Brad Hand vs. Masahiro Tanaka — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Masahiro Tanaka
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Masahiro Tanaka built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Hand as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Masahiro Tanaka led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 95), strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 87). Brad Hand held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 121 vs 96). Role difference aside, Masahiro Tanaka holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Masahiro Tanaka

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.67
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.39
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.9
62.9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
3.75
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
983
8.39
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.93
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
1.36
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.78
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
991
8.46
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.137
1.137
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.22
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3266
38.08
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4299
36.7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
4.15
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.61
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.257
1.257
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4032
34.42
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Masahiro Tanaka

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.12
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.14
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.43
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.76
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.38
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
1.72
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
95.93
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.06
98.06
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Masahiro Tanaka

Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
174
3600
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
600
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.48
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.48
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
1.52
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.48
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.59
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
41.38
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-4.25
-29.32
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.81
-37.4
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
151.72
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
248.28
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
3.95
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA