Jon Link vs. Dick Pole — Career Comparison

Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Pole
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Pole 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 5.05 and 1.559 for Dick Pole. 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 Dick Pole

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
2.07
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.31
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.42
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.11
63.11
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
5.05
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1593
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
531
9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
10.29
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.03
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.54
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.2
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.05
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.844
0.844
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.27
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2351
39.85
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.41
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
5.58
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.85
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.537
1.537
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2092
35.46
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.85
39.85

Fielding Stats for Jon Link and Dick Pole

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
2.07
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.31
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1593
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
531
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.51
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.03
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.61
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.54
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.79
95.79
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.11
63.11
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Link and Dick Pole

Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
73200
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-60
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA