Keith Atherton vs. Mike Lincoln — Career Comparison

Keith Atherton
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Lincoln
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Mike Lincoln a clear advantage over Keith Atherton across the core pitching metrics. Mike Lincoln led in home run suppression (HR9+ 102 vs 68), walk avoidance (BB%+ 125 vs 111), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 87). Keith Atherton held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 88 vs 81). Mike Lincoln was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Keith Atherton and Mike Lincoln

Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
5.43
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
6.29
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.52
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.72
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.59
44.59
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.17
36.17
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.99
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
5.33
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
1129
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
376.1
9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
8.68
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
10.04
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.19
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.32
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.42
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.56
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.57
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.26
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
5.55
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
5.64
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.996
0.996
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2431
38.63
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1669
39.91
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.51
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.32
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
4.26
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
5.64
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.37
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.4
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.91
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.512
1.512
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
34.26
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1471
35.18
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91

Fielding Stats for Keith Atherton and Mike Lincoln

Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
5.43
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
6.29
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
1129
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
376.1
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.55
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.81
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.46
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.3
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.1
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.22
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.01
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.9
93.9
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.319
0.319
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Atherton and Mike Lincoln

Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
205200
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
263
9862.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
600
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
562.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
2.22
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.87
-32.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
262.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
2.29
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Lincoln
Career
Per 600 PA