Jose Alvarez vs. Eddie Matteson — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eddie Matteson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eddie Matteson 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. Eddie Matteson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.36 and WHIP 1.218 compared to 2.99 and 1.441 for Jose Alvarez. By the career numbers, Eddie Matteson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Eddie Matteson

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.03
31.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
2.99
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
8.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.72
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.22
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.661
0.661
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
35.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
32.94
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.81
35.81

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Eddie Matteson

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.862
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Eddie Matteson

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
424.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
87.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
73.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.98
14.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
102.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
87.8
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
58.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
117.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
5.13
5.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA