Jose Alvarez vs. Mike Pelfrey — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Pelfrey
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Pelfrey 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 led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 68), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 82), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 88). Mike Pelfrey held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 93 vs 76). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jose Alvarez.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mike Pelfrey

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
1.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
4.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4429
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1476.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1687
10.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
3.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
838
5.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6531
39.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
827
5.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.12
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5800
35.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.81
39.81

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mike Pelfrey

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
1.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4429
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1476.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.32
97.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.055
1.055
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mike Pelfrey

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
535.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
268
522.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
54.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
44.81
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.71
9.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
64.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
83.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
50.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.49
-6.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
25.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
72
140.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.28
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
46.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA