Jose Alvarez vs. Walter Clarkson — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walter Clarkson
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Walter Clarkson 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 3.17 and 1.260 for Walter Clarkson. 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 Walter Clarkson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.44
47.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1124
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
8.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.827
0.827
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1549
37.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
4.4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1393
33.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Walter Clarkson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.02
94.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.44
47.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Walter Clarkson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
78
341.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
137
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
578.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
87.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
61.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.79
20.99
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
131.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
91.97
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
39.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
52.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
91.97
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.98
13.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
118.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
5.07
5.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA