Jorge Alcala vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Jorge Alcala
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan built a career as a starting pitcher and Jorge Alcala as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 4.29 and 1.264 for Jorge Alcala. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jorge Alcala and Doc Scanlan

Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
8.24
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.47
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.51
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
4.29
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
7.79
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.79
7.79
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.61
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
3.46
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.32
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
4.2
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
907
37.39
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.18
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.82
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.7
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
805
33.18
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.39
37.39
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Jorge Alcala and Doc Scanlan

Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
8.24
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.43
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.54
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.36
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.32
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.85
93.85
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jorge Alcala and Doc Scanlan

Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
200
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
232.55
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
600
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
416
534.48
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
119.49
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
145.18
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
59.1
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
81
104.07
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100