Dan Abbott vs. Kei Igawa — Career Comparison

Dan Abbott
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Abbott as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Abbott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.23 and WHIP 2.077 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Dan Abbott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Abbott and Kei Igawa

Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.23
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
13.15
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
11.18
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.15
13.15
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.18
11.18
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.54
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.65
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
46.38
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
42.32
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
9.69
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.78
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.077
2.077
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.758
1.758
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
40.15
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
37.05
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.326
0.326
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.38
46.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.32
42.32

Fielding Stats for Dan Abbott and Kei Igawa

Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.85
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.85
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Abbott and Kei Igawa

Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.682
0.682
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
38.75
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.572
0.572
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.63
53.62
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA