Jon Link vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw 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 4.77 and 1.427 for Ted Shaw. 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 Ted Shaw

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.13
72.13
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.71
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.77
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
9.43
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.78
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.67
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
34.23
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Jon Link and Ted Shaw

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.4
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.55
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.705
1.705
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Link and Ted Shaw

Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
541.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
173.41
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100