Ken Dayley vs. Shota Imanaga — Career Comparison

Ken Dayley
Baby BoomersIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Shota Imanaga built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Dayley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Shota Imanaga led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 101), run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 100), and strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 92). Ken Dayley held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 123 vs 74). Role difference aside, Shota Imanaga holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ken Dayley and Shota Imanaga

Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
6.04
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.71
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.61
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
3.64
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
573.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
564
8.85
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.66
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
3.53
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.77
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
6.37
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.085
1.085
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2450
38.44
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
4.28
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.31
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.85
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2164
33.95
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
33.93
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.44
38.44
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69

Fielding Stats for Ken Dayley and Shota Imanaga

Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
6.04
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
573.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.36
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.99
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.38
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.35
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.223
0.223
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Dayley and Shota Imanaga

Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
388
2450.53
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
511.58
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
107.37
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
107.37
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
28.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
107.37
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
151.58
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.26
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.63
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.89
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.64
35.6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
44.21
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
32
202.11
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
2.97
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
44.21
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.32
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.32
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA