Steve Kline Notable

b. August 22, 1972 · Cleveland Indians 1997, Montreal Expos 1997–2000, St. Louis Cardinals 2001–2004, Baltimore Orioles 2005, San Francisco Giants 2006–2007

Steve Kline played for five clubs across 11 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cleveland Indians in 1997 and closing with the San Francisco Giants in 2007.

He went 34 and 39 with a 3.51 earned run average, pitching 682.3 innings in 796 games. He struck out 493. Across 796 games he batted .143, with 2 hits and 1 run. He finished with 1 double.

He was born in Sunbury, PA, USA on August 22, 1972. He batted both ways and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG
1997	CLE/MON	46	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1998	MON	78	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1999	MON	82	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2000	MON	83	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2001	STL	89	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500
2002	STL	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	STL	78	2	0	1	1	2	0	.500
2004	STL	67	0	1	0	0	0	0	—
2005	BAL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2006	SFG	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2007	SFG	68	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Career	—	796	14	1	2	1	2	6	.143

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1997	CLE/MON	4	4	46	1	0	52.2	73	35	23	37	5.98
1998	MON	3	6	78	0	1	71.2	62	22	41	76	2.76
1999	MON	7	4	82	0	0	69.2	56	29	33	69	3.75
2000	MON	1	5	83	0	14	82.1	88	32	27	64	3.50
2001	STL	3	3	89	0	9	75.0	53	15	29	54	1.80
2002	STL	2	1	66	0	6	58.1	54	22	21	41	3.39
2003	STL	5	5	78	0	3	63.2	56	27	30	31	3.82
2004	STL	2	2	67	0	3	50.1	37	10	17	35	1.79
2005	BAL	2	4	67	0	0	61.0	59	29	30	36	4.28
2006	SFG	4	3	72	0	1	51.2	53	21	26	33	3.66
2007	SFG	1	2	68	0	2	46.0	58	24	18	17	4.70
Career	—	34	39	796	1	39	682.1	649	266	295	493	3.51

On this day & linked events

1972

Born August 22, 1972

Sunbury, PA, USA

1997

Major-league debut: Steve Kline

Steve Kline made a major-league debut on April 2, 1997.

2007

Final major-league game: Steve Kline

Steve Kline played a final major-league game on September 25, 2007.

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