Richard Dotson vs. Shota Imanaga — Career Comparison

Richard Dotson
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Shota Imanaga a clear advantage over Richard Dotson across the core pitching metrics. Shota Imanaga led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 87), run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 95), and strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 90). Richard Dotson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 74). Shota Imanaga was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Richard Dotson and Shota Imanaga

Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.48
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
1.43
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.54
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.55
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.55
49.55
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.72
96.72
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
872
4.23
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5572
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1857.1
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1884
9.13
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.94
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
740
3.59
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.12
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
973
4.71
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.22
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.19
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8034
38.93
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
4.67
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.28
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.3
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
0.86
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.413
1.413
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7135
34.57
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
33.93
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.93
38.93
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69

Fielding Stats for Richard Dotson and Shota Imanaga

Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.48
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
1.43
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5572
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1857.1
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.56
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.3
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.92
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
1.87
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.593
0.593
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.72
96.72
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Richard Dotson and Shota Imanaga

Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
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Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
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Career
Per 600 PA
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Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
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Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Richard Dotson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA