Jose Alvarez vs. Clyde Sowell — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clyde Sowell
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Clyde Sowell 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 20.77 and 4.385 for Clyde Sowell. 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 Clyde Sowell

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
5.43
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
8.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
8.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
20.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.77
20.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.8
20.8
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
24.92
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.92
24.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
4.38
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
14.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.54
14.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.615
1.615
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
66.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
20.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.77
20.77
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.385
4.385
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
51.92
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.46
66.46

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Clyde Sowell

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
5.43
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
8.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
8.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Clyde Sowell

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2400
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
440
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Clyde Sowell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Clyde Sowell
Career
Per 600 PA