Jose Alvarez vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jose Alvarez and Fred Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Fred Smith posted stronger numbers in WHIP (1.269 vs 1.441) and home runs allowed (0.41 per nine innings vs 0.67). Jose Alvarez had the advantage in ERA (2.99 vs 3.27). By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Fred Smith

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
8.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.83
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
3.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1223
38.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
4.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
35.24
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Fred Smith

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
960
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.97
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.68
93.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.342
2.342
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Fred Smith

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
38
168.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
560
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
93.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
57.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.86
34.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
133.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
133.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
48.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
44.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
93.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.9
30.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
35.56
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100