Jose Alvarez vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Jose Alvarez a clear advantage over Brad Thompson across the core pitching metrics. Jose Alvarez led in strikeout rate (K%+ 89 vs 60), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 94), and run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 105). Brad Thompson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 126). Jose Alvarez was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Brad Thompson

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.56
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.53
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.81
46.81
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.92
15.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.47
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1262
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420.2
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
8.9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
9.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.83
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
2.93
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
7.7
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
4.22
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1802
38.55
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1757
39.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.67
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.98
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
4.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1635
34.98
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
35.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Brad Thompson

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.56
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1262
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420.2
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.53
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.37
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.97
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.93
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.74
96.74
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.199
0.199
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.92
15.92
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Brad Thompson

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
33525
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
203
1715.49
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
473.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
17.15
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.14
18.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
44.65
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.29
19.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100