Ron Kline

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: March 9, 1932 in Callery, PA us

Died: June 22, 2002 in Callery, PA

Buried: Brownsdale Cemetery, Brownsdale, PA

High School: Callery HS (Callery, PA)

Debut: April 21, 1952 (Age 20-043d, 10,925th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: June 13, 1970 (Age 38-096d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Ronald Lee Kline

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.1

114

144

ERA

3.75

736

203

108

2078.0

989

WHIP

1.369

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1950	18	PIT-min	D	5	2	.714	3.81	12	8					78.0	69	42	33	3	45									1.462	8.0	0.3	5.2			BAR KOML
1951	19	PIT-min	D,AA	19	7	.731	2.51	32	4					237.0	161	90	66	4	162									1.363	6.1	0.2	6.2			BAR,NOR KOML,SOUA
1952	20	PIT-min	B	3	6	.333	3.51	13	12					82.0	69	49	32	4	55									1.512	7.6	0.4	6.0			BGH CARL
1952	20	PIT	NL	0	7	.000	5.49	27	11	5	0	0	0	78.2	74	55	48	3	66	3	27	6	3	4	368	72	4.95	1.780	8.5	0.3	7.6	3.1	0.41
1953			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1954			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1955	23	PIT	NL	6	13	.316	4.15	36	19	12	2	1	2	136.2	161	78	63	13	53	5	48	5	2	2	611	99	4.17	1.566	10.6	0.9	3.5	3.2	0.91
1956	24	PIT	NL	14	18	.438	3.38	44	39	2	9	2	2	264.0	263	110	99	26	81	8	125	5	0	10	1102	111	3.68	1.303	9.0	0.9	2.8	4.3	1.54
1957	25	PIT	NL	9	16	.360	4.04	40	31	2	11	2	0	205.0	214	107	92	27	61	6	88	1	0	2	871	94	4.22	1.341	9.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.44
1958	26	PIT	NL	13	16	.448	3.53	32	32	0	11	2	0	237.1	220	96	93	25	92	14	109	0	0	3	986	110	4.09	1.315	8.3	0.9	3.5	4.1	1.18
1959	27	PIT	NL	11	13	.458	4.26	33	29	1	7	0	0	186.0	186	95	88	23	70	9	91	2	1	9	796	90	4.33	1.376	9.0	1.1	3.4	4.4	1.30
1960	28	STL	NL	4	9	.308	6.04	34	17	6	1	0	1	117.2	133	86	79	21	43	5	54	0	0	4	523	67	5.03	1.496	10.2	1.6	3.3	4.1	1.26
1961	29	TOT	AL	8	9	.471	4.14	36	20	6	3	1	1	161.0	172	87	74	19	61	6	97	1	1	5	701	105	4.06	1.447	9.6	1.1	3.4	5.4	1.59
1961	29	LAA	AL	3	6	.333	4.90	26	12	5	0	0	1	104.2	119	62	57	16	44	5	70	1	1	2	464	91	4.51	1.557	10.2	1.4	3.8	6.0	1.59
1961	29	DET	AL	5	3	.625	2.72	10	8	1	3	1	0	56.1	53	25	17	3	17	1	27	0	0	3	237	152	3.21	1.243	8.5	0.5	2.7	4.3	1.59
1962	30	DET	AL	3	6	.333	4.31	36	4	16	0	0	2	77.1	88	40	37	9	28	2	47	2	0	4	343	95	4.08	1.500	10.2	1.0	3.3	5.5	1.68
1963	31	WSA	AL	3	8	.273	2.79	62	1	46	0	0	17	93.2	85	36	29	3	30	7	49	3	0	5	383	135	2.91	1.228	8.2	0.3	2.9	4.7	1.63
1964	32	WSA	AL	10	7	.588	2.32	61	0	52	0	0	14	81.1	81	29	21	4	21	9	40	2	0	7	344	161	3.11	1.254	9.0	0.4	2.3	4.4	1.90
1965	33	WSA	AL	7	6	.538	2.63	74	0	58	0	0	29	99.1	106	36	29	7	32	14	52	2	0	1	434	132	3.41	1.389	9.6	0.6	2.9	4.7	1.63	MVP-29
1966	34	WSA	AL	6	4	.600	2.39	63	0	46	0	0	23	90.1	79	32	24	12	17	7	46	0	0	0	355	146	3.83	1.063	7.9	1.2	1.7	4.6	2.71
1967	35	MIN	AL	7	1	.875	3.77	54	0	26	0	0	5	71.2	71	33	30	10	15	7	36	1	0	2	294	93	4.02	1.200	8.9	1.3	1.9	4.5	2.40
