Jose Alvarez vs. Spoon Carter — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Spoon Carter
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Spoon Carter 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 4.86 and 1.483 for Spoon Carter. 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 Spoon Carter

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.1
63.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
4.86
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
10.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
3.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
3.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3348
39.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
5.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.78
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.57
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2986
35.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Spoon Carter

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
2.22
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.82
92.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.18
59.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Spoon Carter

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
262.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
539.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
107.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
89.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.31
32.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
130.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
137.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
57.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
96.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.12
35.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
28.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
7.5
7.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
336
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
30.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA