Jose Alvarez vs. Murry Dickson — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Murry Dickson
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Murry Dickson 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 3.66 and 1.345 for Murry Dickson. 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 Murry Dickson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
625
1.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.08
54.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1240
3.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9157
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3052.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3029
8.93
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
0.89
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1058
3.12
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1281
3.78
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.766
0.766
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12936
38.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1431
4.22
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.339
1.339
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11841
34.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Murry Dickson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
5.43
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
6.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2779
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
926.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.89
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
6.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
934
9.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904
8.78
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.79
96.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.446
1.446
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.08
18.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Murry Dickson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
638
335.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1142
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1095
575.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.537
0.537
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
253
132.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
110.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
17.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
22.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65.43
34.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
160.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
267
140.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
42.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
43.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
84.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71.25
37.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
6.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
80
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
55.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
7.5
7.5
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.88
10.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Murry Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
17.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
14.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Murry Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA