Tom Acker vs. Kei Igawa — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Acker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.407 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Tom Acker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Kei Igawa

Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
4.12
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
8.64
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.02
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.55
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
6.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.068
1.068
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.4
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629
38.55
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.28
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1462
34.6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Kei Igawa

Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.16
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.63
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.61
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.444
0.444
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Kei Igawa

Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
956.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
481.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
31.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
31.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
31.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
112.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
75
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
37.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.25
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA