Jose Alvarez vs. Corey Kluber — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Corey Kluber
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Corey Kluber 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. Corey Kluber led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 166 vs 76), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 131 vs 95), and home run suppression (HR9+ 121 vs 96). Role difference aside, Corey Kluber holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Corey Kluber

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
1.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.64
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.1
60.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
3.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4925
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1641.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1486
8.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
0.97
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
7.43
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1725
9.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6688
36.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
684
3.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.129
1.129
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6200
33.99
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.67
36.67

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Corey Kluber

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
1.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4925
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1641.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.915
0.915
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Corey Kluber

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
99
3960
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
5118.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
525
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
8.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
4
75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.72
-13.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
15
281.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA