Jose Alvarez vs. Clarence Struss — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clarence Struss
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clarence Struss 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 6.43 and 1.857 for Clarence Struss. 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 Clarence Struss

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
6.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
4.38
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
7.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
43.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
7.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
1.857
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
36
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.71
43.71

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Clarence Struss

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Clarence Struss

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
440
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
120
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.02
40.93
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
109.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
120
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
160
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.606
0.606
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.44
57.76
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
104.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA