Tom Cheney vs. Shota Imanaga — Career Comparison

Tom Cheney
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Tom Cheney a clear advantage over Shota Imanaga across the core pitching metrics. Tom Cheney led in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 74), strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 106), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 99). Shota Imanaga held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 88). Tom Cheney was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Tom Cheney and Shota Imanaga

Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.22
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.37
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.56
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.74
61.74
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
3.77
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.222
0.222
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
7.38
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
7.53
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.38
7.38
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
4.73
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
6.66
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.266
1.266
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.085
1.085
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1981
38.26
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
4.33
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.37
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1730
33.41
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
33.93
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69

Fielding Stats for Tom Cheney and Shota Imanaga

Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.22
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.37
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.64
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.51
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.76
91.76
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.678
0.678
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.593
0.593
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.74
61.74
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Cheney and Shota Imanaga

Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
474.51
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
521.57
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
70.59
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
62.75
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
11.06
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
78.43
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
90.2
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.37
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.29
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
66.67
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.25
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.61
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
32
125.49
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.78
4.78
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
58.82
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.76
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA