Jose Alvarez vs. Jim Perry — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Perry
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jim Perry 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 74), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 88), and home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 72). Jim Perry held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 108 vs 76). Role difference aside, Jose Alvarez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Jim Perry

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
630
1.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
1.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.27
55.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.95
70.95
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
3.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9857
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3285.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3127
8.57
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
2.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1576
4.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.22
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13732
37.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1407
3.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12561
34.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Jim Perry

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
631
1.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
1.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9858
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3286
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
726
1.99
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
697
1.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.01
96.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Jim Perry

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
635
388.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
980
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
889
544.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
108.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
90
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
13.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
18.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47.57
29.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
134.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
129.8
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
44.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
36.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
77.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.53
28.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
19.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
179
109.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
5.47
5.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
31.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
19
11.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0