Jose Alvarez vs. Mike Scott — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Scott
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Mike Scott 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 86), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 94), and home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 94). Mike Scott held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 106 vs 76). Role difference aside, Jose Alvarez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mike Scott

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
1.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.45
53.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
813
3.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1858
8.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
2.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1469
6.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.013
1.013
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8571
37.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
908
3.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7746
33.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.29
37.29

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mike Scott

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
1.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
2.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.19
95.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mike Scott

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
348
281.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
743
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
653
527.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
65.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
52.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
11.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.27
13.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
81.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
87.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
26.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
61.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.96
-1.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
21.8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
279
225.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
47.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67