Jose Alvarez vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup 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 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. 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 Roy Witherup

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Roy Witherup

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Roy Witherup

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA