What years did Steve Kline play?

Steve Kline played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2007.

Was Steve Kline a pitcher?

Yes. Steve Kline pitched in the major leagues, recording 34 wins and 493 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Steve Kline hit?

Steve Kline hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was Steve Kline's career batting average?

Steve Kline batted .143 over his career, with 2 hits in 14 at bats.

How many RBI did Steve Kline have?

Steve Kline drove in 2 runs in his career.

What was Steve Kline's career ERA?

Steve Kline finished with a 3.51 career ERA, going 34-39 with 493 strikeouts.

Steve Kline

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1997-2007)

Steve Kline was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2007 for 5 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 11 seasons. Across 796 career appearances, he went 34-39 with a 3.51 ERA, 493 strikeouts, and 39 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4892.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 34–39

ERA 3.51

WHIP 1.38

SO 493

Pitcher PIV 4892.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 200 lb
Born: 8/22/1972 in Sunbury, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1997-04-02
Last Game: 2007-09-25

Full name: Steven James Kline

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Career Pitching Statistics

Steve Kline — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
34	39	796	1	0	0	39	682.1	649	266	60	295	493	3.51	4892.0

Career ERA 3.51 vs. league average 4.47 across their career seasons — 21.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Steve Kline (b. 1972) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1997	CLE	AL	3	1	20	1	0	26.1	42	17	13	17	5.81	4.39 (-32%)	-1307.2
1997	MON	NL	1	3	26	0	0	26.1	31	18	10	20	6.15	4.39 (-40%)	-282.2
1998	MON	NL	3	6	78	0	1	71.2	62	22	41	76	2.76	4.43 (+38%)	1538.1
1999	MON	NL	7	4	82	0	0	69.2	56	29	33	69	3.75	4.71 (+20%)	905.0
2000	MON	NL	1	5	83	0	14	82.1	88	32	27	64	3.50	4.77 (+27%)	1745.2
2001	SLN	NL	3	3	89	0	9	75.0	53	15	29	54	1.80	4.42 (+59%)	1843.8
2002	SLN	NL	2	1	66	0	6	58.1	54	22	21	41	3.39	4.28 (+21%)	1360.3
2003	SLN	NL	5	5	78	0	3	63.2	56	27	30	31	3.82	4.40 (+13%)	-372.3
2004	SLN	NL	2	2	67	0	3	50.1	37	10	17	35	1.79	4.46 (+60%)	991.2
2005	BAL	AL	2	4	67	0	0	61.0	59	29	30	36	4.28	4.29 (avg)	-2086.8
2006	SFN	NL	4	3	72	0	1	51.2	53	21	26	33	3.66	4.53 (+19%)	437.2
2007	SFN	NL	1	2	68	0	2	46.0	58	24	18	17	4.70	4.47 (-5%)	119.6
Career · 12 seasons			34	39	796	1	39	682.1	649	266	295	493	3.51	—	4,892

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Steve Kline — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
796	14	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	.143	.143	.214	.357	0

Career AVG .143 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 46.4% below league average.

Career OBP .143 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 57.5% below league average.

Career SLG .214 vs. league average .425 across their career seasons — 49.6% below league average.

Career OPS .357 vs. league average .761 across their career seasons — 53.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Steve Kline (b. 1972) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1997	CLE	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	MON	NL	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	MON	NL	78	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	MON	NL	82	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	MON	NL	83	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	SLN	NL	89	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	SLN	NL	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	SLN	NL	78	2	0	1	1	2	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	SLN	NL	67	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	BAL	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	SFN	NL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	SFN	NL	68	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			796	14	1	2	1	2	6	.143	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Steve Kline — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Steve Kline — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2004	NLCS	SLN	1	.000
2004	NLDS1	SLN	2	.000
2002	NLCS	SLN	4	.000
2002	NLDS2	SLN	2	.000
2001	NLDS2	SLN	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Steve Kline — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	13	0	2	9.1	9	1	3	1	0.96

