Kei Igawa vs. Joe Vance — Career Comparison

Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Vance
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Vance as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.81 and WHIP 1.762 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Joe Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kei Igawa and Joe Vance

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.35
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.81
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
10.52
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.52
10.52
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.78
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.65
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.34
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.67
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
41.44
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.41
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
6.28
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.758
1.758
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.762
1.762
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
36.1
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.44
41.44

Fielding Stats for Kei Igawa and Joe Vance

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.01
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
27
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.2
9
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.333
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kei Igawa and Joe Vance

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
16
480
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.66
49.91
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
210
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
150
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.71
51.22
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA