Jose Alvarez vs. Matt Foster — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Foster
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Jose Alvarez a clear advantage over Matt Foster across the core pitching metrics. Jose Alvarez led in run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 79), home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 68), and strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 94). Matt Foster held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 76). Jose Alvarez was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Matt Foster

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
5.43
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
4.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
8.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.07
8.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
7.43
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
38.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
2.11
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
34.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Matt Foster

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
5.43
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.105
0.105
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Matt Foster

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
440
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Matt Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Foster
Career
Per 600 PA