Kei Igawa vs. Alex Torres — Career Comparison

Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Torres
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Torres as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Torres posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.68 and WHIP 1.315 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Alex Torres had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kei Igawa and Alex Torres

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
8.86
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.68
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154.1
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
6.53
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.53
6.53
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.52
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.65
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
5.02
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
9.16
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.575
1.575
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.58
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.47
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
38.49
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.75
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.32
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
32.6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Kei Igawa and Alex Torres

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
8.86
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154.1
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.52
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.17
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.87
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.69
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.63
90.63
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.191
0.191
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kei Igawa and Alex Torres

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
16
4800
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
45600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Torres
Career
Per 600 PA