Mike Clark vs. Kodai Senga — Career Comparison

Mike Clark
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kodai Senga
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats LeftAsiaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Kodai Senga built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Clark as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kodai Senga posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.246 compared to 5.31 and 1.852 for Mike Clark. By the career numbers, Kodai Senga had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Clark and Kodai Senga

Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
5.16
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.64
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.63
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.61
60.61
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.14
17.14
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.31
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
11.51
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
7.01
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.51
11.51
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.95
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.16
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.2
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
3.98
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
10.11
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.11
10.11
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.016
1.016
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
43.08
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1196
37.77
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.92
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
5.75
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.35
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.76
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.853
1.853
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
37.62
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
33.06
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.08
43.08
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.77
37.77

Fielding Stats for Mike Clark and Kodai Senga

Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
855
27
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
9
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.82
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.2
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.14
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.692
0.692
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Clark and Kodai Senga

Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
1909.09
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.47
-80.42
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA