Jose Alvarez vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker 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 led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 105), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 104), and home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 91). Larry Dierker held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 76). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jose Alvarez.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Larry Dierker

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
3.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2130
8.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
3.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8828
34.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Larry Dierker

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Larry Dierker

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
91.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
26.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.79
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
8.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
3.22
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
47.95
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA