Jose Alvarez vs. Satchel Paige — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Satchel Paige
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Satchel Paige 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. Satchel Paige led in home run suppression (HR9+ 135 vs 96), walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 106 vs 95). Jose Alvarez held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 104). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Satchel Paige.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Satchel Paige

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
2.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
1.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.64
61.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.6
51.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.22
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.99
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
2.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5888
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1962.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
7.76
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1647
7.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.55
7.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
2.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
7.43
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1695
7.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.135
1.135
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8000
36.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
736
3.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7321
33.57
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Satchel Paige

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
448
2.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4629
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1543
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
2.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
3.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
3.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
97
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.21
46.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Satchel Paige

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
460
341.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
809
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
762
565.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
115.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
100.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
14.83
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41.71
30.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
139.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
128.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.469
0.469
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
43.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
43.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
85.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44.81
33.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
11.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
80
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
28.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
7.5
7.5
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.74
20.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
22.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Satchel Paige
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100