Juan Alvarez vs. Joe Dawson — Career Comparison

Juan Alvarez
Gen XFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Dawson
Lost GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Dawson built a career as a starting pitcher and Juan Alvarez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Dawson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.448 compared to 5.22 and 1.657 for Juan Alvarez. By the career numbers, Joe Dawson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Juan Alvarez and Joe Dawson

Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
11.93
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
2.23
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.68
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.75
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.64
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.51
30.51
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.22
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
4.15
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
8.65
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
8.8
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.79
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.38
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
5.97
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.23
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
6.27
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
2.34
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.359
1.359
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.6
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
40.43
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1041
39.31
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.83
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.1
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.37
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.8
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.19
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.624
1.624
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
32.97
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
927
35.01
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.31
39.31

Fielding Stats for Juan Alvarez and Joe Dawson

Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
11.93
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
27
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.1
9
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.19
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.19
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.39
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.39
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.864
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Juan Alvarez and Joe Dawson

Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
416.47
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
600
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
543.53
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
141.18
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
120
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.47
52.76
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
169.41
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
176.47
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
49.41
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.88
62.67
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
35.29
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
63.53
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.44
9.44
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA