Jose Alvarez vs. Matt Chico — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Chico
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Chico 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 4.95 and 1.577 for Matt Chico. 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 Matt Chico

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.64
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.82
31.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.02
93.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
4.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
10.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.31
10.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
3.72
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
5.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.996
0.996
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
988
40.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
5.4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.559
1.559
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
868
35.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.42
40.42

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Matt Chico

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.674
0.674
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.02
93.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Matt Chico

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
43
348.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
510.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.419
0.419
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.26
10.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
48.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
3.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
15
121.62
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
4.93
4.93
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Matt Chico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
89.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Chico
Career
Per 600 PA