Jose Alvarez vs. Michael Lorenzen — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Lorenzen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Lorenzen 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 walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 91), home run suppression (HR9+ 118 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 87). Role difference aside, Jose Alvarez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Michael Lorenzen

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.56
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
3.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.49
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.53
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.81
46.81
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.54
49.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.13
30.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.47
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1262
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.2
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
8.9
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
8.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.83
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.93
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
3.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
7.7
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
826
7.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.46
7.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
1.182
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1802
38.55
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4214
38.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.67
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.98
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.85
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1635
34.98
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3751
33.89
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Michael Lorenzen

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.56
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
3.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1262
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.2
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.53
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.37
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.97
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.74
96.74
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.75
96.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.199
0.199
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.555
0.555
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.14
29.14
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Michael Lorenzen

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
447
33525
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
1844.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
542.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.688
0.688
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
17.15
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.37
66.82
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
232.65
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
163.27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.651
0.651
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
151.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
44.65
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
62.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
28.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
47
191.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.13
3.13
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43