Playoff Pitching by Year

Steve Kline — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2004	NLCS	SLN	0	1	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0.00
2004	NLDS1	SLN	0	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0.00
2002	NLCS	SLN	0	4	0	2.1	2	0	0	1	0.00
2002	NLDS2	SLN	0	2	0	1.1	1	0	1	0	0.00
2001	NLDS2	SLN	1	4	2	4.1	4	1	2	0	2.08

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Steve Kline — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	407	6	1	1	0	0	.167
Away	389	8	0	1	0	2	.125

Pitching — Home / Away

Steve Kline — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	407	352.0	340	123	143	271	3.14
Away	389	330.1	309	143	152	222	3.90

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Steve Kline — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB
2007-09-25	SFG	SDP	—	0.1	0	0	0	0
2007-09-21	SFG	CIN	—	0.1	2	0	0	0
2007-09-20	SFG	CIN	—	0.2	2	1	1	0
2007-09-17	SFG	AZ	—	0.2	0	0	0	0
2007-09-14	SFG	SDP	—	0.1	1	0	0	0
2007-09-10	SFG	AZ	—	0.1	0	0	0	0
2007-09-08	SFG	LAD	—	0.0	0	1	1	1
2007-09-05	SFG	COL	—	0.1	2	2	2	0
2007-09-04	SFG	COL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0
2007-09-01	SFG	WAS	—	1.0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Steve Kline — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	796	1	37	111	7	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Steve Kline — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1997	CLE	P	20	1	2	1	1	0
1997	MON	P	26	0	1	4	0	0
1998	MON	P	78	0	3	10	1	0
1999	MON	P	82	0	5	17	1	2
2000	MON	P	83	0	4	10	1	1
2001	SLN	P	89	0	3	10	0	0
2002	SLN	P	66	0	4	6	0	0
2003	SLN	P	78	0	1	16	0	3
2004	SLN	P	67	0	4	10	0	0
2005	BAL	P	67	0	2	14	1	1
2006	SFN	P	72	0	5	10	1	0
2007	SFN	P	68	0	3	3	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Steve Kline (b. 1972) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	796

Salary History

Steve Kline — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2007	SFN	NL	$1,750,000
2006	SFN	NL	$3,000,000
2005	BAL	AL	$2,500,000
2004	SLN	NL	$1,700,000
2003	SLN	NL	$1,800,000
2002	SLN	NL	$1,200,000
2001	SLN	NL	$750,000
2000	MON	NL	$355,000
1999	MON	NL	$260,000
1998	MON	NL	$173,500
1997	CLE	AL	$150,000
Total Career Earnings			$13,638,500

College History

Steve Kline — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
West Virginia University	Morgantown	WV	1993

Award Voting History

Steve Kline — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2001	Most Valuable Player	NL	24th	1.0	448	0

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Steve Kline: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 2, 1997 and the final game on September 25, 2007, Steve Kline built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the Cleveland Indians (1997), the Montreal Expos (1997 to 2000), the St. Louis Cardinals (2001 to 2004), the Baltimore Orioles (2005), and the San Francisco Giants (2006 to 2007). Kline, a pitcher by primary position, batted from both sides and threw left-handed. Kline is listed at 6 feet, 2 inches and 200 pounds. The birth record reads August 22, 1972, in Sunbury, PA, USA. Kline's full given name, per the bio, is Steven James Kline.

The pitching table credits Kline with a 34-39 record and a 3.51 ERA in 796 games. Also on Kline's record: 493 strikeouts and 39 saves. The leagues Kline pitched in allowed 4.47 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 21.5% better than average. Kline won 7 games in 1999, the most of any season listed. 1998 produced Kline's most strikeouts, 76.

Frequently Asked Questions about Steve Kline

What years did Steve Kline play?: Steve Kline played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2007.
Was Steve Kline a pitcher?: Yes. Steve Kline pitched in the major leagues, recording 34 wins and 493 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Steve Kline hit?: Steve Kline hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was Steve Kline's career batting average?: Steve Kline batted .143 over his career, with 2 hits in 14 at bats.
How many RBI did Steve Kline have?: Steve Kline drove in 2 runs in his career.
What was Steve Kline's career ERA?: Steve Kline finished with a 3.51 career ERA, going 34-39 with 493 strikeouts.