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José Alvarado
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Number
- #46
- Born
- May 21, 1995 in Maracaibo, Venezuela
- MLB debut
- May 3, 2017
- Salary, 2026
- $500,000
- dbWAR
- 7.1 11 season(s)
- IP
- 58.0
- ERA
- 5.43
- FIP
- 3.67
- K/9
- 10.9
- FIP−
- 88 100 = avg
José Alvarado is a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2026 he struck out 70 batters over 58.0 innings across 67 appearances, going 5-4. His ERA of 5.43 is 30.0% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 17 on his team, and 445th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.67 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.3% of swings (12.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.1%. His 0.8 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PHI | 67 | 0 | 58.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 35 | 70 | 28 | 5.43 | 3.67 | 1.59 | 10.9 | 4.3 | 130 | 88 | 0.8 | |
| 2025 | PHI | 28 | 0 | 26.0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 3.81 | 3.60 | 1.31 | 11.1 | 2.4 | 92 | 86 | 0.4 | |
| 2024 | PHI | 66 | 0 | 61.2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 28 | 63 | 28 | 4.09 | 3.80 | 1.25 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 100 | 93 | 0.6 | |
| 2023 | PHI | 42 | 0 | 41.1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 64 | 18 | 1.74 | 2.41 | 1.16 | 13.9 | 3.9 | 40 | 56 | 1.2 | |
| 2022 | PHI | 59 | 0 | 51.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 81 | 24 | 3.18 | 1.92 | 1.22 | 14.3 | 4.2 | 80 | 48 | 1.6 | |
| 2021 | PHI | 64 | 0 | 55.2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 68 | 47 | 4.20 | 4.80 | 1.60 | 11.0 | 7.6 | 99 | 113 | -0.0 | |
| 2020 | TB | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 6.00 | 5.86 | 1.67 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 135 | 132 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | TB | 35 | 1 | 30.0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 16 | 39 | 27 | 4.80 | 4.18 | 1.87 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 107 | 93 | 0.3 | |
| 2018 | TB | 70 | 0 | 64.0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 17 | 80 | 29 | 2.39 | 2.27 | 1.11 | 11.3 | 4.1 | 58 | 55 | 1.8 | |
| 2017 | TB | 35 | 0 | 29.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 3.64 | 2.55 | 1.11 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 84 | 59 | 0.8 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | PHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -118 | -0.0 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 115 | 99 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 25 | .333 | .421 | .444 | .388 | 21.7% |
| vs RHB | 153 | 132 | 31 | 3 | 19 | 45 | .235 | .340 | .379 | .322 | 29.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What José Alvarado throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sinker | 702 | 97.9 | 2,024 | 50.0% | 20.8% | 143 | .308 | .823 | |
| Cutter | 358 | 91.5 | 2,120 | 39.9% | 39.5% | 79 | .228 | .704 | |
| Curveball | 30 | 84.9 | 2,329 | 30.0% | 30.0% | 6 | — | — | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 22 | 97.2 | 1,991 | 31.8% | 22.2% | 4 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.