Jim Devlin vs. Kei Igawa — Career Comparison

Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Devlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Devlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Devlin and Kei Igawa

Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.01
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.58
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.38
52.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.25
81.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.38
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170.1
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
8.51
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.06
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
4.76
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.869
0.869
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.95
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
39.58
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
6.13
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
673
35.56
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32

Fielding Stats for Jim Devlin and Kei Igawa

Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.01
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.44
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.02
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.65
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.72
87.72
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.174
2.174
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Devlin and Kei Igawa

Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
181.58
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
552.63
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.636
0.636
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.91
54.52
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
150
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
189.47
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
102.63
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.2
64.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
47.37
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
8
63.16
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA