Jon Link vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt 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 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Jon Link had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jon Link and Danny McDevitt

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Jon Link and Danny McDevitt

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Link and Danny McDevitt

Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA