Jose Alvarez vs. Joe Saunders — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Saunders
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Saunders 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 73), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 95), and home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 86). Joe Saunders held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 111 vs 76). Role difference aside, Jose Alvarez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Joe Saunders

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.86
50.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.45
97.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
4.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4162
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1387.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
9.94
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
2.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
792
5.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5962
38.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5418
35.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.68
38.68

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Joe Saunders

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4162
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1387.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
1.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
1.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.86
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.29
98.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.45
97.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Joe Saunders

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
944
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
512
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.06
12.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
72
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
92
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.95
3.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
34
136
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
4.41
4.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
60
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100