Jose Alvarez vs. Ed Durham — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Durham
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Durham 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 3.47 and WHIP 1.367 compared to 4.45 and 1.370 for Ed Durham. 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 Ed Durham

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.56
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
2.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.47
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.53
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.62
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.81
46.81
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.73
39.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.65
49.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.47
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
4.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1262
27
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1925
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.2
9
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
641.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
8.9
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
9.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.83
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
2.93
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.83
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
7.7
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
2.86
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.633
0.633
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1802
38.55
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2769
38.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.67
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.98
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
5.05
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1635
34.98
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2552
35.79
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Ed Durham

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.56
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1262
27
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420.2
9
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.53
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.37
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.97
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.9
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.74
96.74
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.199
0.199
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.007
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Ed Durham

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
33525
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
145
388.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
541.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
64.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.93
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
17.15
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.23
11.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
69.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
91.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.43
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
48.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
44.65
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.53
-1.42
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
26.79
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
63
168.75
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
3.56
3.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
32.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA