Jose Alvarez vs. Fred Archer — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Archer 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. Jose Alvarez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.99 and WHIP 1.441 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Jose Alvarez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Fred Archer

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Fred Archer

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Fred Archer

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.647
0.647
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.02
40.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.606
0.606
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.44
57.76
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
5.67
5.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA