Jose Alvarez vs. Roy Patterson — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Patterson
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Patterson 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. Roy Patterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.172 compared to 2.99 and 1.441 for Jose Alvarez. By the career numbers, Roy Patterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Roy Patterson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.61
82.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.99
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4095
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1327
8.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
2.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.524
0.524
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5519
36.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
3.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5208
34.34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.39
36.39

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Roy Patterson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4095
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
2.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
3.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
3.34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.66
95.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.755
2.755
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.98
30.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Roy Patterson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
205.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
537
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
495
553.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
86.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
75.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.4
19.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
99.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
108.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
49.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
80.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.26
13.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
20.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
86
96.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
6.24
6.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
24.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100