Fred Link vs. Bill Wilkinson — Career Comparison

Fred Link
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Wilkinson
Baby BoomersWyomingThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Link built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Wilkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Link posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.438 compared to 4.13 and 1.244 for Bill Wilkinson. By the career numbers, Fred Link had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Link and Bill Wilkinson

Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.56
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
6.99
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.44
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
64
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.95
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.3
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
4.13
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
27
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
27
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144.2
9
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.1
9
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
9.02
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
7.7
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.03
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.92
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.34
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
3.73
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
8.18
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.5
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
37.45
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
37.24
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.44
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.02
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.92
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4.45
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
531
33.03
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
33.19
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.45
37.45
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.24
37.24

Fielding Stats for Fred Link and Bill Wilkinson

Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.55
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
6.99
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.99
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
27
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
27
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
9
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.1
9
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.61
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.1
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.95
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.86
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.87
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
64
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Link and Bill Wilkinson

Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
283.02
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
600
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
543.4
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
90.57
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
90.57
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.71
19.36
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
90.57
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
113.21
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
17.03
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
12
135.85
Bill Wilkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
4.42
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Wilkinson
Career
Per 600 PA