Jose Alvarez vs. Craig Kimbrel — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Craig Kimbrel
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Craig Kimbrel a clear advantage over Jose Alvarez across the core pitching metrics. Craig Kimbrel led in home run suppression (HR9+ 122 vs 96), strikeout rate (K%+ 144 vs 119), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 119 vs 95). Jose Alvarez held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 115). Craig Kimbrel was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Craig Kimbrel

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
5.43
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
851
9.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
4.82
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.99
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
821.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
7.76
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
5.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.82
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
3.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
7.43
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
14.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.04
14.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.981
1.981
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3306
36.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
2.11
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
7.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.1
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
2.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
32.38
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2897
31.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Craig Kimbrel

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
5.43
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
851
9.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
821.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.094
0.094
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Craig Kimbrel

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
99
3960
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
851
255300
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
440
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA