Jose Alvarez vs. Ed Heusser — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Heusser
Greatest GenerationUtahThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Heusser 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 3.69 and 1.350 for Ed Heusser. 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 Ed Heusser

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
2.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.53
45.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
3.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3261
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1087
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1167
9.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
2.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.551
0.551
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4644
38.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
528
4.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4331
35.86
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Ed Heusser

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.955
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Ed Heusser

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
266
439.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
363
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
553.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.541
0.541
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
114.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
90.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
23.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.21
36.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
152.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
138.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
52.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
39.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
87.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.28
36.83
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
24.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
91
150.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
3.99
3.99
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
21.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA