Dave Eiland vs. Jon Link — Career Comparison

Dave Eiland
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dave Eiland 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. Jon Link posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.962 compared to 5.74 and 1.582 for Dave Eiland. By the career numbers, Jon Link had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Eiland and Jon Link

Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
2.22
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.69
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.65
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.09
76.09
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
5.74
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
11.22
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.22
11.22
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.11
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.85
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
3.69
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1687
40.71
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
6.61
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.61
6.61
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.34
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.8
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.563
1.563
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1534
37.01
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.71
40.71
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Dave Eiland and Jon Link

Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
2.22
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.69
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.3
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.03
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.81
98.81
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.902
0.902
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.09
76.09
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Eiland and Jon Link

Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
2044.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
488.89
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
25.19
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.08
-1.69
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
8
177.78
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA