About Ron Kline
Lived 1932 – 2002 (aged 70). Ron Kline was an American baseball player.
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.
Kline was born in Callery, Pennsylvania, and returned there to serve as mayor after leaving baseball.
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.
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Who was Ron Kline?
American baseball player
When was Ron Kline born?
Ron Kline was born on 9 March 1932 in Callery.
When did Ron Kline die?
Ron Kline died on 22 June 2002 in Callery.
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Ron Kline was a baseball player.
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Ron Kline was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ron Kline. https://biography.guide/ron-kline/
MLA: "Ron Kline." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ron-kline/.
Chicago: "Ron Kline." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/ron-kline/.
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