:Ron Kline

{{Short description|American baseball player (1932–2002)}}

{{About||the judge|Ronald Kline|others with similar names|Ron Klein (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ron Kline

|position=Pitcher

|image=Ron Kline - Pittsburgh Pirates - 1957.jpg

|caption=Kline in 1957

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1932|3|9}}

|birth_place=Callery, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2002|6|22|1932|3|9}}

|death_place=Callery, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= April 21

|debutyear= 1952

|debutteam= Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 13

|finalyear=1970

|finalteam= Atlanta Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=114–144

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.75

|stat4label=Saves

|stat4value=108

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=989

|teams=

}}

Ronald Lee Kline (March 9, 1932 – June 22, 2002) was an American professional baseball player.

He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher over parts of seventeen seasons (1952, 1955–1970) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves. For his career, he compiled a 114–144 record in 736 appearances, most as a relief pitcher, with a 3.75 earned run average and 989 strikeouts.

Biography

Kline missed the 1953–1954 baseball seasons due to military service.{{cite web|title=Ron Kline Minor League Statistics & History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=kline-001ron|website=baseball-reference.com|publisher=sports-reference.com|access-date=July 1, 2015}}

Kline was born in Callery, Pennsylvania, and returned there to serve as mayor after leaving baseball.{{cite web|title=Ron Kline, 70, Pitcher in 50's and 60's, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/26/obituaries/26KLIN.html|website=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press (AP)|access-date=July 1, 2015|date=June 26, 2002}}

Death

Kline died in Callery in June 2002 at the age of seventy. He had heart and kidney problems at the time of his death.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

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