10	1	1974-07-29	Ed Brinkman	DET	@	CLE	ahead 4-0	t 1	2	1--	2	8	6	9%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Rodríguez Scores
56	56	11	1	1974-09-28 (1)	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 5-3	t 8	2	1--	2	6	5	10%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Blomberg Scores
57	57	12	1	1974-10-01	Jim Rice	BOS		CLE	tied 4-4	b 4	2	---	1	5	DH	14%	65%		Home Run
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1977-06-08	Chris Speier	MON		ATL	ahead 5-0	b 8	1	---	1	2	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	2	1	1977-06-17	Mike Schmidt	PHI		ATL	ahead 9-5	b 8	2	1--	2	3	5	1%	100%		Home Run; J. Johnstone Scores
60	60	3	1	1977-07-06	Dave Concepción	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 11-9	t 8	1	123	4	7	6	8%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Driessen Scores; G. Foster Scores; J. Bench Scores
61	61	4	1	1977-07-14	George Foster	CIN		ATL	ahead 6-0	b 8	0	---	1	5	8	0%	100%		Home Run (LF-CF)