Jose Alvarez vs. Mike Thompson — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Thompson
Gen XColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thompson 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 5.27 and 1.533 for Mike Thompson. 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 Mike Thompson

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
5.27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
10.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
3.34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
40.12
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
5.93
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
35.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mike Thompson

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
2.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Mike Thompson

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
503.23
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
522.58
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
13.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
6.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
251.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA