Jose Alvarez vs. Randy Johnson — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Randy Johnson
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Randy Johnson 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. Randy Johnson led in strikeout rate (K%+ 155 vs 119), home run suppression (HR9+ 111 vs 96), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 95). Jose Alvarez held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 99). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Randy Johnson.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Randy Johnson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618
1.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
1.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
0.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.61
64.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.57
97.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1513
3.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12406
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4135.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
7.76
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3346
7.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
0.89
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
3.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
7.43
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4875
10.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.61
10.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.541
1.541
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17067
37.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1703
3.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15160
32.99
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Randy Johnson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
619
1.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
1.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12409
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4136.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
448
0.97
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
595
1.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
1.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.42
90.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.869
0.869
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.42
97.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Randy Johnson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
619
537.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
691
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
625
542.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
67.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
54.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
13.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.83
12.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
82.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
85.96
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
17.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
34.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
51.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.01
-4.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
16.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
296
257.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
38.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.87
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Randy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA