Zach Day vs. Shota Imanaga — Career Comparison

Zach Day
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Shota Imanaga a clear advantage over Zach Day across the core pitching metrics. Shota Imanaga led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 87), strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 68), and run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 108). Zach Day held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 153 vs 74). Shota Imanaga was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Zach Day and Shota Imanaga

Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.08
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.45
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.65
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.77
69.77
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
4.66
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
389
9.39
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.85
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
4.15
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
4.56
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.969
0.969
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.53
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1648
39.8
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
5
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.18
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1439
34.75
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
33.93
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69

Fielding Stats for Zach Day and Shota Imanaga

Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.08
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.45
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.77
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.35
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.15
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.13
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.88
98.88
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.593
0.593
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.77
69.77
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zach Day and Shota Imanaga

Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
444.83
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
543.1
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.03
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.86
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
7.17
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
46.55
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.38
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.86
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.52
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
36.21
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-5.73
-29.62
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.34
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
51
263.79
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.27
2.27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
46.55
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA