Jose Alvarez vs. Eddie Plank — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eddie Plank
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eddie Plank 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. Eddie Plank posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.35 and WHIP 1.119 compared to 2.99 and 1.441 for Jose Alvarez. By the career numbers, Eddie Plank had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Eddie Plank

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
1.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
1.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
0.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.69
62.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.91
84.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
0.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.99
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
2.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13487
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4495.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3958
7.92
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246
4.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17985
36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1563
3.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16722
33.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Eddie Plank

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
1.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8751
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2917
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
3.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1377
4.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1337
4.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.1
97.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.146
2.146
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Eddie Plank

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
212.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1778
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1607
542.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
331
111.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
282
95.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
13.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
16.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103.24
34.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
132.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
426
143.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
43.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
41.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
84.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113.11
38.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
23.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
265
89.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
6.71
6.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
25.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.25
81.25