Scott Karl vs. Jon Link — Career Comparison

Scott Karl
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Scott Karl 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 4.81 and 1.548 for Scott Karl. By the career numbers, Jon Link had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Karl and Jon Link

Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.6
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.45
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.49
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.5
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.09
49.09
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.45
90.45
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
536
4.81
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3006
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1002
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
10.46
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.46
10.46
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
1.08
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
3.31
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.16
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.61
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.3
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4444
39.92
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
5.34
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
1.09
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3977
35.72
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.92
39.92
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Scott Karl and Jon Link

Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.6
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.45
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3006
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1002
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.54
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.14
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.12
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.98
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.22
93.22
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.45
90.45
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Karl and Jon Link

Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
643.11
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
481.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
68.26
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
50.3
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.19
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.19
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.96
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.51
23.38
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
104.19
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
100.6
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
39.52
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.15
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.49
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
16.13
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
28.74
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 600 PA
42
150.9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
82.63
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.59
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Scott Karl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA