Rickey Clark vs. Masahiro Tanaka — Career Comparison

Rickey Clark
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Masahiro Tanaka
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Masahiro Tanaka a clear advantage over Rickey Clark across the core pitching metrics. Masahiro Tanaka led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 77), strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 77), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 83). Masahiro Tanaka was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Rickey Clark and Masahiro Tanaka

Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.46
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.4
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.67
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.67
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.39
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.9
62.9
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.92
72.92
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.38
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
3.74
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1295
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
431.2
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
7.74
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
983
8.39
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.74
7.74
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.77
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
1.36
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
4.44
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.78
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.92
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
8.46
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.75
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.27
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.22
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1858
38.74
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4299
36.7
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
4.17
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.06
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.19
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.61
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.353
1.353
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1614
33.65
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4032
34.42
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Rickey Clark and Masahiro Tanaka

Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.46
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1296
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.63
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.58
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.6
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.14
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.25
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.48
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.76
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
1.72
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.06
98.06
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.115
1.115
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.92
72.92
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rickey Clark and Masahiro Tanaka

Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
97
409.86
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
3600
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
532.39
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.93
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.93
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
5.42
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.52
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.93
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
63.38
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.68
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.68
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.56
-15.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.81
-37.4
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.45
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
232.39
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
248.28
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
2.58
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Rickey Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
59.15
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rickey Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA