Jon Link vs. Carl Yowell — Career Comparison

Jon Link
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Yowell
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Yowell 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 5.4 and 1.689 for Carl Yowell. 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 Carl Yowell

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.85
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
5.4
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
27
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63.1
9
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
10.94
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.94
10.94
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.26
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.15
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.84
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
41.54
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
39.22
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.71
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
5.97
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
37.38
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
34.82
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.336
0.336
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.22
39.22

Fielding Stats for Jon Link and Carl Yowell

Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9.35
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
27
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
9
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.111
0.111
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.125
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Link and Carl Yowell

Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
480
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
12.75
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
5.04
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.67
6.67
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Link
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Yowell
Career
Per 600 PA