Ernie Alten vs. Kei Igawa — Career Comparison

Ernie Alten
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Ernie Alten as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kei Igawa posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.66 and WHIP 1.772 compared to 9 and 2.130 for Ernie Alten. By the career numbers, Kei Igawa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernie Alten and Kei Igawa

Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.48
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.12
7.12
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
15.65
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
11.18
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.65
15.65
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.18
11.18
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.52
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
43.83
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
42.32
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
10.57
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.78
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.758
1.758
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
39.91
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
37.05
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.396
0.396
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.326
0.326
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.83
43.83
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.32
42.32

Fielding Stats for Ernie Alten and Kei Igawa

Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.01
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
27
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.2
9
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernie Alten and Kei Igawa

Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
14
2800
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA