Jose Alvarez vs. King Cole — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
King Cole
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

King Cole 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 3.12 and 1.352 for King Cole. 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 King Cole

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.47
67.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.89
65.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
3.12
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2192
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
8.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
3.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.861
0.861
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3001
36.96
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
3.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2644
32.57
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.96
36.96

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and King Cole

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
747
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
6.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
7.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
7.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.91
89.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.519
1.519
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.26
23.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and King Cole

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
287.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
551.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
95.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
77.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.39
25.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
119.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
115.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.419
0.419
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
35.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
73.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.83
21.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
80
177.12
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3.39
3.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
28.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
King Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100