Steve Kline

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: August 22, 1972 in Sunbury, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 60th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Allegany College of Maryland (Cumberland, MD) and the Cleveland Indians in the 8th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV).

High School: Lewisburg HS (Lewisburg, PA)

Schools: Allegany College of Maryland (Cumberland, MD), West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

Debut: April 2, 1997 (Age 24-223d, 17,012th in major league history)
vs. OAK 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 25, 2007 (Age 35-034d)
vs. SDP 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Full Name: Steven James Kline

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.9

ERA

3.51

796

682.1

493

WHIP

1.383

Summary of 60 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 3 tying, 16 go ahead

5 Tms
MON	24
STL	14
BAL	11
CLE	6
SFG	5

Platoon
vs RHB	45
vs LHB	15

Home/Road
Away	46
Home	14

Outs
0	27
2	17
1	16

25 Opps
ATL	6
CHC	5
CIN	4
MIL	4
ARI	3
SFG	3
PIT	3
PHI	3
TOR	3
MIN	2
OAK	2
TEX	2
NYY	2
SEA	2
DET	2
BAL	2
BOS	2
CLE	2
FLA	2
COL	1
SDP	1
LAA	1
LAD	1
WSN	1
HOU	1

56 Batters
Chipper Jones	2
Sammy Sosa	2
Alfonso Soriano	2
Richie Sexson	2
Travis Hafner	1
Tony Batista	1
Barry Bonds	1
Damion Easley	1
Shannon Stewart	1
Henry Blanco	1
Mark Ellis	1
Ben Broussard	1
Matt Lawton	1
Mike Bell	1
José Hernández	1
Mike Lowell	1
Travis Lee	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Tim Bogar	1
Jason Giambi	1
Greg Colbrunn	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Mark DeRosa	1
Russ Davis	1
Kevin Millar	1
Shea Hillenbrand	1
Javy López	1
Eric Young Sr.	1
Kelly Stinnett	1
Miguel Olivo	1
Tony Clark	1
Aaron Boone	1
José Bautista	1
Brian Giles	1
Jimmy Rollins	1
Mark Bellhorn	1
Wendell Magee	1
Troy O'Leary	1
Jacque Jones	1
Moisés Alou	1
Mike Napoli	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Raúl Casanova	1
Eric Byrnes	1
Joe Carter	1
Quilvio Veras	1
David Bell	1
B.J. Surhoff	1
Juan Samuel	1
Barry Larkin	1
Josh Barfield	1
Adam Dunn	1
Shawon Dunston	1
Jim Thome	1
Reggie Sanders	1
Dave Nilsson	1

27 Parks
Camden Yards (BAL)	6
Turner Fld (ATL)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
Oracle Park (SFO)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	3
PNC Pk (PIT)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	17
8	6
89	6
78	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	13
4	12
1	10
2	9
6	5
7+	5
5	5
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
12-	8
1--	8
123	3
-2-	2
-23	2
1-3	1

101 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	36
1 on	10
2 on	11
3 on	3
Any on	24

Inning
1	1
5	3
6	3
7	11
8	26
9	9
Extra	7

1-3	1
4-6	6
7-end	53

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	1
+2	5
+1	2
Tied	12
-1	5
-2	6
-3	3
-4..	13

Ahead	21
Tied	12
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	10
3-2	9
1-2	7
2-1	7
1-1	6
1-0	5
0-1	4
2-0	4
2-2	3
0-2	2
3-1	2
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	12
LF	10
PH	7
3B	7
2B	6
C	6
RF	6
SS	3
DH	2
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
4th	11
3rd	10
7th	6
1st	6
5th	6
9th	6
2nd	6
6th	5
8th	4

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	6
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1997-04-09	Russ Davis	SEA		CLE	ahead 7-0	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	1%	99%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1997-04-16	Mo Vaughn	BOS		CLE	ahead 7-5	b 5	2	12-	4,(2-1) .CBBX	3	3	3	15%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); N. Garciaparra Scores; J. Frye Scores
3	3	3	1	1997-04-26	Dave Nilsson	MIL		CLE	behind 5-6	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) .BFFBBX	1	3	3	21%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); D. Nilsson Scores
4	4	4	1	1997-05-10	Tony Clark	DET		CLE	ahead 3-0	b 7	1	-23	2,(1-0) B.X	3	4	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Easley Scores; B. Higginson Scores
5	5	5	1	1997-05-11	Damion Easley	DET		CLE	ahead 7-3	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1997-05-24	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3		3	4	3	17%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Anderson Scores/unER; E. Davis Scores; R. Palmeiro Scores
7	7	7	1	1997-08-16	Barry Bonds	SFG		MON	behind 2-8	b 8	1	1--	3,(0-2) CSX	2	3	7	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Vizcaíno Scores
8	8	8	1	1997-08-22	Sammy Sosa	CHC		MON	tied 0-0	b 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	24%	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Grace Scores
9	9	9	1	1997-08-24	Sammy Sosa	CHC		MON	ahead 8-3	b 8	2	12-	4,(1-2) CBFX	3	4	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Glanville Scores; R. Sandberg Scores
10	10	10	2	1997-08-24	Shawon Dunston	CHC		MON	ahead 11-3	b 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1998-05-02	Travis Lee	ARI	@	MON	tied 3-3	t 10	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	3	38%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	2	1	1998-06-22	Juan Samuel	TOR		MON	ahead 12-1	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	PH/DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
13	13	3	1	1998-08-26	Eric Young Sr.	LAD		MON	tied 3-3	b 9	2	---	4,(1-2) BCTX	1	1	4	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
14	14	4	1	1998-09-01	Joe Carter	SFG		MON	behind 3-5	b 6	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	PH	41%	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); B. Mayne Scores; M. Benard Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1999-05-31	Kelly Stinnett	ARI	@	MON	tied 5-5	t 10	1	1--	5,(3-2) BBCBX	2	7	2	41%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Lee Scores
16	16	2	2	1999-05-31	Greg Colbrunn	ARI	@	MON	ahead 7-5	t 10	2	---	7,(3-2) BCCFBBX	1	9	PH	5%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
17	17	3	1	1999-06-20	Tim Bogar	HOU		MON	ahead 3-1	b 6	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	6	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
18	18	4	1	1999-07-03	Kevin Millar	FLA		MON	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	7,(3-2) BBSFFBX	1	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
19	19	5	1	1999-07-16	B.J. Surhoff	BAL		MON	ahead 7-1	b 6	0	-2-	3,(1-1) BFX	2	3	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Bordick Scores
20	20	6	1	1999-09-17	Chipper Jones	ATL		MON	tied 5-5	b 10	1	---	3,(1-2) CBX	1	3	5	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball)
21	21	7	1	1999-09-22	Mike Lowell	FLA		MON	behind 0-4	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	4%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
22	22	8	1	1999-10-01	Wendell Magee	PHI		MON	behind 3-7	b 8	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	2	PH	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2000-06-10	Tony Batista	TOR		MON	behind 1-11	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	2	1	2000-06-13	Raúl Casanova	MIL		MON	behind 0-8	b 8	0	123	3,(0-2) CCX	4	7	2	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Jenkins Scores; C. Hayes Scores; T. Houston Scores
25	25	3	1	2000-07-05	Quilvio Veras	ATL		MON	behind 3-6	b 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	4	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	4	2	2000-07-05	Chipper Jones	ATL		MON	behind 4-6	b 9	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	3	5	4%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	5	1	2000-07-17	Troy O'Leary	BOS		MON	behind 2-3	b 7	2	12-	4,(1-2) BSSX	3	6	7	47%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Burkhart Scores; N. Garciaparra Scores
28	28	6	1	2000-09-02	Mike Bell	CIN		MON	behind 4-7	b 8	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	PH	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	7	1	2000-09-09	Reggie Sanders	ATL		MON	behind 3-5	b 8	0	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	6	9	14%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	8	1	2000-09-24	Javy López	ATL	@	MON	ahead 10-5	t 8	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	5	2	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Jones Scores; A. Galarraga Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2001-05-18	Jimmy Rollins	PHI		STL	ahead 2-0	b 8	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	6	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Glanville Scores
32	32	2	1	2001-10-02	Richie Sexson	MIL		STL	behind 0-5	b 9	0	---	6,(3-2) CBBBFX	1	4	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	2001-10-04	Richie Sexson	MIL		STL	behind 1-8	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2002-07-22	David Bell	SFG		STL	behind 1-3	b 8	1	1--	7,(1-2) FCBFFFX	2	7	5	40%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Snow Scores
35	35	2	1	2002-08-02	Henry Blanco	ATL		STL	ahead 10-5	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
36	36	3	1	2002-08-12	Brian Giles	PIT		STL	behind 5-8	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) BSCX	1	3	7	7%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2003-04-10	José Hernández	COL		STL	behind 5-6	b 8	2	1--	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	6	6	57%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); P. Wilson Scores
38	38	2	1	2003-05-08	Aaron Boone	CIN		STL	ahead 7-6	b 7	0	---	5,(2-2) ...BCFBX	1	5	5	10%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	3	1	2003-05-17	Mark Bellhorn	CHC	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	9,(3-2) .BBBCSFFFX	1	9	PH	34%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	4	1	2003-07-04	Moisés Alou	CHC		STL	behind 5-11	b 9	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Grudzielanek Scores; S. Sosa Scores
41	41	5	1	2003-08-22	Jim Thome	PHI	@	STL	behind 3-4	t 8	1	1--	6,(3-2) CBSBBX	2	4	3	47%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Abreu Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2004-06-11	Alfonso Soriano	TEX		STL	behind 4-10	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	3	4	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	2	1	2004-07-17	Adam Dunn	CIN		STL	tied 4-4	b 8	2	12-	3,(1-1) FBX	3	4	7	38%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Freel Scores; B. Larkin Scores
44	44	3	1	2004-07-28	Barry Larkin	CIN		STL	behind 3-8	b 5	2	123	3,(2-0) ..BBX	4	2	PH	26%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. López Scores; T. Hummel Scores; R. Freel Scores
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2005-04-07	Eric Byrnes	OAK	@	BAL	tied 1-1	t 8	0	12-	2,(0-1) LX	3	2	7	26%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Scutaro Scores; M. Kotsay Scores
46	46	2	1	2005-04-09	Rubén Sierra	NYY		BAL	tied 5-5	b 7	2	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	5	DH	33%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Sheffield Scores; H. Matsui Scores
47	47	3	1	2005-05-10	Jacque Jones	MIN	@	BAL	tied 4-4	t 10	0	---	6,(3-2) ...CSBBBX	1	9	PH	33%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
48	48	4	2	2005-05-10	Shannon Stewart	MIN	@	BAL	ahead 5-4	t 10	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	9%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	5	1	2005-06-06	Matt Lawton	PIT		BAL	behind 2-3	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	1	9	24%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	6	1	2005-07-03	Travis Hafner	CLE	@	BAL	ahead 7-2	t 7	0	1--	4,(2-1) 1BBC1>X	2	3	DH	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Crisp Scores
51	51	7	1	2005-07-04	Jason Giambi	NYY		BAL	behind 6-8	b 8	0	---	6,(2-2) .SCBFBX	1	8	3	14%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	8	1	2005-07-17	Miguel Olivo	SEA		BAL	ahead 7-1	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
53	53	9	1	2005-08-05	Mark DeRosa	TEX		BAL	behind 4-10	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	8	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
54	54	10	1	2005-08-12	Shea Hillenbrand	TOR	@	BAL	ahead 11-0	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ....BX	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
55	55	11	1	2005-08-19	Ben Broussard	CLE		BAL	tied 4-4	b 10	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	9	3	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	2006-06-20	Mike Napoli	LAA	@	SFG	behind 1-3	t 8	1	---	7,(3-2) CBSFBBX	1	5	2	10%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
57	57	2	1	2006-07-01 (1)	Josh Barfield	SDP		SFG	ahead 6-4	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	9	4	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	3	1	2006-08-02	Alfonso Soriano	WSN	@	SFG	behind 1-6	t 7	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	1	7	5%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Anderson Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	2007-05-18	Mark Ellis	OAK		SFG	ahead 10-3	b 8	0	123	5,(2-2) S*BFBX	4	7	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Johnson Scores; J. Cust Scores; B. Crosby Scores
60	60	2	1	2007-08-13 (2)	José Bautista	PIT		SFG	behind 2-10	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)