Jose Alvarez vs. Henry Sosa — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Henry Sosa
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Henry Sosa 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 5.23 and 1.463 for Henry Sosa. 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 Henry Sosa

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
9.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.11
9.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
6.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.144
1.144
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
38.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.23
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
33.58
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.98
38.98

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Henry Sosa

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Henry Sosa

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
500
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
15.87
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-3.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Henry Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
8
266.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Henry Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA