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Steve Kline PCardinals

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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
16	796	682.3	34	39	39	3.51	5.8

Birth Date	8-22-1972
Height	6' 1"
Weight	225 lbs

Age	51 years, 8 months, 1 days
Bats	R
Throws	L

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
1997	CLE	0	20	1	26.3	3	1	0	42	13	17	6	97	14.4	4.4	2.1	5.8	0%	.387	2.09	6.41	5.81	100	5.22	108.6	0.0
1997	MON	0	26	0	26.3	1	3	0	31	10	20	4	98	10.6	3.4	1.4	6.8	0%	.325	1.56	4.78	6.15	98	4.48	93.2	0.2
1998	MON	MLB	78	0	71.7	3	6	1	62	41	76	4	91	7.8	5.1	0.5	9.5	0%	.297	1.44	3.51	2.76	84	2.95	61.2	1.9
1999	MON	MLB	82	0	69.7	7	4	0	56	33	69	8	101	7.2	4.3	1.0	8.9	0%	.261	1.28	4.13	3.75	82	3.48	67.7	1.6
2000	MON	MLB	83	0	82.3	1	5	14	88	27	64	8	108	9.6	3.0	0.9	7.0	0%	.324	1.40	3.85	3.50	88	4.39	84.5	1.2
2001	SLN	MLB	89	0	75.0	3	3	9	53	29	54	3	102	6.4	3.5	0.4	6.5	0%	.235	1.09	3.40	1.80	103	5.05	104.7	0.3
2002	SLN	MLB	66	0	58.3	2	1	6	54	21	41	3	99	8.3	3.2	0.5	6.3	0%	.291	1.29	3.26	3.39	94	3.88	83.3	0.9
2003	SLN	MLB	78	0	63.7	5	5	3	56	30	31	5	101	7.9	4.2	0.7	4.4	0%	.249	1.35	4.57	3.82	114	6.25	130.9	-0.6
2004	SLN	MLB	67	0	50.3	2	2	3	37	17	35	3	94	6.6	3.0	0.5	6.3	0%	.238	1.07	3.58	1.79	94	4.53	93.4	0.6
2005	BAL	MLB	67	0	61.0	2	4	0	59	30	36	11	102	8.7	4.4	1.6	5.3	0%	.257	1.46	5.68	4.28	111	5.35	115.0	0.1
2006	SFN	MLB	72	0	51.7	4	3	1	53	26	33	3	90	9.2	4.5	0.5	5.7	0%	.305	1.53	4.15	3.66	107	5.59	113.8	0.1
2007	SFN	MLB	68	0	46.0	1	2	2	58	18	17	2	98	11.3	3.5	0.4	3.3	0%	.316	1.65	4.30	4.70	113	6.46	133.6	-0.5
1997	TOT	MLB	46	1	52.7	4	4	0	73	23	37	10	97	12.5	3.9	1.7	6.3	0%	.000	1.82	5.59	5.98	99	4.85	100.9	0.3
Career		MLB	796	1	682.3	34	39	39	649	295	493	60	99	8.6	3.9	0.8	6.5	55%	.285	1.38	4.14	3.51	98	4.71	97.0	5.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1993	WTT	A-	NYP	13	13	79.0	5	4	0	77	12	45	3		8.8	1.4	0.3	5.1	0%	.000	1.13	3.45	3.19	0	0.00	0.0
1993	BNC	Rk	APL	2	1	7.3	1	1	0	11	2	4	0		13.6	2.5	0.0	4.9	0%	.000	1.78	3.12	4.93	0	0.00	0.0
1994	CGA	A	SAL	28	28	185.7	18	5	0	175	36	174	14		8.5	1.7	0.7	8.4	0%	.000	1.14	3.09	3.00	0	0.00	0.0
1995	CAN	AA	EAS	14	14	89.3	2	3	0	86	30	45	6		8.7	3.0	0.6	4.5	0%	.000	1.30	4.11	2.42	0	0.00	0.0
1996	CAN	AA	EAS	25	24	146.7	8	12	0	168	55	107	16		10.3	3.4	1.0	6.6	0%	.000	1.52	4.24	5.46	0	0.00	0.0
1997	CLE	MLB	AL	20	1	26.3	3	1	0	42	13	17	6	97	14.4	4.4	2.1	5.8	0%	.387	2.09	6.41	5.81	100	5.22	108.6
1997	MON	MLB	NL	26	0	26.3	1	3	0	31	10	20	4	98	10.6	3.4	1.4	6.8	0%	.325	1.56	4.78	6.15	98	4.48	93.2
1997	BUF	AAA	AA	20	4	51.3	3	3	1	53	13	41	4		9.3	2.3	0.7	7.2	0%	.310	1.29	3.30	4.04	0	0.00	0.0
1998	MON	MLB	NL	78	0	71.7	3	6	1	62	41	76	4	91	7.8	5.1	0.5	9.5	0%	.297	1.44	3.51	2.76	84	2.95	61.2
1998	OTT	AAA	INT	2	0	2.7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		3.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	0%	-1.000	0.37	2.53	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
1999	MON	MLB	NL	82	0	69.7	7	4	0	56	33	69	8	101	7.2	4.3	1.0	8.9	0%	.261	1.28	4.13	3.75	82	3.48	67.7
2000	MON	MLB	NL	83	0	82.3	1	5	14	88	27	64	8	108	9.6	3.0	0.9	7.0	0%	.324	1.40	3.85	3.50	88	4.39	84.5
2001	SLN	MLB	NL	89	0	75.0	3	3	9	53	29	54	3	102	6.4	3.5	0.4	6.5	0%	.235	1.09	3.40	1.80	103	5.05	104.7
2002	SLN	MLB	NL	66	0	58.3	2	1	6	54	21	41	3	99	8.3	3.2	0.5	6.3	0%	.291	1.29	3.26	3.39	94	3.88	83.3
2002	PEO	A	MDW	2	1	2.3	0	0	0	1	1	5	0		3.9	3.9	0.0	19.6	0%	.250	0.87	0.19	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2002	NHV	AA	EAS	1	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		0.0	4.5	0.0	9.0	0%	.000	0.50	2.68	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2003	SLN	MLB	NL	78	0	63.7	5	5	3	56	30	31	5	101	7.9	4.2	0.7	4.4	0%	.249	1.35	4.57	3.82	114	6.25	130.9
2004	SLN	MLB	NL	67	0	50.3	2	2	3	37	17	35	3	94	6.6	3.0	0.5	6.3	0%	.238	1.07	3.58	1.79	94	4.53	93.4
2005	BAL	MLB	AL	67	0	61.0	2	4	0	59	30	36	11	102	8.7	4.4	1.6	5.3	0%	.257	1.46	5.68	4.28	111	5.35	115.0
2006	SFN	MLB	NL	72	0	51.7	4	3	1	53	26	33	3	90	9.2	4.5	0.5	5.7	0%	.305	1.53	4.15	3.66	107	5.59	113.8
2007	SFN	MLB	NL	68	0	46.0	1	2	2	58	18	17	2	98	11.3	3.5	0.4	3.3	0%	.316	1.65	4.30	4.70	113	6.46	133.6
2008	LEH	AAA	INT	20	0	22.7	0	2	1	28	8	16	3	89	11.1	3.2	1.2	6.3	0%	.329	1.59	4.94	5.15	109	5.56	113.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2004-08-28	2004-10-28	15-DL	61	34	Left	Groin	Strain		-
2002-04-29	2002-05-31	15-DL	32	28	Left	Upper Arm	Strain	Triceps	-
1999-04-11	1999-04-26	15-DL	15	11	Left	Elbow	Inflammation		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2008	SFN	$1,750,000
2007	SFN	$1,750,000
2006	SFN	$3,000,000
2005	BAL	$2,500,000
2004	SLN	$1,700,000
2003	SLN	$1,800,000
2002	SLN	$1,200,000
2001	SLN	$750,000
2000	MON	$355,000

Years	Description	Salary
9 yr	Previous	$14,805,000
9 yr	Total	$14,805,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
10 y 115 d		2 yr/$3.5M (07-08)

Details

released 4/4/08 designated for assignment 3/30/08 re-signed as a free agent 12/06, 2 year/$3.5M (07-08), 07:$1.75M, 08:$1.75M
$0.1M assignment bonus with each trade
club will not offer arbitration after 08
award bonus:$0.1M MVP, $50K each All-Star,LCSMVP, $75K WSMVP
acquired in trade from BAL 12/05 (SF also pd BAL c$0.9M in deal)
signed as a free agent from STL 12/04, 2 year/$5.5M (05-06), 05:$2.5M, 06:$3M
re-signed as a free agent 12/03, 1 year/$1.7M (04)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Steve Kline threw 284 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2008, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2008, he relied primarily on his Sinker (88mph) and Slider (79mph).