Jose Alvarez vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Smith 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. Fred Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 2.99 and 1.441 for Jose Alvarez. By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

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
18
1.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
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
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
2.99
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.85
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.53
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
2.53
2.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
37.55
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.95
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.64
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
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
1.336
1.336
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
34.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

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
18
1.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.64
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.65
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.94
93.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.722
1.722
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
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
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
18
372.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
579.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
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
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
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
7.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.67
-13.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
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
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3.63
3.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
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
1
20.69
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
1
20.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100