Raúl Álvarez vs. Joe Grahe — Career Comparison

Raúl Álvarez
Greatest GenerationCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Grahe
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Raúl Álvarez built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Grahe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Grahe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.41 and WHIP 1.614 compared to 5.89 and 1.562 for Raúl Álvarez. By the career numbers, Joe Grahe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Raúl Álvarez and Joe Grahe

Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.67
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.2
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.96
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.88
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.41
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.49
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.41
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.67
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.58
57.58
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.86
20.86
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.46
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
5.89
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
4.41
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.618
0.618
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
532
27
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1201
27
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
177.1
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400.1
9
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
10.91
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
10.14
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.91
10.91
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.61
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.15
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
4.09
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.08
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
4.59
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.581
0.581
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.58
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
21.47
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1812
40.74
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.27
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
6.75
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
5.01
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.56
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.46
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.562
1.562
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.581
1.581
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
17.66
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1574
35.39
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.47
21.47
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.74
40.74

Fielding Stats for Raúl Álvarez and Joe Grahe

Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
3.24
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.2
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.87
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.88
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
27
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1201
27
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.2
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400.1
9
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.72
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.16
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
1.64
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.36
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.47
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
2.26
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.36
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
95.45
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.697
0.697
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.562
0.562
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.58
57.58
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.86
20.86
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Raúl Álvarez and Joe Grahe

Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
33
257.14
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
4315.38
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
600
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
490.91
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
19
438.46
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.789
0.789
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
62.34
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
62.34
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
16.12
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
56.17
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
62.34
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
116.88
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.718
0.718
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
38.96
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.58
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
54.55
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
14.83
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
68.74
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
54.55
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA