Raúl Álvarez vs. Ryan Madson — Career Comparison

Raúl Álvarez
Greatest GenerationCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ryan Madson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Raúl Álvarez built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Madson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ryan Madson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.292 compared to 5.89 and 1.562 for Raúl Álvarez. By the career numbers, Ryan Madson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Raúl Álvarez and Ryan Madson

Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.67
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.96
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.41
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.63
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.41
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.5
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.96
55.96
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.58
57.58
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.46
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.94
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
5.89
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.48
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.618
0.618
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
532
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
177.1
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
10.91
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
8.59
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.91
10.91
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.85
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
3.15
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
2.59
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.08
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
8.02
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.581
0.581
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.41
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
21.47
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3631
37.58
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.44
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
6.75
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
3.7
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.56
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.37
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.25
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.46
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.83
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.562
1.562
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
17.66
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3277
33.91
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.47
21.47
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.58
37.58

Fielding Stats for Raúl Álvarez and Ryan Madson

Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
3.24
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.87
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.2
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.16
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.07
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.36
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.52
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.26
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.5
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.697
0.697
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.196
0.196
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.58
57.58
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Raúl Álvarez and Ryan Madson

Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
33
257.14
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
740
7655.17
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
600
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
490.91
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
506.9
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
62.34
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
62.34
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
16.12
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
8.37
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
62.34
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
116.88
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.58
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
54.55
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.9
14.83
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-7.3
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
217.24
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
54.55
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raúl Álvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA