Babe Adams vs. Jose Alvarez — Career Comparison

Babe Adams
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Babe Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Alvarez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Babe Adams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.092 compared to 2.99 and 1.441 for Jose Alvarez. By the career numbers, Babe Adams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Adams and Jose Alvarez

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.08
58.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.65
73.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.99
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2995.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2841
8.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
3.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11947
35.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1129
3.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11470
34.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14

Fielding Stats for Babe Adams and Jose Alvarez

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
10.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
5.43
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.89
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
14.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
16.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
15.85
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.65
97.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.465
1.465
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Adams and Jose Alvarez

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
261.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1108
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1019
551.81
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
116.97
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
90.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
26.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74.48
40.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
154.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
146.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
81.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79.66
43.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
28.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
194
105.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
5.71
5.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
18.95
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA