Jon Link vs. Fred Talbot — Career Comparison

Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Talbot
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Talbot 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. Fred Talbot posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.416 compared to 4.15 and 1.962 for Jon Link. By the career numbers, Fred Talbot had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jon Link and Fred Talbot

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.4
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.59
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4.12
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2561
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853.2
9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
844
8.9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.01
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.52
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
4.73
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3677
38.77
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.27
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
4.54
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3316
34.96
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77

Fielding Stats for Jon Link and Fred Talbot

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.06
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.73
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.51
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.23
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
95.93
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Link and Fred Talbot

Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
431.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
502.08
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
87.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
62.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.62
38.79
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
133.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
141.67
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.42
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.55
36.57
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
90
187.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.2
3.2
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.75
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.17
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100