José Álvarez

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: May 6, 1989 in Barcelona, Venezuela ve

Last Game: June 11, 2022 (Age 33-036d)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: José Ricardo Álvarez

Nicknames: Kiké or El Llave

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

ERA

3.47

447

420.2

360

WHIP

1.315

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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
2006	17	-2.0	Red Sox	DOSL	FRk	BOS	2	1	.667	1.61	2.92	15	8	1	0	0	0	61.2	46	20	11	1	19	0	64	2	0	4	248	1.054	6.7	0.1	2.8	9.3	3.37
2006-07	17	-8.8	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		0	1	.000	14.09	15.26	9	2	2	0	0	0	7.2	15	13	12	3	8	0	5	2	0	0	48	3.000	17.6	3.5	9.4	5.9	0.63
2007	18	-2.3	Red Sox	GULF	Rk	BOS	4	1	.800	1.84	4.41	11	9	0	0	0	0	49.0	36	24	10	4	14	0	38	0	0	1	196	1.020	6.6	0.7	2.6	7.0	2.71
2007-08	18	-8.5	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	3.42	3.42	11	5	0	0	0	0	26.1	18	10	10	0	15	0	23	1	1	1	110	1.253	6.2	0.0	5.1	7.9	1.53
2008	19	-2.9	Greenville	SALL	A	BOS	8	9	.471	5.70	6.20	24	19	3	0	0	0	107.1	118	74	68	15	37	0	86	3	1	4	467	1.444	9.9	1.3	3.1	7.2	2.32
2008-09	19	-7.5	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		0	0		4.00	6.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	7	6	4	0	5	0	5	1	0	1	41	1.333	7.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	1.00
2009	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A+	BOS	9	4	.692	2.26	2.67	26	12	9	2	2	0	107.2	92	32	27	5	16	0	74	8	0	1	429	1.003	7.7	0.4	1.3	6.2	4.63
2009	20	-2.9	Salem	CARL	A+	BOS	1	1	.500	4.74	5.47	12	0	8	0	0	0	24.2	32	15	13	1	6	0	11	0	0	1	111	1.541	11.7	0.4	2.2	4.0	1.83
2009	20	-1.4	Lowell	NYPL	A-	BOS	8	3	.727	1.52	1.84	14	12	1	2	2	0	83.0	60	17	14	4	10	0	63	8	0	0	318	0.843	6.5	0.4	1.1	6.8	6.30
2009-10	20	-6.6	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	4.32	4.32	18	0	2	0	0	0	16.2	23	8	8	1	9	4	14	1	0	2	81	1.920	12.4	0.5	4.9	7.6	1.56
2010	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		3	3	.500	3.41	3.41	25	3	6	1	1	1	34.1	30	13	13	1	11	2	24	0	0	1	138	1.194	7.9	0.3	2.9	6.3	2.18
2010	21	-0.8	Greensboro	SALL	A	FLA	10	3	.769	3.58	4.33	26	13	3	0	0	0	108.0	114	52	43	9	32	0	113	3	0	6	457	1.352	9.5	0.8	2.7	9.4	3.53
2010-11	21	-5.1	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		3	3	.500	4.03	4.03	22	3	5	1	1	1	29.0	28	13	13	1	11	2	21	0	0	1	120	1.345	8.7	0.3	3.4	6.5	1.91
2010-11	21	-7.5	Venezuela	CARS	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	18	0.375	3.4	0.0	0.0	5.1
2011	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	FLA	8	11	.421	4.02	4.81	27	26	1	0	0	0	147.2	159	79	66	11	41	3	118	2	3	6	620	1.354	9.7	0.7	2.5	7.2	2.88
2011	22	-2.1	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	FLA	2	6	.250	5.35	6.44	12	12	0	0	0	0	65.2	80	47	39	9	22	0	45	1	2	4	290	1.553	11.0	1.2	3.0	6.2	2.05
2011	22	-0.9	Jupiter	FLOR	A+	FLA	6	5	.545	2.96	3.51	15	14	1	0	0	0	82.0	79	32	27	2	19	3	73	1	1	2	330	1.195	8.7	0.2	2.1	8.0	3.84
2011-12	22	-4.3	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		1	1	.500	3.60	3.60	11	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	4	4	4	0	5	0	4	0	0	1	36	0.900	3.6	0.0	4.5	3.6	0.80
2012	23	-0.8	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	MIA	6	9	.400	4.22	4.36	25	24	0	3	1	0	136.1	141	66	64	8	26	1	70	6	0	2	560	1.225	9.3	0.5	1.7	4.6	2.69
2012-13	23	-3.9	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		2	4	.333	2.49	3.06	17	7	1	0	0	0	47.0	36	16	13	1	15	1	29	0	0	1	192	1.085	6.9	0.2	2.9	5.6	1.93
2013	24	-3.2	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	8	6	.571	2.80	3.22	21	20	1	1	0	1	128.2	114	46	40	11	25	0	115	3	0	4	518	1.080	8.0	0.8	1.7	8.0	4.60
2013	24	-4.7	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	5	.167	5.82	6.05	14	6	0	0	0	0	38.2	42	26	25	7	16	1	31	2	1	0	172	1.500	9.8	1.6	3.7	7.2	1.94
2013-14	24	-3.1	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2014	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	LAA	0	2	.000	6.54	7.11	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.2	35	25	23	8	16	0	17	4	0	0	146	1.611	9.9	2.3	4.5	4.8	1.06
2014	25	-1.8	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	2	.000	6.75	7.34	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.2	35	25	23	8	15	0	17	4	0	0	143	1.630	10.3	2.3	4.4	5.0	1.13
2014	25	4.6	Angels	ARIZ	Rk	LAA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2014	25	-3.5	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2014-15	25	-2.4	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		6	1	.857	1.91	2.06	19	7	2	0	0	2	56.2	40	13	12	0	17	2	40	2	0	4	225	1.006	6.4	0.0	2.7	6.4	2.35
2015	26	-2.3	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	4	3	.571	3.49	3.90	64	0	18	0	0	0	67.0	58	29	26	5	23	4	59	5	0	1	283	1.209	7.8	0.7	3.1	7.9	2.57
2016	27	0.3	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	1	0	1.000	2.45	3.68	5	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	5	3	2	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	30	1.364	6.1	0.0	6.1	8.6	1.40
2016	27	-1.6	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	1	3	.250	3.45	4.55	64	0	12	0	0	0	57.1	71	29	22	4	15	4	51	1	0	2	256	1.500	11.1	0.6	2.4	8.0	3.40
2017	28	1.4	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	0		2.31	2.31	9	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	10	3	3	0	2	0	10	0	0	1	46	1.029	7.7	0.0	1.5	7.7	5.00
2017	28	-0.6	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	0	3	.000	3.88	4.25	64	0	12	0	0	1	48.2	50	23	21	7	12	5	45	0	0	1	203	1.274	9.2	1.3	2.2	8.3	3.75
2018	29	0.4	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	6	4	.600	2.71	2.86	76	0	5	0	0	1	63.0	51	20	19	3	22	2	59	2	0	1	261	1.159	7.3	0.4	3.1	8.4	2.68
2019	30	1.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	4	.429	3.36	3.81	67	1	11	0	0	1	59.0	66	25	22	8	18	4	51	1	0	3	255	1.424	10.1	1.2	2.7	7.8	2.83
2020	31	2.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	0		1.42	1.42	8	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	1	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	27	1.579	9.9	0.0	4.3	8.5	2.00
2021	32	3.1	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	5	2	.714	2.37	3.20	67	1	12	0	0	0	64.2	53	23	17	2	19	1	42	0	0	1	266	1.113	7.4	0.3	2.6	5.8	2.21
2022	33	5.8	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	0	1.000	4.50	4.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	6.8
2022	33	3.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	1	.667	5.28	5.87	21	0	6	0	0	1	15.1	17	10	9	3	9	1	15	2	0	1	76	1.696	10.0	1.8	5.3	8.8	1.67
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 (10 seasons)					Majors		22	25	.468	3.47	3.98	447	8	78	0	0	4	420.2	416	186	162	39	137	22	360	13	1	10	1802	1.315	8.9	0.8	2.9	7.7	2.63
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		57	46	.553	3.59	4.26	199	138	20	6	3	1	901.0	876	426	359	72	233	4	715	31	4	30	3734	1.231	8.8	0.7	2.3	7.1	3.07
Foreign (9 seasons)					Foreign		14	10	.583	3.28	3.58	115	24	15	1	1	3	208.2	174	83	76	6	86	9	144	7	1	11	875	1.246	7.5	0.3	3.7	6.2	1.67
All Levels (17 Seasons)							93	81	.534	3.51	4.09	761	170	113	7	4	8	1530.1	1466	695	597	117	456	35	1219	51	6	51	6411	1.256	8.6	0.7	2.7	7.2	2.67

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		10	8	.556	3.46	3.90	44	26	3	1	0	1	182.1	170	79	70	19	47	0	152	7	0	6	754	1.190	8.4	0.9	2.3	7.5	3.23
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		8	15	.348	4.59	5.03	37	36	0	3	1	0	202.0	221	113	103	17	48	1	115	7	2	6	850	1.332	9.8	0.8	2.1	5.1	2.40
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		7	6	.538	3.38	3.97	27	14	9	0	0	0	106.2	111	47	40	3	25	3	84	1	1	3	441	1.275	9.4	0.3	2.1	7.1	3.36
A (2 seasons)					Minors		18	12	.600	4.64	5.27	50	32	6	0	0	0	215.1	232	126	111	24	69	0	199	6	1	10	924	1.398	9.7	1.0	2.9	8.3	2.88
A- (1 season)					Minors		8	3	.727	1.52	1.84	14	12	1	2	2	0	83.0	60	17	14	4	10	0	63	8	0	0	318	0.843	6.5	0.4	1.1	6.8	6.30
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		4	1	.800	1.80	4.32	12	10	0	0	0	0	50.0	36	24	10	4	15	0	38	0	0	1	199	1.020	6.5	0.7	2.7	6.8	2.53
FRk (1 season)					Minors		2	1	.667	1.61	2.92	15	8	1	0	0	0	61.2	46	20	11	1	19	0	64	2	0	4	248	1.054	6.7	0.1	2.8	9.3	3.37