Jose Alvarez vs. Bob Klinger — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Klinger
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Klinger 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 3.68 and 1.387 for Bob Klinger. 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 Bob Klinger

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
2.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.97
51.97
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.06
49.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
3.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3269
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1089.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1153
9.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
2.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
2.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4705
38.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
4.34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.387
1.387
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4327
35.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.86
38.86

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Bob Klinger

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.113
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Bob Klinger

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
265
411.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
386
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
540.93
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.505
0.505
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
110.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
102.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.24
23.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
118.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
141.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
43.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
32.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
76.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.1
26.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
31.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
80
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
63.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
7.5
7.5
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.41
9.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Klinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
27.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
14
21.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Klinger
Career
Per 600 PA