Jose Alvarez vs. Casey Fossum — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Casey Fossum
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Casey Fossum 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 run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 94), home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 89), and strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 115). Casey Fossum held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 91 vs 76). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jose Alvarez.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Casey Fossum

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.01
43.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
5.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
873
10
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
3.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
607
6.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.95
6.95
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.178
1.178
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3537
40.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
6.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3110
35.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Casey Fossum

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.47
98.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.544
0.544
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Casey Fossum

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
2823.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
541.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
3.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
58.82
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.94
-22.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
16
188.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
3.19
3.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA