Jose Alvarez vs. Elmer Koestner — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elmer Koestner
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Elmer Koestner 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 3.18 and 1.444 for Elmer Koestner. 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 Elmer Koestner

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
3.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
8.96
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.97
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
695
36.87
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
5.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
32.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.87
36.87

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Elmer Koestner

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.92
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.85
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.94
91.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.11
36.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Elmer Koestner

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
36
360
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
540
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.725
0.725
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
170
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
150
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.02
40.93
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
59.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
190
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
170
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.606
0.606
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
30
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
70
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.44
57.76
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.31
73.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
11
110
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
5.45
5.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
60
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100