Jose Alvarez vs. Craig Swan — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Craig Swan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Craig Swan 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 led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 99), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 104), and home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 94). Craig Swan held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 127 vs 76). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jose Alvarez.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Craig Swan

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.04
45.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.09
80.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.74
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3707
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1235.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
8.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
673
4.9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5163
37.6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
575
4.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4686
34.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.6
37.6

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Craig Swan

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3707
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1235.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
1.58
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.18
95.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.939
0.939
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.09
80.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Craig Swan

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
329.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
421
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
358
510.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
76.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
71.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.1
17.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
85.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
112.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
25.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
25.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
49.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.9
12.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
34.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
131
186.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
3.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
54.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0