Jose Alvarez vs. Barney Wolfe — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barney Wolfe
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Barney Wolfe 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. Barney Wolfe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.142 compared to 2.99 and 1.441 for Jose Alvarez. By the career numbers, Barney Wolfe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Barney Wolfe

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.26
80.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.81
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
2.99
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
2.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1532
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
8.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
2.82
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.507
0.507
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2057
36.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
4.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1929
34
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.25
36.25

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Barney Wolfe

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.34
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
2.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.99
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.51
95.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.237
2.237
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.21
59.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Barney Wolfe

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
76
241.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
555.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
60.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
47.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.91
15.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
82.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
92.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
57.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.34
-1.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
28.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
60
190.48
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.15
3.15
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Barney Wolfe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
12.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Barney Wolfe
Career
Per 600 PA