1968	36	PIT	NL	12	5	.706	1.68	56	0	31	0	0	7	112.2	94	26	21	3	31	11	48	2	0	0	449	173	2.76	1.109	7.5	0.2	2.5	3.8	1.55
1969	37	TOT	MLB	1	6	.143	5.19	43	0	25	0	0	4	59.0	77	40	34	8	28	8	29	1	0	1	278	71	4.76	1.780	11.7	1.2	4.3	4.4	1.04
1969	37	TOT	NL	1	5	.167	5.36	27	0	16	0	0	3	42.0	53	29	25	4	11	5	22	1	0	0	186	67	3.56	1.524	11.4	0.9	2.4	4.7	2.00
1969	37	PIT	NL	1	3	.250	5.81	20	0	13	0	0	3	31.0	37	23	20	3	5	2	15	1	0	0	134	61	3.38	1.355	10.7	0.9	1.5	4.4	3.00
1969	37	SFG	NL	0	2	.000	4.09	7	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	16	6	5	1	6	3	7	0	0	0	52	90	4.05	2.000	13.1	0.8	4.9	5.7	1.17
1969	37	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	4.76	16	0	9	0	0	1	17.0	24	11	9	4	17	3	7	0	0	1	92	83	7.74	2.412	12.7	2.1	9.0	3.7	0.41
1970	38	CAL-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	3.27	15	3		0	0	0	33.0	34	14	12	0	20	5	17	1	0	2				1.636	9.3	0.0	5.5	4.6	0.85	HAW PCL
1970	38	ATL	NL	0	0		7.11	5	0	4	0	0	1	6.1	9	5	5	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	30	63	10.85	1.737	12.8	5.7	2.8	4.3	1.50
17 Yrs				114	144	.442	3.75	736	203	338	44	8	108	2078.0	2113	991	866	217	731	121	989	33	7	59	8868	102	3.99	1.369	9.2	0.9	3.2	4.3	1.35
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.442	3.75	53	15	24	3	1	8	150	153	72	63	16	53	9	72	2	1	4	642	102	3.99	1.369	9.2	0.9	3.2	4.3	1.35
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PIT (8 yrs)				66	91	.420	3.77	288	161	66	40	7	14	1251.1	1249	590	524	123	459	58	551	22	6	30	5317	100	3.99	1.365	9.0	0.9	3.3	4.0	1.20
WSA (4 yrs)				26	25	.510	2.54	260	1	202	0	0	83	364.2	351	133	103	26	100	37	187	7	0	13	1516	142	3.32	1.237	8.7	0.6	2.5	4.6	1.87
DET (2 yrs)				8	9	.471	3.64	46	12	17	3	1	2	133.2	141	65	54	12	45	3	74	2	0	7	580	113	3.71	1.392	9.5	0.8	3.0	5.0	1.64
MIN (1 yr)				7	1	.875	3.77	54	0	26	0	0	5	71.2	71	33	30	10	15	7	36	1	0	2	294	93	4.02	1.200	8.9	1.3	1.9	4.5	2.40
SFG (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.09	7	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	16	6	5	1	6	3	7	0	0	0	52	90	4.05	2.000	13.1	0.8	4.9	5.7	1.17
ATL (1 yr)				0	0		7.11	5	0	4	0	0	1	6.1	9	5	5	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	30	63	10.85	1.737	12.8	5.7	2.8	4.3	1.50
STL (1 yr)				4	9	.308	6.04	34	17	6	1	0	1	117.2	133	86	79	21	43	5	54	0	0	4	523	67	5.03	1.496	10.2	1.6	3.3	4.1	1.26
BOS (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.76	16	0	9	0	0	1	17.0	24	11	9	4	17	3	7	0	0	1	92	83	7.74	2.412	12.7	2.1	9.0	3.7	0.41
LAA (1 yr)				3	6	.333	4.90	26	12	5	0	0	1	104.2	119	62	57	16	44	5	70	1	1	2	464	91	4.51	1.557	10.2	1.4	3.8	6.0	1.59

NL (10 yrs)				70	102	.407	3.98	334	178	79	41	7	16	1386.1	1407	687	613	149	510	66	615	22	6	34	5922	95	4.11	1.383	9.1	1.0	3.3	4.0	1.21
AL (8 yrs)				44	42	.512	3.29	402	25	259	3	1	92	691.2	706	304	253	68	221	55	374	11	1	25	2946	117	3.76	1.340	9.2	0.9	2.9	4.9	1.69

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