Jose Alvarez vs. Dick Fowler — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Fowler
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Fowler 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 4.11 and 1.493 for Dick Fowler. 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 Dick Fowler

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
595
4.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3909
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1367
9.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
3.99
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.64
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5680
39.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
685
4.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5083
35.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.23
39.23

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Dick Fowler

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.285
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Dick Fowler

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
270.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
564.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
105.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
90.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.52
22.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
123.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
124.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.431
0.431
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
63.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.23
18.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
69
82.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
7.28
7.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
15
17.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0