Casey Fossum vs. Jon Link — Career Comparison

Casey Fossum
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Casey Fossum 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 5.45 and 1.534 for Casey Fossum. By the career numbers, Jon Link had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Casey Fossum and Jon Link

Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.61
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.01
43.01
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
5.45
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
873
10
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.31
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
3.65
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.16
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
6.95
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.95
6.95
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.32
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.72
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3537
40.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
6.13
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.31
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.74
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.517
1.517
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3110
35.61
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Casey Fossum and Jon Link

Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.48
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.47
98.47
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.544
0.544
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Casey Fossum and Jon Link

Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
2823.53
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
541.18
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
3.4
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
58.82
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.94
-22.87
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
16
188.24
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.19
3.19
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA