Jose Alvarez vs. Bob Sprout — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Sprout
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Sprout 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 4.5 and 1.750 for Bob Sprout. 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 Bob Sprout

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
4.38
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
6.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
40.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
6.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
33.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Bob Sprout

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Bob Sprout

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
440
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
18.72
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Bob Sprout
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
120
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Sprout
Career
Per 600 PA