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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
11 9 8.7 0 0 0 4.15 -0.1
Birth Date3-23-1984
Height6' 0"
Weight205 lbs
Age40 years, 0 months, 26 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2010 LAN MLB 9 0 8.7 0 0 0 12 4 4 0 87 12.5 4.2 0.0 4.2 0% .375 1.85 3.56 4.15 121 6.31 142.5 -0.1
CareerMLB908.7000124408712.54.20.04.256%.3751.853.564.151216.31142.5-0.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2005 EUG A- NWN 25 7 59.0 3 3 0 67 8 44 5 102 10.2 1.2 0.8 6.7 0% -1.051 1.27 3.59 4.42 95 4.73 93.2
2006 FTW A MDW 53 0 62.0 5 5 3 72 24 57 3 78 10.5 3.5 0.4 8.3 0% .345 1.55 3.30 4.94 93 5.59 117.3
2007 LEL A+ CLF 41 0 41.0 2 1 13 32 11 45 5 104 7.0 2.4 1.1 9.9 0% .262 1.05 3.97 3.07 81 2.49 51.2
2007 WNS A+ CRL 14 0 17.7 1 0 3 16 4 19 1 108 8.1 2.0 0.5 9.7 0% .333 1.13 2.52 2.54 66 3.79 77.7
2008 BIR AA SOU 56 0 56.7 5 4 35 48 27 66 3 98 7.6 4.3 0.5 10.5 0% .298 1.32 3.13 3.02 82 3.77 77.2
2009 CHR AAA INT 48 0 56.3 1 2 13 55 27 66 5 108 8.8 4.3 0.8 10.6 0% .340 1.46 3.50 4.00 89 4.25 89.4
2009 LAG Wnt VWL 15 0 21.3 2 0 7 17 15 23 2 7.2 6.3 0.8 9.7 0% .288 1.50 5.00 2.96 0 0.00 0.0
2010 LAN MLB NL 9 0 8.7 0 0 0 12 4 4 0 87 12.5 4.2 0.0 4.2 0% .375 1.85 3.56 4.15 121 6.31 142.5
2010 ABQ AAA PCL 45 1 60.7 3 2 4 65 21 55 5 143 9.6 3.1 0.7 8.2 0% .324 1.42 3.92 3.71 0 0.00 0.0
2010 PDD Wnt AFL 5 5 20.3 0 2 0 24 4 15 1 10.6 1.8 0.4 6.7 0% .354 1.38 4.12 4.43 0 0.00 0.0
2011 ABQ AAA PCL 54 1 68.0 2 2 11 65 32 63 6 138 8.6 4.2 0.8 8.3 0% .304 1.43 4.57 4.24 91 3.25 66.3
2012 JAX AA SOU 3 0 3.0 1 0 1 5 1 2 0 15.0 3.0 0.0 6.0 0% .417 2.00 2.80 6.00 96 6.77 140.9
2012 NOR AAA INT 18 0 20.7 1 2 3 23 7 16 2 10.0 3.0 0.9 7.0 0% .318 1.45 3.88 3.48 98 5.28 109.9
2012 NWO AAA PCL 11 0 12.0 1 0 7 5 5 10 0 3.8 3.8 0.0 7.5 0% .161 0.83 3.24 0.75 90 2.32 48.3
2012 LAG Wnt VWL 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 3.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .143 1.33 4.23 6.00 0 0.00 0.0
2013 ERI AA EAS 5 5 39.7 3 1 0 30 5 21 1 97 6.8 1.1 0.2 4.8 0% .246 0.88 3.04 1.13 93 3.25 70.7
2013 TOL AAA INT 11 7 43.7 0 4 0 51 9 19 6 96 10.5 1.9 1.2 3.9 0% .298 1.37 4.80 5.56 121 5.25 114.1
2014 JAX AA SOU 2 2 12.0 1 0 0 10 1 16 0 98 7.5 0.8 0.0 12.0 0% .323 0.92 0.76 2.25 53 2.56 54.1
2015 NWO AAA PCL 6 0 8.0 0 0 0 11 4 4 0 12.4 4.5 0.0 4.5 0% .367 1.88 4.09 4.50 112 7.13 156.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2010 134 0.5075 0.4328 0.8621 0.6324 0.2273 0.8837 0.8000 0.1379
Career1340.50750.43280.86210.63240.22730.88370.80000.1379

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-05-01 - Minors - - Right Elbow Soreness - -
2011-03-07 2011-03-14 Camp 7 0 General Medical Respiratory Flu -

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 47 d2014

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Miami as a free agent 8/22/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 6/21/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 12/19/11 (minor-league contract). Released by Baltimore 6/18/12. Signed by Miami as a free agent 7/9/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by LA Dodgers (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 2/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Contract purchased by Chicago White Sox 11/20/08. Re-signed 2/24/09. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Chicago White Sox 12/18/09 (Juan Pierre deal).
  • Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from San Diego 7/31/07.
  • Drafted by San Diego 2005 (26-788) (VCU, Bluefield College).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jon Link threw 149 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2011, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2011, he relied primarily on his Sinker (91mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Slider (84mph) and Change (85mph).