Jose Alvarez vs. Bob Shaw — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Shaw
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bob Shaw 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. Bob Shaw led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 110 vs 76), home run suppression (HR9+ 109 vs 96), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 95). Jose Alvarez held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 75). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bob Shaw.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Bob Shaw

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
2.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.43
52.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.86
51.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
3.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1837
9.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
2.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
4.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7587
38.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7020
35.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Bob Shaw

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
430
2.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
2.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
2.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.51
94.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.961
0.961
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.86
51.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Bob Shaw

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
433
433.72
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
599
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
519
519.87
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
69.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
66.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.91
12.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
73.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
107.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
39.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.42
5.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
37.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
142
142.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4.22
4.22
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
40.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100