Fred Anderson vs. Jon Link — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Link as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.175 compared to 4.15 and 1.962 for Jon Link. By the career numbers, Fred Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Anderson and Jon Link

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.18
48.18
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.2
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
4.69
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Jon Link

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9.35
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Jon Link

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
321.43
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
557.14
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.21
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.71
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
98
175
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA