Kei Igawa vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kei Igawa built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.437 compared to 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Alex Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kei Igawa and Alex Young

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.58
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.34
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
9.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.59
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.44
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1219
39.51
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.88
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.88
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1089
35.3
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Kei Igawa and Alex Young

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.78
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.26
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.23
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kei Igawa and Alex Young

Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
4800
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
3662.07
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
1.32
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA