Grier Friday vs. Shota Imanaga — Career Comparison

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Looking at the career totals, Grier Friday and Shota Imanaga are fairly close on the surface numbers. Shota Imanaga posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.28 vs 6.9) and WHIP (1.006 vs 1.900). Grier Friday had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.6 per nine innings vs 1.64). By the career numbers, Shota Imanaga had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Grier Friday and Shota Imanaga

Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.1
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.6
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
10.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.7
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.033
1.033
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
42.3
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
8.1
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.37
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
35.1
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1199
33.93
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69

Fielding Stats for Grier Friday and Shota Imanaga

Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
9
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.62
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.96
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.91
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.857
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grier Friday and Shota Imanaga

Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
37.95
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
49.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA