Jose Alvarez vs. Jim Pittsley — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Pittsley
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Pittsley 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.99 and WHIP 1.441 compared to 6.02 and 1.715 for Jim Pittsley. By the career numbers, Jose Alvarez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Jim Pittsley

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
3.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.8
35.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
6.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
10.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
4.38
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
4.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
4.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.033
1.033
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1038
41.4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.64
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
6.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.706
1.706
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
35.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Jim Pittsley

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
3.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.543
0.543
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.8
35.8
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Jim Pittsley

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
3960
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
6942.86
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
440
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.786
0.786
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.02
40.93
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
66.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
120
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
160
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.606
0.606
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jim Pittsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
56.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Pittsley
Career
Per 600 PA