Danny Frisella vs. Shota Imanaga — Career Comparison

Danny Frisella
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Shota Imanaga built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Frisella 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 74), run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 97), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 89). Danny Frisella held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 106). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Shota Imanaga.

Pitching Stats for Danny Frisella and Shota Imanaga

Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
5.18
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.59
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
3.32
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1828
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
609.1
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
529
7.81
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.78
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
4.22
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.86
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
6.96
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.96
6.96
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.085
1.085
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.56
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2608
38.52
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.18
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
3.78
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.37
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2266
33.47
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
33.93
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69

Fielding Stats for Danny Frisella and Shota Imanaga

Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
5.18
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1829
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
609.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.58
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.28
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.95
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.86
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Frisella and Shota Imanaga

Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
351
2507.14
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
557.14
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
100
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
92.86
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
22.9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
107.14
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
128.57
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.43
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
50
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
19.35
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
25
178.57
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
3.36
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.29
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA