Jose Alvarez vs. Joe Slusarski — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Slusarski
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Slusarski 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 5.18 and 1.557 for Joe Slusarski. 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 Joe Slusarski

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
3.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.62
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.81
28.81
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
5.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
917
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
10.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
5.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.975
0.975
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1358
39.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
5.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.82
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
35.3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Joe Slusarski

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
3.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
917
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.83
97.83
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.81
28.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Joe Slusarski

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
99
3960
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
7866.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
440
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.27
-18.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA