José Alvarado

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 245lb (188cm, 111kg)

Team: Philadelphia Phillies (majors)

Born: May 21, 1995 in Maracaibo, Venezuela ve

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2025, 3 yrs/$22M (23-25) & 26 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 6.088 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: OL Baseball

Full Name: José Antonio Alvarado

Nicknames: El Pocho or La Flecha

Pronunciation: \all-vuh-RAH-doh\

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.1

3.6

ERA

5.19

3.36

324

8.2

289.1

383

WHIP

1.154

1.327

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2012	17	-1.4	Rays	VESL	FRk	TBR	2	3	.400	3.81	4.85	12	0	1	0	0	0	26.0	20	14	11	0	17	0	20	4	1	11	118	1.423	6.9	0.0	5.9	6.9	1.18
2013	18	-0.7	Rays	VESL	FRk	TBR	1	8	.111	1.97	4.53	13	13	0	0	0	0	45.2	41	23	10	2	21	0	54	0	1	17	194	1.358	8.1	0.4	4.1	10.6	2.57
2014	19	-1.4	Rays	GULF	Rk	TBR	1	5	.167	3.79	6.25	12	11	0	0	0	0	40.1	28	28	17	1	29	0	46	2	1	7	178	1.413	6.2	0.2	6.5	10.3	1.59
2015	20	-0.6	Princeton	APPY	Rk	TBR	0	2	.000	9.53	10.06	5	5	0	0	0	0	17.0	18	19	18	1	13	0	18	5	0	0	81	1.824	9.5	0.5	6.9	9.5	1.38
2015-16	20	-7.0	La Guaira	VEWL	FgW		1	1	.500	1.42	2.84	14	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	7	2	1	0	5	0	7	1	0	1	30	1.895	9.9	0.0	7.1	9.9	1.40
2016	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A	TBR	4	1	.800	3.06	4.08	37	0	17	0	0	2	70.2	50	32	24	1	55	1	85	1	1	14	312	1.486	6.4	0.1	7.0	10.8	1.55
2016	21	-2.1	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	2	1	.667	3.91	5.28	27	0	12	0	0	0	46.0	38	27	20	1	38	1	51	0	0	10	211	1.652	7.4	0.2	7.4	10.0	1.34
2016	21	-0.7	Bowling Green	MIDW	A	TBR	2	0	1.000	1.46	1.82	10	0	5	0	0	2	24.2	12	5	4	0	17	0	34	1	1	4	101	1.176	4.4	0.0	6.2	12.4	2.00
2016-17	21	-6.7	La Guaira	VEWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	1.93	1.93	9	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	5	2	2	1	4	0	13	0	0	1	36	0.964	4.8	1.0	3.9	12.5	3.25
2017	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	TBR	2	3	.400	3.34	3.34	25	0	6	0	0	1	29.2	15	11	11	2	18	1	40	0	0	4	123	1.112	4.6	0.6	5.5	12.1	2.22
2017	22	-4.4	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	0	2	.000	3.93	3.93	16	0	4	0	0	1	18.1	11	8	8	1	13	1	26	0	0	3	81	1.309	5.4	0.5	6.4	12.8	2.00
2017	22	-2.2	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	TBR	2	1	.667	2.38	2.38	9	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	4	3	3	1	5	0	14	0	0	1	42	0.794	3.2	0.8	4.0	11.1	2.80
2017	22	-6.6	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	0	3	.000	3.64	3.64	35	0	6	0	0	0	29.2	24	12	12	1	9	1	29	0	0	2	123	1.112	7.3	0.3	2.7	8.8	3.22
2018	23	-5.6	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	1	6	.143	2.39	2.95	70	0	17	0	0	8	64.0	42	21	17	1	29	4	80	1	0	2	263	1.109	5.9	0.1	4.1	11.3	2.76
2019	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	TBR	0	0		2.45	2.45	5	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	15	1.091	4.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.50
2019	24	-2.2	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	0	0		3.38	3.38	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	12	1.500	6.8	3.4	6.8	10.1	1.50
