Jose Alvarez vs. Danny Friend — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Friend
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jose Alvarez and Danny Friend are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jose Alvarez posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.99 vs 4.71) and WHIP (1.441 vs 1.561). Danny Friend had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.36 per nine innings vs 0.67). By the career numbers, Jose Alvarez had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Danny Friend

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.46
52.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.95
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
4.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1655
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
551.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
9.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
2.58
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2506
40.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
6.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2197
35.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.88
40.88

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Danny Friend

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
564
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.72
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.79
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.23
90.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.275
2.275
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Danny Friend

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
69
163.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
253
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
564.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
144.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
113.83
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.83
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.02
40.93
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
54.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
187.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
166.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.606
0.606
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
66.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.44
57.76
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.17
62.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
21.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
80
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
7.5
7.5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
14.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100