Jose Alvarez vs. Dave Keefe — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dave Keefe
Lost GenerationVermontThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dave Keefe 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 4.15 and 1.459 for Dave Keefe. 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 Dave Keefe

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
2.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.62
34.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.84
27.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
4.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
10.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.26
10.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
3.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.676
0.676
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1542
39.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
5.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
36.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Dave Keefe

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.031
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Dave Keefe

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
98
525
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
573.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.485
0.485
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
117.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
107.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.75
30.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
133.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
139.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
64.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.22
33.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
17
91.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
6.59
6.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50