2019	24	1.1	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019	24	-4.4	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	1	6	.143	4.80	5.40	35	1	16	0	0	7	30.0	29	18	16	2	27	3	39	0	0	8	146	1.867	8.7	0.6	8.1	11.7	1.44
2020	25	-3.2	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	0	0		6.00	7.00	9	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	9	7	6	2	6	0	13	2	0	3	45	1.667	9.0	2.0	6.0	13.0	2.17
2021	26	-1.0	Lehigh Valley	AAAE	AAA	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2021	26	-2.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	7	1	.875	4.20	4.85	64	0	10	0	0	5	55.2	42	30	26	5	47	5	68	7	1	9	251	1.599	6.8	0.8	7.6	11.0	1.45
2022	27	0.0	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	4	0	1	0	0	1	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	13	0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00
2022	27	-2.2	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	4	2	.667	3.18	3.71	59	0	8	0	0	2	51.0	38	21	18	2	24	4	81	1	0	5	214	1.216	6.7	0.4	4.2	14.3	3.38
2023	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PHI	1	1	.500	4.50	4.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	19	1.500	11.3	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00
2023	28	1.1	Lehigh Valley	IL	AAA	PHI	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	13	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2023	28	3.6	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	0	1	.000	18.00	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2023	28	-1.2	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	2	.000	1.74	3.27	42	0	12	0	0	10	41.1	30	15	8	3	18	1	64	0	0	3	172	1.161	6.5	0.7	3.9	13.9	3.56
2024	29	-0.4	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	5.19	5.19	10	0	5	0	0	4	8.2	4	5	5	0	6	0	9	0	0	0	35	1.154	4.2	0.0	6.2	9.3	1.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		13	21	.382	3.36	4.01	324	1	77	0	0	36	289.1	218	129	108	16	166	18	383	11	1	32	1249	1.327	6.8	0.5	5.2	11.9	2.31
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		12	23	.343	3.50	4.83	118	31	25	0	0	4	242.0	180	130	94	8	158	2	276	13	4	53	1058	1.397	6.7	0.3	5.9	10.3	1.75
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		2	1	.667	1.72	2.30	23	0	4	0	0	0	15.2	12	4	3	1	9	0	20	1	0	2	66	1.340	6.9	0.6	5.2	11.5	2.22
All Levels (13 Seasons)							27	45	.375	3.37	4.33	465	32	106	0	0	40	547.0	410	263	205	25	333	20	679	25	5	87	2373	1.358	6.7	0.4	5.5	11.2	2.04

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		2	2	.500	2.79	2.79	28	1	5	0	0	2	29.0	16	9	9	2	18	1	39	1	0	3	124	1.172	5.0	0.6	5.6	12.1	2.17
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		2	2	.500	3.65	3.65	10	0	2	0	0	0	12.1	7	5	5	1	5	0	14	0	0	1	48	0.973	5.1	0.7	3.6	10.2	2.80
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		2	1	.667	3.83	5.17	28	1	12	0	0	0	47.0	38	27	20	1	38	1	51	0	0	10	214	1.617	7.3	0.2	7.3	9.8	1.34
A (1 season)					Minors		2	0	1.000	1.46	1.82	10	0	5	0	0	2	24.2	12	5	4	0	17	0	34	1	1	4	101	1.176	4.4	0.0	6.2	12.4	2.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		1	7	.125	5.49	7.38	17	16	0	0	0	0	57.1	46	47	35	2	42	0	64	7	1	7	259	1.535	7.2	0.3	6.6	10.0	1.52
FRk (2 seasons)					Minors		3	11	.214	2.64	4.65	25	13	1	0	0	0	71.2	61	37	21	2	38	0	74	4	2	28	312	1.381	7.7	0.3	4.8	9.3	1.95