Ray Herbert vs. Masahiro Tanaka — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Masahiro Tanaka
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Masahiro Tanaka a clear advantage over Ray Herbert across the core pitching metrics. Masahiro Tanaka led in strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 115 vs 93), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 96). Ray Herbert held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 154). Masahiro Tanaka was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Masahiro Tanaka

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.95
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.13
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.5
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.67
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.39
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.29
49.29
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.9
62.9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.99
57.99
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
839
4.01
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.74
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2000
9.57
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
8.39
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.8
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
1.36
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
2.73
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.78
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.19
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
8.46
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.18
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.22
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8010
38.32
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4299
36.7
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.35
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
4.43
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.06
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.19
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.61
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4032
34.42
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Masahiro Tanaka

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.08
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
1.18
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.64
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.58
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.14
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
1.76
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
1.72
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.54
97.54
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.06
98.06
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.161
1.161
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.51
56.51
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Masahiro Tanaka

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
408
374.31
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
3600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
100
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
73.39
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.27
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.96
35.74
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.52
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
82.57
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.1
34.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.81
-37.4
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
122.02
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
248.28
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
33.94
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA