Jose Alvarez vs. Ervin Santana — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ervin Santana
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ervin Santana 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 run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 93), strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 102), and home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 80). Ervin Santana 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 Ervin Santana

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
425
1.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
1.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.93
53.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.82
90.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135
4.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7460
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2486.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2391
8.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
1.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
776
2.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1978
7.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.108
1.108
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10482
37.94
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
4.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
0.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.274
1.274
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9480
34.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Ervin Santana

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
425
1.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
1.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7460
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2486.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
1.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.06
96.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.918
0.918
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.82
90.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Ervin Santana

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
425
2217.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
537.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
67.83
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.02
10.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
83.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
78.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
99.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.27
-6.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
49
255.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
2.35
2.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Ervin Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Ervin Santana
Career
Per 600 PA