Jim Bunning vs. Shota Imanaga — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Shota Imanaga a clear advantage over Jim Bunning across the core pitching metrics. Shota Imanaga led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 107), run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 86), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 94). Jim Bunning held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 106). Shota Imanaga was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bunning and Shota Imanaga

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.24
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.54
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.44
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.9
54.9
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.82
87.82
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.36
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
3.27
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
3.28
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
8.22
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
0.89
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1000
2.39
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.23
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855
6.83
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.11
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.38
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15618
37.38
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.09
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1527
3.65
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.37
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14418
34.51
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
33.93
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.38
37.38
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Shota Imanaga

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.24
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11280
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.49
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
0.89
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
1.44
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
1.38
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.593
0.593
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.82
87.82
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.05
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Shota Imanaga

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
601
257.39
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1401
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1275
546.04
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
91.22
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
77.52
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
8.99
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.71
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.7
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.26
19.38
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
112.63
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
106.21
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
35.12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
32.12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
64.24
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.33
11.28
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.43
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
14.56
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
362
155.03
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
36.4
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.57
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
15.42
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA