Kei Igawa vs. Roberto Vargas — Career Comparison

Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roberto Vargas
Silent GenerationP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Roberto Vargas 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 7.24 and 2.000 for Roberto Vargas. 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 Roberto Vargas

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.15
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
7.24
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.12
7.12
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.49
7.49
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
11.18
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
13.61
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.18
11.18
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.61
13.61
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.95
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
6.66
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
4.39
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.927
0.927
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.88
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
42.32
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
44.56
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.54
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.78
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
8.12
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.12
8.12
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.758
1.758
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.951
1.951
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
37.05
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
39.51
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.326
0.326
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.32
42.32
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.56
44.56

Fielding Stats for Kei Igawa and Roberto Vargas

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.15
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.85
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.73
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.73
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.607
0.607
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kei Igawa and Roberto Vargas

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
1866.67
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.92
61.11
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.24
82.59
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA