Wilson Alvarez
Texas Rangers 1989; Chicago White Sox 1991–1997; San Francisco Giants 1997; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998–1999; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2002; Los Angeles Dodgers 2003–2005
Percentile snapshot
1997 season — qualified pitchers
of 83 qualified 1997 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.9 |
| 1992 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.6 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.7 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1 |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.4 |
| 1997 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .179 | .115 | .294 | -24.9 | -19.7 | .150 | 4.0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 |
| 1999 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121.9 | -100.0 | .000 | 2.7 |
| 2002 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118.6 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 21 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .200 | .172 | .372 | -5.5 | 1.4 | .175 | 2.8 |
| 2004 | 40 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .188 | .161 | .349 | -15.0 | -6.2 | .164 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -130.2 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| 1991 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 22 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 56.3 | 3.51 | 1.349 | 5.11 | 5.39 | 133.2 | 115.2 | 0.9 |
| 1992 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 58 | 65 | 66 | 12 | 100.3 | 5.20 | 1.674 | 5.92 | 5.09 | 131.3 | 74.6 | -0.6 |
| 1993 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 68 | 122 | 155 | 14 | 207.7 | 2.95 | 1.396 | 6.72 | 4.25 | 100.9 | 142.9 | 5.0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 147 | 62 | 62 | 108 | 16 | 161.7 | 3.45 | 1.293 | 6.01 | 4.30 | 91.5 | 136.1 | 3.7 |
| 1995 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 171 | 84 | 93 | 118 | 21 | 175.0 | 4.32 | 1.509 | 6.07 | 4.98 | 110.2 | 104.6 | 2.1 |
| 1996 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 102 | 97 | 181 | 21 | 217.3 | 4.22 | 1.440 | 7.50 | 4.23 | 88.3 | 113.5 | 3.4 |
| 1997 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 82 | 91 | 179 | 18 | 212.0 | 3.48 | 1.278 | 7.60 | 3.88 | 90.0 | 124.4 | 4.0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 75 | 68 | 107 | 18 | 142.7 | 4.73 | 1.388 | 6.75 | 4.98 | 105.9 | 99.4 | 1.4 |
| 1999 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 159 | 75 | 79 | 128 | 22 | 160.0 | 4.22 | 1.488 | 7.20 | 4.98 | 101.4 | 116.6 | 2.7 |
| 2002 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 44 | 36 | 56 | 13 | 75.0 | 5.28 | 1.547 | 6.72 | 5.42 | 123.1 | 83.4 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 25 | 23 | 82 | 5 | 95.0 | 2.37 | 1.084 | 7.77 | 2.82 | 69.4 | 171.6 | 2.8 |
| 2004 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 54 | 31 | 102 | 12 | 120.7 | 4.03 | 1.160 | 7.61 | 3.45 | 83.5 | 102.6 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 24.0 | 5.63 | 1.583 | 6.00 | 6.33 | 152.4 | 73.8 | -0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-09-21 | SF @ SD Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997-08-12 | CIN @ SF Gameday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003-07-13 | LAD @ COL Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003-07-20 | STL @ LAD Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003-08-09 | CHC @ LAD Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-07-16 | CWS @ MIN Gameday | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997-04-09 | TOR @ CWS Gameday | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997-05-11 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997-09-06 | HOU @ SF Gameday | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| 1993-06-15 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.