Jose Alvarez vs. Junius Savage — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Junius Savage
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Junius Savage 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 3.96 and 1.293 for Junius Savage. 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 Junius Savage

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.96
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
7.76
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
4.38
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
7.43
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
7.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.474
1.474
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
37.94
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
32.38
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
31.89
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Junius Savage

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Junius Savage

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
10
400
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
520
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.567
0.567
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.86
34.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
1.18
47.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA