Kei Igawa vs. Raul Valdes — Career Comparison

Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Raul Valdes
Gen XCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Raul Valdes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Raul Valdes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.13 and WHIP 1.361 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Raul Valdes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kei Igawa and Raul Valdes

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.61
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
5.13
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140.1
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
8.85
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.28
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.14
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
9.43
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
38.54
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.73
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.19
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.58
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
34.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Kei Igawa and Raul Valdes

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.61
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140.1
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.38
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.15
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.54
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.54
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.233
0.233
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kei Igawa and Raul Valdes

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
3433.33
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
433.33
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.944
0.944
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.42
80.53
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
166.67
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.68
89.48
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
166.67
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA