Jon Link vs. Rick Porcello — Career Comparison

Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Porcello
MillenialNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young Award

Rick Porcello 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 1.324 for Rick Porcello. 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 Rick Porcello

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.52
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.51
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.64
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.54
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.87
98.87
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025
4.4
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6289
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2096.1
9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2270
9.75
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.75
9.75
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
1.12
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
2.1
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1561
6.7
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.7
6.7
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.36
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8912
38.26
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1122
4.82
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.13
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.17
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
0.9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8269
35.5
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26

Fielding Stats for Jon Link and Rick Porcello

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.52
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.51
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6289
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2096.1
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.6
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
0.97
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
1.68
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
1.57
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.35
93.35
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.028
1.028
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.87
98.87
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Link and Rick Porcello

Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
355
4437.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
562.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
100
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
75
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.55
19.37
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
125
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
100
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
75
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
10.17
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
19
237.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
2.53
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
37.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA