Ron Kline Stats

Ron Kline was born on Wednesday, March 9, 1932, in Callery, Pennsylvania. Kline was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 21, 1952, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ron Kline baseball stats page.
"He had major league talent, but was always a small-town guy at heart. He was a great guy who worked hard and played hard. He was a great competitor on the mound and liked to have fun off it." - Former Pirates Teammate Steve Blass
Ron Kline

Ron Kline Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#175 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1991top05' title='1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)
Ron Kline Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#175 | Checklist )

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Birth Name:
Ronald Lee Kline
Nickname:
Ron or Ronnie
Born On:
03-09-1932  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:
Callery, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:
06-22-2002 ( 500 Oldest Living )
Place of Death Data Died In:
Callery, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Brownsdale Cemetery, Brownsdale, Pennsylvania
High School:
Callery High School (Callery, PA)
College:
None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:
Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:
Right
Player Height Chart Height:
6-03
Player Weight Chart Weight:
205
First Game:
04-21-1952 (Age 20)
Last Game:
06-13-1970
Draft:
Not Applicable
Ron Kline

Ron Kline Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HB BK HLD
1952 20 Pirates 27 11 5 0 7 .000 5.49 0 0 0 78.2 368 74 48 55 3 66 - 27 4 6 3 -
1955 23 Pirates 36 19 12 6 13 .316 4.15 2 1 2 136.2 611 161 63 78 13 53 5 48 2 5 2 -
1956 24 Pirates 44 39 2 14 18 .438 3.38 9 2 2 264.0 1,102 263 99 110 26 81 8 125 10 5 0 -
1957 25 Pirates 40 31 2 9 16 .360 4.04 11 2 0 205.0 871 214 92 107 28 61 6 88 2 1 0 -
1958 26 Pirates 32 32 0 13 16 .448 3.53 11 2 0 237.1 986 220 93 96 25 92 14 109 3 0 0 -
1959 27 Pirates 33 29 1 11 13 .458 4.26 7 0 0 186.0 796 186 88 95 23 70 9 91 9 2 1 -
1960 28 Cardinals 34 17 6 4 9 .308 6.04 1 0 1 117.2 523 133 79 86 21 43 5 54 4 0 0 -
1961 29 Angels 26 12 5 3 6 .333 4.90 0 0 1 104.2 464 119 57 62 16 44 5 70 2 1 1 -
1961 29 Tigers 10 8 1 5 3 .625 2.72 3 1 0 56.1 237 53 17 25 3 17 1 27 3 0 0 -
1962 30 Tigers 36 4 16 3 6 .333 4.31 0 0 2 77.1 343 88 37 40 9 28 2 47 4 2 0 -
1963 31 Senators 62 1 46 3 8 .273 2.79 0 0 17 93.2 383 85 29 36 3 30 7 49 5 3 0 -
1964 32 Senators 61 0 52 10 7 .588 2.32 0 0 14 81.1 344 81 21 29 4 21 9 40 7 2 0 -
1965 33 Senators 74 0 58 7 6 .538 2.63 0 0 29 99.1 434 106 29 36 7 32 14 52 1 2 0 -
1966 34 Senators 63 0 46 6 4 .600 2.39 0 0 23 90.1 355 79 24 32 12 17 7 46 0 0 0 -
1967 35 Twins 54 0 26 7 1 .875 3.77 0 0 5 71.2 294 71 30 33 10 15 7 36 2 1 0 -
1968 36 Pirates 56 0 31 12 5 .706 1.68 0 0 7 112.2 449 94 21 26 3 31 11 48 0 2 0 -
1969 37 Pirates 20 0 13 1 3 .250 5.81 0 0 3 31.0 134 37 20 23 3 5 2 15 0 1 0 -
1969 37 Giants 7 0 3 0 2 .000 4.09 0 0 0 11.0 52 16 5 6 1 6 3 7 0 0 0 -
1969 37 Red Sox 16 0 9 0 1 .000 4.76 0 0 1 17.0 92 24 9 11 4 17 3 7 1 0 0 -
1970 38 Braves 5 0 4 0 0 .000 7.11 0 0 1 6.1 30 9 5 5 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HB BK HLD
17 Years 736 203 338 114 144 .442 3.75 44 8 108 2,078.0 8,868 2,113 866 991 218 731 118 989 59 33 7 -
Ron Kline

