Wilson Alvarez vs. Kent Tekulve — Career Comparison

Wilson Alvarez
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Kent Tekulve
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Wilson Alvarez built a career as a starting pitcher and Kent Tekulve as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kent Tekulve led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 96 vs 71), home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 105), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 93). Wilson Alvarez held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 77). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Kent Tekulve.

Pitching Stats for Wilson Alvarez and Kent Tekulve

Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
355
1.83
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
6.58
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.35
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.53
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.59
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.47
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.56
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.09
51.09
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.08
74.08
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.15
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
769
3.96
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
2.85
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243
27
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4310
27
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747.2
9
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1436.2
9
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1624
8.36
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1305
8.18
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
0.98
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.39
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
805
4.15
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
3.08
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.15
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.12
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1330
6.85
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
779
4.88
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.884
0.884
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.14
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.14
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7518
38.72
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
6001
37.59
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
4
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
4.41
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
3.3
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.35
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.58
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.22
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.27
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.83
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.01
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6553
33.75
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
5358
33.57
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.72
38.72
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.59
37.59

Fielding Stats for Wilson Alvarez and Kent Tekulve

Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
355
1.83
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
6.58
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.35
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243
27
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4311
27
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747.2
9
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1437
9
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.3
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.58
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
1.11
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.05
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
1.45
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.71
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
1.41
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
2.63
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.15
97.15
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
97
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.769
0.769
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.08
74.08
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wilson Alvarez and Kent Tekulve

Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
355
2048.08
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1050
4772.73
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
104
600
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
95
548.08
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
550
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
75
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
75
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
8.27
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
5.11
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
75
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
98.08
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
34.62
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
36.36
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
45.45
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.86
-4.98
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.22
-19.17
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.08
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.27
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
190.38
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
61
277.27
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.15
3.15
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.85
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
5
22.73
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.08
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA