Denny Bautista vs. Shota Imanaga — Career Comparison

Denny Bautista
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Shota Imanaga built a career as a starting pitcher and Denny Bautista as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Shota Imanaga led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 76), and strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 81). Denny Bautista held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 135 vs 74). Role difference aside, Shota Imanaga holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Denny Bautista and Shota Imanaga

Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
5.28
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.85
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.44
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.6
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.03
16.03
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
5.88
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
27
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
223.1
9
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
9.91
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.85
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
5.28
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.28
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
7.25
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.085
1.085
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.01
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.64
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
41.63
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.01
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
6.21
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.52
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.89
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
34.82
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1199
33.93
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69

Fielding Stats for Denny Bautista and Shota Imanaga

Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
5.28
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.85
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
27
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
223.1
9
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.73
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.01
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.73
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.73
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.03
16.03
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denny Bautista and Shota Imanaga

Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
9825
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Denny Bautista
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Denny Bautista
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA