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José Álvarez

#48 - Relief Pitcher

San Francisco Giants

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	5/6/1989 (33)
Height, Weight	5'11", 195 lb
Hometown	Barcelona, VEN

2022 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%				FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	xERA	xwOBA
	1	15.1	5.28	1.70	19.7%	11.8%	26.7%				90.8	10.6%	21.1%	53.1%	6.06	.386

	72^nd 2 Sv	258^th 22 IP	268^th 4.07 ERA	308^th 1.31 WHIP	242^nd 23.2% K%	269^th 9.3% BB%	264^th 29.1% CSW%				207^th 93.4 FB MPH	256^th 12.7% SwStr%	97^th 25.0% HC%	81^st 44.8% GB%	319^th 4.07 xERA	320^th .310 xwOBA

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2022 Projection

Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
1	66	3.55	1.27	19.6%	8.0%

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	xBABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%
2018	LAA	76	0	63.0	6	4	2.71	3.11	3.04	3.80	1.16	7.3	22.6%	8.4%	.277	.230	20.7%	51.7%	6.4%	77.7%	11.3%	27.6%
2019	PHI	67	1	59.0	3	4	3.36	4.13	4.21	4.21	1.42	10.1	20.0%	7.1%	.330	.292	24.3%	50.3%	18.2%	81.3%	12.1%	26.6%
2020	PHI	8	0	6.1	0	0	1.42	5.68	2.70	3.37	1.58	10.3	22.2%	11.1%	.389	.460	26.9%	58.8%	0.0%	90.0%	12.4%	24.8%
2021	SF	67	1	64.2	5	2	2.37	3.35	3.15	4.38	1.11	7.4	15.8%	7.1%	.254	.284	24.8%	52.0%	3.7%	70.8%	9.8%	28.4%
2022	SF	21	0	15.1	2	1	5.28	6.06	5.91	4.64	1.70	10.1	19.7%	11.8%	.311	.306	21.1%	53.1%	25.0%	75.6%	10.6%	26.7%
RP MLB AVG		20	0	22.0	1	1	4.07	4.07	4.00	4.00	1.31	8.2	23.2%	9.4%	.288	.277	25.0%	44.8%	12.1%	72.5%	12.7%	29.0%
5 Years		239	2	208.1	16	11	2.94	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.27	8.4	19.5%	8.0%	.290	.277	23.2%	51.7%	10.1%	77.1%	11.1%	27.4%

Repertoire

Sinker | 51%
Changeup | 35%
Slider | 10%
Four-Seamer | 4%
Curveball | 0%
Cutter | 0%
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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	91.4	20.3%	36.3%	45.4%	8.7%	17.4%	26.1%	67.6%	62.8%	59.5%	21.6%	.227	.311	.257	12.5%	.208	.329	31.4%	2,240
2019	91.4	36.7%	35.2%	56.0%	8.6%	19.7%	28.3%	74.2%	67.9%	53.2%	22.8%	.258	.279	.286	5.6%	.218	.252	25.3%	2,345
2020	91.4	44.2%	46.7%	47.4%	10.5%	15.8%	26.3%	71.9%	68.4%	71.4%	28.6%	.200	.264	.250	0.0%	.262	.321	27.3%	2,258
2021	91.2	45.1%	23.1%	63.4%	6.9%	26.5%	33.4%	73.9%	68.9%	66.7%	15.6%	.193	.232	.223	6.7%	.247	.283	30.2%	2,123
2022	90.8	50.9%	29.2%	48.2%	2.9%	24.5%	27.3%	66.2%	60.4%	56.0%	24.0%	.296	.407	.304	16.7%	.318	.444	27.8%	2,000
RP MLB AVG	93.4	31.8%	28.3%	49.4%	7.6%	20.2%	27.8%	65.8%	59.0%	57.6%	22.2%	.286	.341	.320	14.4%	.272	.337	29.7%	2,145

