Bob Allen vs. Kei Igawa — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.631 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Bob Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Kei Igawa

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.11
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
9.46
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.76
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.34
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
6.54
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.54
6.54
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.208
1.208
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.59
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1232
40.47
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
4.99
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.533
1.533
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1095
35.97
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.47
40.47
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Kei Igawa

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.53
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.68
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.33
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Kei Igawa

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
3600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
547.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
14.18
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.25
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
2.13
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA