Kei Igawa vs. Tony Jacobs — Career Comparison

Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tony Jacobs
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Jacobs as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kei Igawa posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.66 and WHIP 1.772 compared to 11.25 and 2.500 for Tony Jacobs. By the career numbers, Kei Igawa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kei Igawa and Tony Jacobs

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.12
7.12
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.29
15.29
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
11.18
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
20.25
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.18
11.18
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.88
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
42.32
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
49.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.78
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.758
1.758
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
37.05
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
47.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.326
0.326
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.32
42.32
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.5
49.5

Fielding Stats for Kei Igawa and Tony Jacobs

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kei Igawa and Tony Jacobs

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1200
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA