Jose Alvarez vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sidney Williams 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 4.28 and 1.610 for Sidney Williams. 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 Sidney Williams

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.56
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.47
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.53
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.81
46.81
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.47
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1262
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420.2
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
8.9
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.83
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.93
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
7.7
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1802
38.55
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.67
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.98
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1635
34.98
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Sidney Williams

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
9.56
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1262
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420.2
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.53
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.37
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
1.97
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.02
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.74
96.74
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.199
0.199
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Sidney Williams

Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
33525
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.688
0.688
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
17.15
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
200
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
44.65
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100