Kei Igawa vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Thatcher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Thatcher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kei Igawa and Grant Thatcher

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
10.22
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.22
10.22
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.49
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
35.27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Kei Igawa and Grant Thatcher

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.01
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kei Igawa and Grant Thatcher

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.05
39.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
150
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.02
38.14
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA