Bill Blair vs. Kodai Senga — Career Comparison

Bill Blair
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Kodai Senga
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats LeftAsiaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Kodai Senga built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Blair as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Blair posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.61 and WHIP 1.194 compared to 3 and 1.246 for Kodai Senga. By the career numbers, Bill Blair had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Blair and Kodai Senga

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.63
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.61
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
3
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
8.42
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
7.01
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.95
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.32
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
4.2
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
4.65
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
10.11
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.11
10.11
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.774
0.774
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
38.03
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1196
37.77
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.35
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.76
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.246
1.246
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
35.42
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
33.06
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.77
37.77

Fielding Stats for Bill Blair and Kodai Senga

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.36
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.82
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.27
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.64
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.2
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.14
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
82.35
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Blair and Kodai Senga

Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
78.18
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
84.56
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA