Jamie Arnold vs. Kei Igawa — Career Comparison

Jamie Arnold
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Jamie Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jamie Arnold posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.73 and WHIP 1.652 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Jamie Arnold had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jamie Arnold and Kei Igawa

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.73
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
9.89
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
4.82
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.65
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.49
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
41.04
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.91
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
6.73
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.73
6.73
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.74
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.88
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.634
1.634
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
34.64
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.04
41.04
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32

Fielding Stats for Jamie Arnold and Kei Igawa

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.83
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.41
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jamie Arnold and Kei Igawa

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
1428.57
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
24.16
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.6
17.01
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA