Ryan Buchter vs. Doug Linton — Career Comparison

MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doug Linton built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Buchter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ryan Buchter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.252 compared to 5.78 and 1.611 for Doug Linton. By the career numbers, Ryan Buchter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Buchter and Doug Linton

Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
10.85
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
3.3
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.03
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.65
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.59
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.91
73.91
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.25
31.25
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.16
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
5.78
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
709
27
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
916
27
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
236.1
9
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305.1
9
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
6.59
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
10.61
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.26
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.47
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.38
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.68
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
9.86
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
6.07
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.084
1.084
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.38
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
986
37.55
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1384
40.79
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.37
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.68
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.62
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
6.19
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.38
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.38
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.68
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
847
32.26
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1224
36.08
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79

Fielding Stats for Ryan Buchter and Doug Linton

Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
10.85
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
3.3
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.03
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
709
27
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
916
27
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
236.1
9
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305.1
9
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.53
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.91
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.06
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.18
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.68
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.14
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.482
0.482
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.25
31.25
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Buchter and Doug Linton

Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
285
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
7466.67
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.67
-44.64
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Buchter
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Linton
Career
Per 600 PA