Jose Alvarez vs. Howie Koplitz — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howie Koplitz
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howie Koplitz 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 4.21 and 1.563 for Howie Koplitz. 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 Howie Koplitz

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
2.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.19
35.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
4.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
9.6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
4.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.953
0.953
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
771
39.58
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
4.62
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.523
1.523
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
35.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Howie Koplitz

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
2.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.19
35.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Howie Koplitz

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
546.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
64.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
64.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
12.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
64.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Howie Koplitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
27
289.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
2.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Howie Koplitz
Career
Per 600 PA