Ron Kline Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1952 20 Pirates 27 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 11 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1955 23 Pirates 37 38 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 1 0 0 0 .132 .154 .132
1956 24 Pirates 44 79 2 10 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 26 5 1 0 0 .127 .167 .127
1957 25 Pirates 40 66 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 3 0 0 2 .061 .075 .061
1958 26 Pirates 33 74 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 42 9 0 1 2 .027 .089 .041
1959 27 Pirates 38 59 4 8 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 23 5 0 0 1 .136 .150 .136
1960 28 Cardinals 34 35 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143
1961 29 Angels 26 31 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 3 0 0 0 .097 .125 .097
1961 29 Tigers 10 18 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 3 0 1 0 .167 .211 .222
1962 30 Tigers 36 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125
1963 31 Senators 62 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .273
1964 32 Senators 61 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167
1965 33 Senators 74 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1966 34 Senators 63 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167
1967 35 Twins 54 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1968 36 Pirates 56 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 .000 .059 .000
1969 37 Pirates 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1969 37 Giants 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1969 37 Red Sox 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1970 38 Braves 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
17 Years 743 491 14 45 2 1 0 0 14 15 0 221 39 1 2 7 .092 .122 .100
Ron Kline

Ron Kline Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1952 Pirates P 27 11 236 11 0.4 11 3 8 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.26
1955 Pirates P 36 19 410 52 1.4 50 20 30 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .962 3.29
1956 Pirates P 44 39 792 63 1.4 59 17 42 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .937 2.01
1957 Pirates P 40 31 615 46 1.2 45 18 27 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 1.98
1958 Pirates P 32 32 712 63 2.0 60 20 40 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.28
1959 Pirates P 33 29 558 44 1.3 42 15 27 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.03
1960 Cardinals P 34 17 353 31 0.9 31 8 23 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.37
1961 Angels P 26 12 314 32 1.2 29 8 21 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .906 2.49
1961 Tigers P 10 8 169 9 0.9 9 2 7 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.44
1962 Tigers P 36 4 232 26 0.7 24 13 11 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .923 2.79
1963 Senators P 62 1 281 18 0.3 17 3 14 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .944 1.63
1964 Senators P 61 0 244 16 0.3 15 2 13 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 1.66
1965 Senators P 74 0 298 16 0.2 16 3 13 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.45
1966 Senators P 63 0 271 14 0.2 13 6 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.30
1967 Twins P 54 0 215 13 0.2 13 2 11 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.63
1968 Pirates P 56 0 338 19 0.3 19 4 15 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.52
1969 Pirates P 20 0 93 6 0.3 6 1 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.74
1969 Giants P 7 0 33 2 0.3 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.64
1969 Red Sox P 16 0 51 5 0.3 5 1 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.65
1970 Braves P 5 0 19 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 736 203 6,234 486 0.7 466 147 319 20 24 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.02
17 Years 736 203 6,234 486 0.7 466 147 319 20 24 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.02
Ron Kline

Ron Kline Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1952 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.41 3.09 7.55
1955 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.91 3.16 3.49
1956 Pirates 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 26.3 1.54 4.26 2.76
1957 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.8 0.0 1.44 3.86 2.68
1958 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 1.8 74.0 1.18 4.13 3.49
1959 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 5 n/a 0.0 2.6 9.8 1.30 4.40 3.39
1960 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 35.0 1.26 4.13 3.29
1961 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.59 6.02 3.78
1961 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 9.0 1.59 4.31 2.72
1962 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 0.0 1.68 5.47 3.26
1963 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.6 0.0 1.63 4.71 2.88
1964 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.90 4.43 2.32
1965 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.63 4.71 2.90
1966 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 6.0 2.71 4.58 1.69
1967 Twins 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.0 2.40 4.52 1.88
1968 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.55 3.83 2.48
1969 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.0 3.00 4.35 1.45
1969 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.17 5.73 4.91
1969 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.41 3.71 9.00
1970 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.50 4.26 2.84
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
17 Years 1 0 1.000 0 6 n/a 0.0 2.2 35.1 1.35 4.28 3.17
Ron Kline

Ron Kline Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1952 Pittsburgh Pirates 20 Undetermined - -
1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 22 Undetermined - -
1956 Pittsburgh Pirates 22 Undetermined - -
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates 22 Undetermined - -
1958 Pittsburgh Pirates 22 Undetermined - -
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates 22 Undetermined - -
1960 St. Louis Cardinals 44 Undetermined - -
1961 Los Angeles Angels 41 Undetermined - -
1961 Detroit Tigers 11 Undetermined - -
1962 Detroit Tigers 22 Undetermined - -
1963 Washington Senators 27 Undetermined - -
1964 Washington Senators 27 Undetermined - -
1965 Washington Senators 27 Undetermined - -
1966 Washington Senators 27 $30,000.00 - -
1967 Minnesota Twins 27 $35,000.00 - -
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates 27 Undetermined - -
1969 Pittsburgh Pirates 27 Undetermined - -
1969 San Francisco Giants 28 Undetermined - -
1969 Boston Red Sox 26 $40,000.00 - -
1970 Atlanta Braves 27 Undetermined - -


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