Jose Alvarez vs. CC Sabathia — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
CC Sabathia
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

CC Sabathia 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 99), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 100), and home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 91). CC Sabathia held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 98 vs 76). Role difference aside, Jose Alvarez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and CC Sabathia

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
1.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
1.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.82
99.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1485
3.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10732
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3577.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3404
8.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
0.96
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1099
2.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
7.43
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3093
7.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.172
1.172
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14989
37.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1623
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
0.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13580
34.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and CC Sabathia

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
1.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
1.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10732
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3577.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
0.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
436
1.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.58
93.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.82
99.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and CC Sabathia

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
562
2655.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
571.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
118.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
89.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.52
35.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
174.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
127.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
70.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
89.76
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.65
26.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
36
170.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
3.53
3.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
CC Sabathia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
7
33.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
CC Sabathia
Career
Per 600 PA