Jose Alvarez

Jose Lino Alvarez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 12, 1956 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)
School: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1981
Team: Braves 1981-1989

Final Game: June 24, 1989
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1978	22	ATL-min	Rk,A	6	4	.600	2.15	15	13					88.0	63	30	21	2	44								1.216	6.4	0.2	4.5			KPT,GRW · APPY,WCRS
1979	23	ATL-min	AA	11	11	.500	3.00	29	24		9	1	0	186.0	165	87	62	16	73	3	120	5	0	5			1.280	8.0	0.8	3.5	5.8	1.64	SAV · SOUL
1980	24	ATL-min	AA,Rk,A	5	2	.714	1.41	18	6		3	1	2	70.0	45	15	11	2	23	0	63	0	0	2			0.971	5.8	0.3	3.0	8.1	2.74	SAV,BVS,DHM · SOUL,GULF,CARL
1981	25	ATL-min	AAA	7	5	.583	2.15	39	0	25	0	0	8	71.0	51	29	17	5	31	4	61	6	0	4			1.155	6.5	0.6	3.9	7.7	1.97	RMD · IL
1981	25	ATL	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1982	26	ATL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.97	36	7	13	1	0	6	111.0	111	54	49	6	50	3	91	4	0	5			1.450	9.0	0.5	4.1	7.4	1.82	RMD · IL
1982	26	ATL	NL	0	0		4.70	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	6	0	0	1	29	84	1.304	9.4	1.2	2.3	7.0	3.00

1983	27	ATL-min	AAA	8	2	.800	5.29	33	7	18	1	0	1	81.2	67	50	48	5	53	1	61	5	0	5			1.469	7.4	0.6	5.8	6.7	1.15	RMD · IL
1984	28	HOU-min	AAA	4	3	.571	5.38	33	2	12	0	0	1	87.0	91	56	52	9	48	3	69	2	1	8			1.598	9.4	0.9	5.0	7.1	1.44	TUC · PCL
1985	29	KCR-WSN-min	AA	3	7	.300	4.54	23	13	5	1	0	2	101.0	90	59	51	16	63	1	78	8	1	4			1.515	8.0	1.4	5.6	7.0	1.24	MEM,JCK · SOUL
1986	30	ATL-min	AA,AAA	11	6	.647	3.51	41	13	11	6	0	1	159.0	132	75	62	11	67	4	139	11	0	5			1.252	7.5	0.6	3.8	7.9	2.07	GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1987	31	ATL-min	AAA,AA	10	13	.435	3.90	31	22	8	6	2	5	166.1	156	82	72	9	61	2	128	14	1	8			1.305	8.4	0.5	3.3	6.9	2.10	RMD,GRV · IL,SOUL
1988	32	ATL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.26	10	0	7	0	0	3	14.1	13	2	2	0	6	1	10	1	0	0			1.326	8.2	0.0	3.8	6.3	1.67	RMD · IL
1988	32	ATL	NL	5	6	.455	2.99	60	0	23	0	0	3	102.1	88	34	34	7	53	12	81	6	1	4	436	123	1.378	7.7	0.6	4.7	7.1	1.53
1989	33	ATL	NL	3	3	.500	2.86	30	0	12	0	0	2	50.1	44	18	16	4	24	2	45	1	1	2	217	127	1.351	7.9	0.7	4.3	8.0	1.88
1990		Did not play in major leagues (Unknown)
1991	35	CIN-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.03	16	1	6	0	0	1	31.0	19	8	7	2	16	1	28	1	0	1	124		1.129	5.5	0.6	4.6	8.1	1.75	NVL · AA
1992	36	TOR-CIN-min	AAA	1	5	.167	5.23	25	0	12	0	0	1	41.1	39	28	24	3	21	5	42	3	0	1	183		1.452	8.5	0.7	4.6	9.1	2.00	SYR,NVL · IL,AA
1993		Did not play in major leagues (Unknown)
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Unknown)
1995	39	ATL-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.62	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.1	26	15	11	2	7	0	16	1	0	2	113		1.207	8.6	0.7	2.3	5.3	2.29	RMD · IL
4 Yrs				8	9	.471	2.99	98	0	38	0	0	5	162.1	140	56	54	12	79	15	134	7	2	7	688	123	1.349	7.8	0.7	4.4	7.4	1.70
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.471	2.99	68	0	26	0	0	3	113	97	39	37	8	55	10	93	5	1	5	477	123	1.349	7.8	0.7	4.4	7.4	1.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1981	25	ATL	NL	2.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.88	-0.01	-0.30	106.0	3.81	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.602	.501	$
1982	26	ATL	NL	7.2	7	0	4	4.70	4.00	-0.16	-0.31	107.6	4.14	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.0	0	.491	.500	$

1988	32	ATL	NL	102.1	60	0	34	2.99	3.95	-0.33	-0.31	106.1	4.20	13	1.6	1.2	-0.0	2.4	23	.526	.510	$62,500
1989	33	ATL	NL	50.1	30	0	18	3.22	4.01	0.10	-0.31	101.1	3.63	2	0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.5	7	.509	.502	$125,000
4 Seasons				162.1	98	0	56	3.10	3.97	-0.18	-0.31	104.6	4.02	16	1.9	1.1	-0.2	3.0	31	.519	.503	$187,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1981	25	ATL	NL	1	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	26	ATL	NL	7	29	26	4	8	2	0	1	0	0	2	6	.308	.357	.500	.857	.368	13	1	0	1	0	1	0

1988	32	ATL	NL	60	436	366	34	88	14	1	7	4	5	53	81	.240	.343	.342	.685	.288	125	9	6	8	3	12	3
1989	33	ATL	NL	30	217	186	18	44	9	0	4	5	0	24	45	.237	.325	.349	.675	.290	65	5	1	5	1	2	5
4 Yrs				98	688	584	56	140	25	1	12	9	5	79	134	.240	.335	.348	.683	.290	203	15	7	14	4	15	8
162 Game Avg.				68	477	405	39	97	17	1	8	6	3	55	93	.240	.335	.348	.683	.290	141	10	5	10	3	10	6
MLB Averages																.258	.323	.388	.711	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1981	25	ATL	NL	0.9	0.1	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	.05	0.2	-0.0	0.9	0.1	0.05	1.4	0	0	1
1982	26	ATL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	31	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	.60	0.0	-0.3	-1.1	-0.1	0.60	0.6	0	2	5

1988	32	ATL	NL	9.1	1.0	449	1.8	7.3	-5.5	.95	0.8	1.1	14.1	1.5	0.95	3.0	23	7	29
1989	33	ATL	NL	4.4	0.5	227	-1.1	2.1	-3.2	.66	-0.4	-1.3	1.5	0.2	0.66	-0.1	9	6	15
4 Yrs				14.0	1.5	713	0.5	9.7	-9.2	.84	0.6	0.0	15.4	1.6	0.84	4.9	32	15	50

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1981	25	ATL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.053	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1982	26	ATL	NL	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	3	43%	4	.604	0	2	5	0	0	7	4	3	2	3	2	1	3.3

1988	32	ATL	NL	60	60	23	5	6	4	3	1	75%	9	4	40	7	18%	7	.948	23	7	29	9	15	36	22	38	36	11	37	20	5.1	28
1989	33	ATL	NL	30	30	12	3	3	5	2	3	40%	7	2	21	5	24%	7	.664	9	6	15	8	3	19	11	19	18	6	20	8	5.0	28
4 Yrs				98	98	38	8	9	9	5	4	56%	16	6	68	15	22%		.836	32	15	50	17	18	63	37	61	57	20	60	29	5.0	28

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1981	25	ATL	NL	6	50%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.00	67%				0	0
1982	26	ATL	NL	29	59%	3.5%	20.7%	6.9%	10.3%	38%		1.14	66%				5	1	20%

1988	32	ATL	NL	436	52%	1.6%	18.6%	12.2%	5.1%	25%	0.89	1.13	64%	19%	8.9%	47%	89	9	10%
1989	33	ATL	NL	217	50%	1.8%	20.7%	11.1%	6.0%	30%	0.84	1.10	64%	12%	7.4%	29%	42	5	12%
4 Yrs				688	51%	1.7%	19.5%	11.5%	5.5%	27%	0.87	1.13	64%	16%	8.3%	41%	136	15	11%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	14.2%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	6.8%	29%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	32	ATL	NL	425	1595	3.75	920	58%	30%	14%	25%	31%	70%	6%	41%	80%	56%	9%	40	16	18%	78	34	3	33%	5	12	11	0	0
1989	33	ATL	NL	217	829	3.82	475	57%	29%	14%	27%	31%	71%	2%	41%	81%	58%	6%	14	7	18%	38	16	0	36%	9	5	0	0	0
2 Yrs				642	2424	3.78	1395	58%	29%	14%	26%	31%	71%	5%	41%	80%	57%	8%	54	23	18%	116	50	3	34%	14	17	11	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1981	25	ATL	NL	6	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0											0
1982	26	ATL	NL	29	8			1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	50%	0	1	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

1988	32	ATL	NL	436	88	10	1	7	0	19	4	3	5	2	21	8	4	38%	3	4	1	177	4	5	44%	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	12	0
1989	33	ATL	NL	217	44	4	1	4	0	9	3	1	3	1	15	6	2	40%	5	2	1	79	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
4 Yrs				688	140	14	2	12	1	29	8	4	9	3	38	15	7	39%	8	7	2	270	9	5	64%	9	4	0	1	0	0	3	1	20	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1981	25	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1982	26	0	0		3.72	8	3	0	9.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	8	0	0	1	35	108	1.034	7.4	0.9	1.9	7.4	4.00	108
1983	27	0	0		3.72	8	3	0	9.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	8	0	0	1	35	108	1.034	7.4	0.9	1.9	7.4	4.00	108
1984	28	0	0		3.72	8	3	0	9.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	8	0	0	1	35	108	1.034	7.4	0.9	1.9	7.4	4.00	108
1985	29	0	0		3.72	8	3	0	9.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	8	0	0	1	35	108	1.034	7.4	0.9	1.9	7.4	4.00	108
1986	30	0	0		3.72	8	3	0	9.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	8	0	0	1	35	108	1.034	7.4	0.9	1.9	7.4	4.00	108
1987	31	0	0		3.72	8	3	0	9.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	8	0	0	1	35	108	1.034	7.4	0.9	1.9	7.4	4.00	108
1988	32	5	6	.455	3.05	68	26	3	112.0	96	38	38	8	55	13	89	6	1	5	471	121	1.348	7.7	0.6	4.4	7.2	1.62	121
1989	33	8	9	.471	2.99	98	38	5	162.1	140	56	54	12	79	15	134	7	2	7	688	123	1.349	7.8	0.7	4.4	7.4	1.70	123

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1981	25	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	1
1982	26	0	0		7.50	6.0	9	6	5	1	2	5	0	1.833	13.5	3.0	7.5	2.50	1.5	7

1988	32	6	4	.600	3.51	95.0	91	41	37	7	55	75	6	1.537	8.6	5.2	7.1	1.36	0.7	60
1989	33	3	2	.600	3.38	48.0	46	20	18	4	25	43	1	1.479	8.6	4.7	8.1	1.72	0.8	30
4 Yrs		9	6	.600	3.55	152.0	146	67	60	12	82	126	7	1.500	8.6		7.5	1.54	0.7	98

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