Jose Alvarez vs. Syl Johnson — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Syl Johnson
Lost GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Syl 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. Jose Alvarez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.99 and WHIP 1.441 compared to 4.06 and 1.283 for Syl Johnson. 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 Syl Johnson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
2.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
0.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.91
48.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
977
4.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6497
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2165.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2290
9.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
920
3.82
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9124
37.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1099
4.57
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8588
35.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Syl Johnson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.653
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Syl Johnson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
542
429.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
757
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
702
556.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
100.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
79.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
14.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
21.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.64
27.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
132.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
120.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
40.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
42.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
79.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28.59
22.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
18.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
214
169.62
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.54
3.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
23.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
8.72
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100