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.208	.329	.183	.332	31.4%	10.8%	27.0%	19.6%	86.4	93.1	3.6	1.3	0.9	2.4	5.6	6.5	2,240
2019	.218	.252	.239	.242	25.3%	2.5%	34.2%	27.3%	84.6	85.1	3.6	1.4	0.9	1.8	5.6	6.4	2,345
2020	.262	.321	.336	.305	27.3%	0.0%	37.5%	25.0%	86.3	84.0	6.3	10.5	6.5	2.1	5.4	6.4	2,258
2021	.247	.283	.285	.294	30.2%	2.1%	32.3%	24.6%	86.9	84.9	-2.7	10.4	5.8	2.2	5.6	6.5	2,123
2022	.318	.444	.312	.398	27.8%	12.0%	36.0%	25.0%	84.8	88.9	-1.2	9.8	5.7	1.8	5.7	6.4	2,000
RP MLB AVG	.272	.337	.302	.344	29.7%	5.5%	36.7%	26.3%	88.2	85.7	4.6	9.2	5.2	-0.8	5.4	6.3	2,145

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	207	51	6	2	1	1	8	5	1	0	140	67	.227	.386	.311
2019	361	99	20	2	0	1	12	7	1	0	268	93	.258	.315	.279
2020	57	12	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	41	16	.200	.200	.264
2021	437	126	18	2	1	1	19	10	0	0	323	113	.193	.254	.232
2022	139	36	6	1	0	1	3	6	2	1	92	47	.296	.444	.407
RP MLB AVG	86	23	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	57	29	.286	.401	.341

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	59.5%	18.9%	21.6%	2.7%	12.5%	29.7%	43.2%	27.0%	23.7%	13.5%	40.5%	18.9%	10.8%	5.4%	24.3%
2019	53.2%	24.1%	22.8%	3.8%	5.6%	35.4%	32.9%	31.6%	24.1%	3.8%	48.1%	13.9%	26.6%	5.1%	32.9%
2020	71.4%	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%	12.5%	62.5%	25.0%	31.6%	0.0%	42.9%	14.3%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	66.7%	17.7%	15.6%	4.2%	6.7%	42.7%	39.6%	17.7%	18.5%	9.4%	45.8%	12.5%	25.0%	5.2%	24.0%
2022	56.0%	20.0%	24.0%	8.0%	16.7%	36.0%	36.0%	28.0%	20.9%	20.0%	28.0%	16.0%	24.0%	0.0%	32.0%
RP MLB AVG	57.6%	20.2%	22.2%	5.0%	14.4%	35.6%	36.2%	28.2%	17.4%	5.7%	40.5%	16.9%	26.7%	4.7%	32.1%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	31.4%	10.8%	27.0%	19.6%	.227	.311	.257	.278	.208	.329	.183	.332	86.4	93.1	3.6
2019	25.3%	2.5%	34.2%	27.3%	.258	.279	.286	.295	.218	.252	.239	.242	84.6	85.1	3.6
2020	27.3%	0.0%	37.5%	25.0%	.200	.264	.250	.250	.262	.321	.336	.305	86.3	84.0	6.3
2021	30.2%	2.1%	32.3%	24.6%	.193	.232	.223	.232	.247	.283	.285	.294	86.9	84.9	-2.7
2022	27.8%	12.0%	36.0%	25.0%	.296	.407	.304	.333	.318	.444	.312	.398	84.8	88.9	-1.2
RP MLB AVG	29.7%	5.5%	36.7%	26.3%	.286	.341	.320	.336	.272	.337	.302	.344	88.2	85.7	4.6

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	36.3%	45.4%	8.7%	17.4%	26.1%	67.6%	62.8%	17.3%	50.2%	82.7%	70.7%	90.5%	21.3%	32.5%	69.2%	53.8%
2019	35.2%	56.0%	8.6%	19.7%	28.3%	74.2%	67.9%	15.7%	54.6%	84.3%	75.0%	87.9%	23.2%	24.0%	70.3%	54.9%
2020	46.7%	47.4%	10.5%	15.8%	26.3%	71.9%	68.4%	18.8%	56.1%	81.3%	78.6%	83.3%	23.5%	30.8%	64.3%	64.3%
2021	23.1%	63.4%	6.9%	26.5%	33.4%	73.9%	68.9%	14.5%	47.4%	85.5%	73.0%	88.2%	34.7%	10.0%	76.6%	61.3%
2022	29.2%	48.2%	2.9%	24.5%	27.3%	66.2%	60.4%	6.9%	41.7%	93.1%	85.7%	97.3%	27.3%	3.4%	58.5%	39.0%
RP MLB AVG	28.3%	49.4%	7.6%	20.2%	27.8%	65.8%	59.0%	16.3%	45.5%	83.7%	73.5%	88.5%	23.6%	22.2%	59.8%	45.7%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	68.6%	18.8%	12.6%	35.7%	31.4%	32.9%	4.3%	23.2%	58.0%	58.9%	39.1%	19.3%	45.4%	17.2%	20.0%
2019	51.8%	26.9%	21.3%	28.3%	34.3%	37.4%	11.4%	41.6%	31.6%	56.2%	33.5%	27.7%	56.0%	17.2%	12.0%
2020	66.7%	26.3%	7.0%	43.9%	28.1%	28.1%	8.8%	43.9%	29.8%	59.6%	40.4%	22.8%	47.4%	8.8%	15.4%
2021	36.4%	29.7%	33.9%	30.7%	35.5%	33.9%	13.3%	32.0%	38.2%	59.3%	30.7%	27.5%	63.4%	17.8%	15.8%
2022	61.2%	20.9%	18.0%	30.9%	29.5%	39.6%	7.9%	37.4%	41.7%	63.3%	37.4%	20.9%	48.2%	17.0%	10.3%
RP MLB AVG	48.4%	25.8%	25.8%	28.0%	28.8%	43.2%	7.2%	38.5%	35.7%	62.1%	34.4%	20.7%	49.4%	18.4%	18.2%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	81.3	14.5%	43.2%	20.3%	18.2%	5.4%	23.6%	56.1%	50.0%	64.3%	25.0%	.243	.279	.333	0.0%	.159	.217	4.7%	1,936
2019	82.0	21.4%	41.1%	33.2%	19.4%	7.1%	26.5%	62.6%	55.5%	62.2%	10.8%	.283	.274	.405	0.0%	.239	.227	24.1%	1,921
2020	81.7	22.5%	41.7%	17.2%	17.2%	3.4%	20.7%	51.7%	41.4%	25.0%	0.0%	.429	.378	.750	-	.449	.404	28.6%	1,807
2021	81.2	27.7%	36.0%	30.9%	14.5%	7.4%	21.9%	55.8%	50.6%	44.2%	34.6%	.219	.222	.269	0.0%	.223	.245	14.7%	1,572
2022	81.5	35.2%	42.3%	26.0%	19.8%	4.2%	24.0%	58.3%	52.1%	50.0%	30.0%	.207	.327	.222	33.3%	.217	.320	15.6%	1,678
RP MLB AVG	84.9	19.0%	32.8%	35.0%	13.7%	10.1%	23.7%	57.8%	52.2%	53.3%	25.9%	.232	.291	.270	11.5%	.230	.295	24.4%	1,728

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.159	.217	.217	.203	4.7%	0.0%	17.9%	11.6%	75.3	78.8	-4.4	1.2	0.6	2.4	5.7	6.4	1,936
2019	.239	.227	.343	.312	24.1%	2.7%	37.8%	25.9%	84.4	83.6	2.9	1.3	0.4	1.9	5.5	6.4	1,921
2020	.449	.404	.785	.706	28.6%	0.0%	100.0%	57.1%	93.4	-	10.0	10.0	1.9	2.1	5.4	6.2	1,807
2021	.223	.245	.261	.280	14.7%	1.9%	28.8%	22.1%	84.4	80.5	14.7	8.9	2.4	2.2	5.4	6.5	1,572
2022	.217	.320	.239	.428	15.6%	10.0%	45.0%	28.1%	85.6	96.9	9.0	9.7	2.2	1.8	5.6	6.6	1,678
RP MLB AVG	.230	.295	.270	.334	24.4%	4.9%	33.6%	24.2%	86.5	86.9	5.6	8.5	3.9	-0.6	5.6	6.2	1,728

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	148	43	8	1	0	0	10	5	0	1	83	65	.243	.270	.279
2019	211	54	12	3	0	0	16	1	0	1	132	79	.283	.340	.274
2020	29	7	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	14	.429	.429	.378
2021	269	68	12	2	0	0	13	3	0	1	150	119	.219	.250	.222
2022	96	32	2	1	1	2	9	2	0	0	56	39	.207	.517	.327
RP MLB AVG	47	12	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	28	18	.232	.364	.291

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	64.3%	10.7%	25.0%	3.6%	0.0%	35.7%	32.1%	32.1%	13.5%	17.9%	42.9%	21.4%	17.9%	0.0%	21.4%
2019	62.2%	27.0%	10.8%	5.4%	0.0%	29.7%	48.6%	21.6%	18.5%	10.8%	45.9%	5.4%	32.4%	2.7%	29.7%
2020	25.0%