Jose Alvarez vs. Gordie Pladson — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gordie Pladson
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gordie Pladson 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 6.04 and 1.757 for Gordie Pladson. 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 Gordie Pladson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
6.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
11.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
3.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.809
0.809
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
42.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.57
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.757
1.757
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
37.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.1
42.1

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Gordie Pladson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Gordie Pladson

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
1090.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
440
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.74
-40.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
272.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Gordie Pladson
Career
Per 600 PA