Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitching Comparison

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	287	250	.534	3.31	692	685	3	242	60	0	4970.0	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	71	3701	155	19	114	20491	6326	118	3.19	1.198	8.4	0.8	2.4	6.7
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	43	45	.489	3.26	129	105	9	34	6	1	750.1	708	318	272	61	184	24	240	16	5	9	3086	964	102	3.71	1.189	8.5	0.7	2.2	2.9

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	5	1	.833	2.47	8	6	1	1	0	0	47.1	43	15	13	5	8	1	36	2	0	0	193	57		2.01	1.077	8.2	1.0	1.5	6.8

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Value

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	96.1	51.9
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	129	105	750.1	7.2	0.4

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals Against

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	6326	18715	3374	712	116	424	196	68.39	22	389	176	121	.248	.301	.367	.668	86	.119	.286	2089	6866	1258	6109	6326
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	129	105	750.1	964	2844	541	95	11	25	26	49.02	6	83	27	15	.249	.297	.354	.651	94	.105	.253	301	1008	167	908	964

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	57	180	33	5	0	5	1	83.33	0	4	2	1	.239	.277	.350	.627		.111	.271	18	63	10	53	57

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Starting & Relieving

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	429	63	56.9	4	2	50	2	0.0	3	7
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	62	59	53.5	15	7	47	0	100.0	9	24

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	6	100	58.7	2	2	100	0		1	2

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Ratios

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	18.1	6.5	11.6
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	129	105	750.1	7.8	6.0	1.8

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	18.7	4.1	14.5

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitch Summary

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0		90
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	129	105	750.1

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	671	99	435	64.83

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Head-to-Head Pitching

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Steve Kline	3	1	.750	2.22	4	4	0	1	0	0	28.1	25	10	7	1	7	2	13	0	0	1	114	1.129	7.9	0.3	2.2	4.1
2	Bert Blyleven	1	3	.250	6.41	4	4	0	1	0	0	26.2	33	20	19	7	8	0	20	1	0	0	119	1.538	11.1	2.4	2.7	6.8

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Game Logs

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Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1974-06-15	GS-6, L	5.2	10	5	5	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	28	11	26	5	3	0	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	5	31			-0.2	-2.63			0.68
2	Steve Kline	CLE	1974-06-15	GS-6, W	6.0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	22	5	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	64			0.2	1.71			0.85
3	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1971-07-31	CG, W	9.0	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	35	9	34	7	0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	62			0.3	0.01			0.82
4	Steve Kline	NYY	1971-07-31	GS-5, L	5.0	9	4	3	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	25	13	20	7	2	0	1	1	0	11	2	1	1	2	34			-0.2	-1.78			0.80
5	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1971-04-23	GS-7, L	6.0	10	6	5	1	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	14	27	7	0	1	0	1	0	18	1	1	0	3	32			-0.4	-3.46			0.95
6	Steve Kline	NYY	1971-04-23	CG, W	9.0	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	33	6	32	2	2	0	3	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	71			0.1	0.66			0.84
7	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1970-08-30	GS-6, L	6.0	5	5	5	0	2	3	0	4	1	0	0	25	9	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	1	0	2	43			-0.4	-2.36			1.46
8	Steve Kline	NYY	1970-08-30	GS-9, W	8.1	8	2	2	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	34	10	31	5	3	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	3	62			0.1	1.12			0.97

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batter vs. Pitcher

Steve Kline (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Kline (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1970	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1971	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0

Steve Kline (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Kline (Pitcher) vs. Bert Blyleven (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-08-30	NYY	MIN	down 2-1	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. Kenney to 2B
2	1970	1970-08-30	NYY	MIN	down 2-1	b5	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; J. Kenney to 2B
3	1971	1971-04-23	NYY	MIN	tied 1-1	b2	---	2		Flyball: LF
4	1971	1971-04-23	NYY	MIN	ahead 2-3	b4	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-P
5	1971	1971-04-23	NYY	MIN	ahead 2-4	b6	12-	0		Fielder's Choice 1B/Sacrifice Bunt; G. Michael to 2B; C. Blefary to 3B
6	1971	1971-07-31	NYY	MIN	down 3-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Steve Kline (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Steve Kline (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1970	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1971	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Steve Kline (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Steve Kline (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-08-30	MIN	NYY	ahead 0-2	t2	--3	2		Strikeout
2	1970	1970-08-30	MIN	NYY	ahead 1-2	t4	12-	2		Groundout: P-1B
3	1971	1971-04-23	MIN	NYY	tied 1-1	t2	---	2		Strikeout
4	1971	1971-04-23	MIN	NYY	down 3-2	t5	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
5	1971	1971-07-31	MIN	NYY	ahead 0-3	b1	123	2		Flyball: RF
6	1971	1971-07-31	MIN	NYY	ahead 0-3	b4	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; P. Roof to 2B

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Comparison

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Totals

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	.131	.144	.146	.290	-19	66	4	2	56	0	0
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	95	205	170	14	21	1	0	0	4	0	0	12	48	.124	.190	.129	.320	-4	22	3	2	21	0	0

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	0	3	0	0

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Value

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-1.6	-1.7	-1.6	0.0	-71	1	0	0
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	95	205	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	-23	0	0	0

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Sabermetric

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	7	66	75	452	11	.229	44	-74	-7.9	.016	2.3		0
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	95	205	1	35	36	173	6	.172	18	-23	-2.5	.006	3.5		0

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	0	1	1	10	0	.200	1			.000	3.5		0

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Win Probability

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-6.3	-6.9	-0.2	-62.98	-6.6	-68.85	0.90
2	Steve Kline	22-29	1970	1977	95	205	-2.0	-2.5	0.4	-22.42	-2.5	-23.19	0.94

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Head-to-Head Batting

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Steve Kline	4	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Bert Blyleven	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Game Logs

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Steve Kline vs. Bert Blyleven: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1974-06-15																																	P
2	Steve Kline	CLE	1974-06-15																																	P
3	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1971-07-31	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.54	-0.043	0.01	0.00%	-1.14			P
4	Steve Kline	NYY	1971-07-31	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.54	-0.013	0.03	0.00%	-0.14			P
5	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1971-04-23	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	-0.030	0.72	-0.02%	-0.21			P
6	Steve Kline	NYY	1971-04-23	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.51	0.001	0.54	0.00%	0.28			P
7	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1970-08-30	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.070	3.86	-0.12%	-0.74			P
8	Steve Kline	NYY	1970-08-30	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.68	-0.106	0.13	-0.01%	-0.88			P

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