Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Pitching Comparison

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Totals

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	34	39	.466	3.51	796	1	231	0	0	39	682.1	649	293	266	60	295	48	493	26	4	26	2940	998	125	4.20	1.383	8.6	0.8	3.9	6.5
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	130	92	.586	4.27	340	336	1	4	1	0	1918.0	2092	1004	911	220	582	41	818	25	0	24	8210	2798	97	4.66	1.394	9.8	1.0	2.7	3.8

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	28-31	2001	2004	0	1	.000	0.96	13	0	9	0	0	2	9.1	9	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	38	12		3.76	1.286	8.7	0.0	2.9	1.0
2	Kirk Rueter	26-32	1997	2003	1	1	.500	3.79	8	6	0	0	0	0	40.1	42	18	17	7	11	0	17	1	0	0	171	55		4.44	1.314	9.4	1.6	2.5	3.8

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Value

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	796	1	682.1	9.9	4.3
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	340	336	1918.0	16.0	0.8

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Totals Against

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	796	1	682.1	998	2566	458	116	15	39	16	70.91	3	82	33	19	.253	.334	.380	.714	89	.127	.290	332	975	191	970	998
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	340	336	1918.0	2798	7450	1426	406	40	34	65	34.34	30	218	93	60	.281	.333	.435	.767	105	.154	.289	1090	3238	666	2699	2798

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	28-31	2001	2004	13	0	9.1	12	28	9	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	3	0	.321	.387	.321	.709		.000	.333	4	9	0	12	12
2	Kirk Rueter	26-32	1997	2003	8	6	40.1	55	156	27	7	1	0	1	0.00	0	4	2	1	.269	.320	.462	.781		.192	.263	24	72	15	54	55

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Starting & Relieving

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	0	0	37.0	503	134	27	23	62.9	231	795
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	162	48	47.4	5	2	40	0		1	4

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Kline	28-31	2001	2004	0			10	2	20	0	100.0	9	13
2	Kirk Rueter	26-32	1997	2003	3	50	45.3	0	0		0		0	2

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Ratios

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	796	1	682.1	16.8	10.0	6.7
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	340	336	1918.0	10.0	7.1	2.9

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Kline	28-31	2001	2004	13	0	9.1	2.6	7.9	-5.3
2	Kirk Rueter	26-32	1997	2003	8	6	40.1	9.9	6.4	3.5

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Pitch Summary

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	796	1	682.1	7580		4597	60.65
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	340	336	1918.0	16996	92	9864	58.04

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Kline	28-31	2001	2004	13	0	9.1	118		73	61.86
2	Kirk Rueter	26-32	1997	2003	8	6	40.1	670	89	393	58.66

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Totals

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Kirk Rueter	4	2	.667	3.59	11	11	0	1	0	0	67.2	68	28	27	8	21	0	31	0	0	4	283	1.315	9.0	1.1	2.8	4.1
2	Steve Kline	0	2	.000	4.22	11	0	2	0	0	0	10.2	8	7	5	0	3	1	9	1	0	1	44	1.031	6.8	0.0	2.5	7.6

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Kirk Rueter	1	0	1.000	4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	15	5	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	50	1.545	12.3	1.6	1.6	2.5
2	Steve Kline	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Game Logs

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Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	STL	2004-07-31	6-7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	8	0.0	0.77	0	0	0.11
2	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2004-07-31	GS-5, W	5.0	9	3	3	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	26	11	23	6	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	3	38	90	50	0.1	-0.38			0.54
3	Steve Kline	STL	2003-07-03	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		6	4	0.0	0.50	0	0	0.50
4	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2003-07-03	GS-3, L	3.0	9	8	8	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	20	11	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	4	8	86	48	-0.4	-6.49			0.51
5	Steve Kline	STL	2001-06-29	8-8, L	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	-0.1	-0.38	0	0	1.80
6	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2001-06-29	GS-7	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	27	6	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	63	100	61	0.1	1.42			1.06
7	Steve Kline	STL	2001-06-23	8-8	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		15	8	0.0	-0.41	0	0	1.32
8	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2001-06-23	GS-6	5.1	6	2	2	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	25	10	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	45	98	53	-0.1	-0.45			1.35
9	Steve Kline	MON	2000-05-23	8-8, H	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		12	6	0.0	0.19	0	0	3.29
10	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2000-05-23	GS-7, L	7.0	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	29	9	29	5	2	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	4	51	103	63	0.0	0.65			0.79
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Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kirk Rueter (Pitcher) vs. Steve Kline (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kirk Rueter (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	1997	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kirk Rueter (Pitcher) vs. Steve Kline (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kirk Rueter (Pitcher) vs. Steve Kline (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1997	1997-08-10	SFG	MON	ahead 2-3	t7	---	1	2 (0-1)	Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)

Steve Kline (Pitcher) vs. Kirk Rueter (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Kline (Pitcher) vs. Kirk Rueter (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	1997	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Kline (Pitcher) vs. Kirk Rueter (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Kline (Pitcher) vs. Kirk Rueter (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1997	1997-08-10	MON	SFG	down 3-2	b5	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Batting Comparison

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Batting Totals

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	686	18	14	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.214	.357	-8	3	0	0	4	0	0
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	336	740	622	44	95	9	0	0	40	1	1	27	105	.153	.187	.167	.354	-6	104	9	0	86	5	0

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	28-31	2001	2004	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Kirk Rueter	26-32	1997	2003	8	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	0	0	0	0	0

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Batting Value

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	686	18	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.4	-3	0	0	0
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	336	740	0.4	0.3	0.4	-0.1	-97	3	-5	0

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Batting Sabermetric

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	686	18	1	2	3	16	2	.250	3	-1	-0.1	.071	2.3		0
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	336	740	9	122	138	628	24	.182	84	-98	-9.4	.014	5.9	50.0	2

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	28-31	2001	2004	13	1	0	0	0	1			0						0
2	Kirk Rueter	26-32	1997	2003	8	13	0	4	4	9	3	.300	1			.000	6.0		0

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Batting Win Probability

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Steve Kline	24-34	1997	2007	686	18	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-1.58	0.0	-2.44	0.42
2	Kirk Rueter	22-34	1993	2005	336	740	-8.3	-9.3	0.0	-102.76	-9.9	-105.85	0.89

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Head-to-Head Batting

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Totals

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Kirk Rueter	11	27	25	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.240	.440	6	0	0	2	0	0
2	Steve Kline	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Kirk Rueter	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Steve Kline	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: Game Logs

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Kirk Rueter vs. Steve Kline: 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	Steve Kline	STL	2004-07-31		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2004-07-31	*	5	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	0.008	0.60	0.01%	-0.03			P
3	Steve Kline	STL	2003-07-03		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2003-07-03	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	-0.003	0.12	0.00%	-0.16			P
5	Steve Kline	STL	2001-06-29		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2001-06-29	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.045	2.62	-0.03%	-0.44			P
7	Steve Kline	STL	2001-06-23		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2001-06-23	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.043	1.73	-0.04%	-0.46			P
9	Steve Kline	MON	2000-05-23		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Kirk Rueter	SFG	2000-05-23	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.033	0.47	-0.01%	-0.28			P
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