Jon Link vs. Faustino Valdés — Career Comparison

Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Faustino Valdés
UnknownCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Faustino Valdés 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 4.62 and 1.549 for Faustino Valdés. 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 Faustino Valdés

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.1
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.66
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.24
88.24
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
4.62
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
9.98
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.98
9.98
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.96
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
3.15
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.791
0.791
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552
40.5
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.43
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.61
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
34.85
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jon Link and Faustino Valdés

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.29
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.11
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.58
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.4
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.22
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.98
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.091
3.091
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Link and Faustino Valdés

Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
183.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
541.67
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
108.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
100
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
32.74
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
116.67
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
150
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
38.13
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.67
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.67
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100