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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Steve Kline 2026 Season · Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Steve Kline played in the majors from 1997 to 2007. His career NUT is +2.0, #1,016 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2001 (+0.8). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 34-39, 3.51 ERA, 493 K in 682.1 IP.

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Steve Kline

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+2.0Career NUT

+6 to Great

Career

3.51ERA1.38WHIP34W493K682.1IP39SV

Career · season grades

S/L · 6' 1", 225 lb · b. Aug 22, 1972 · Sunbury, PA · Draft 1991 (60th Rd, #1462)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1997	24	CLE	-0.6	3	1	5.81	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	130	26.1	42	17	13	1	17	2.09
1997	24	MON	-0.1	1	3	6.15	26	0	7	0	0	0	0	118	26.1	31	18	10	1	20	1.56
1997	24	TOT	-0.7	4	4	5.98	46	1	7	0	0	0	0	248	52.2	73	35	23	2	37	1.82
1998	25	MON	+0.7	3	6	2.76	78	0	18	1	0	0	1	319	71.2	62	22	41	3	76	1.44
1999	26	MON	+0.4	7	4	3.75	82	0	18	0	16	2	2	297	69.2	56	29	33	3	69	1.28
2000	27	MON	+0.7	1	5	3.50	83	0	42	14	12	4	18	349	82.1	88	32	27	3	64	1.40
2001	28	STL	+0.8	3	3	1.80	89	0	26	9	17	1	10	303	75.0	53	15	29	4	54	1.09
2002	29	STL	+0.6	2	1	3.39	66	0	17	6	21	2	8	241	58.1	54	22	21	1	41	1.29
2003	30	STL	-0.2	5	5	3.82	78	0	22	3	18	4	7	274	63.2	56	27	30	3	31	1.35
2004	31	STL	+0.4	2	2	1.79	67	0	22	3	15	1	4	202	50.1	37	10	17	4	35	1.07
2005	32	BAL	-0.9	2	4	4.28	67	0	23	0	9	3	3	264	61.0	59	29	30	0	36	1.46
2006	33	SF	+0.2	4	3	3.66	72	0	17	1	18	0	1	227	51.2	53	21	26	1	33	1.53
2007	34	SF	+0.0	1	2	4.70	68	0	19	2	9	2	4	216	46.0	58	24	18	2	17	1.65
Career	—	11 yrs	+2.0	34	39	3.51	796	1	231	39	135	19	58	2940	682.1	649	266	295	26	493	1.38

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Kline's career NUT of +2

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

0.8

9798990001020304050607

NUT by Season

-0.7

+0.7

+0.4

+0.7

+0.8

+0.6

-0.2

+0.4

-0.9

+0.2

+0.0

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1994	21	A	18	5	3.01	28	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	744	185.2	175	62	36	7	174	1.14
1995	22	AA	2	3	2.42	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	377	89.1	86	24	30	1	45	1.30
1996	23	AA	8	12	5.46	25	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	658	146.2	168	89	55	6	107	1.52
1997	24	AAA	3	3	4.03	20	4	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	219	51.1	53	23	13	3	41	1.29
1998	25	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0.38
2002	29	A	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2.1	1	0	1	0	5	0.86
2002	29	AA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2.0	0	0	1	0	2	0.50
2008	35	AAA	0	2	5.16	20	0	0	0	9	1	3	2	3	105	22.2	28	13	8	2	16	1.59

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