Shota Imanaga vs. Tommy Layne — Career Comparison

Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tommy Layne
MillenialMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Shota Imanaga built a career as a starting pitcher and Tommy Layne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Shota Imanaga led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 70), run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 103), and strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 94). Tommy Layne held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 180 vs 74). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Shota Imanaga.

Pitching Stats for Shota Imanaga and Tommy Layne

Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
12.99
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.54
61.54
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
3.61
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
27
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
149.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
7.64
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.64
7.64
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.48
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
4.33
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
8.24
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
8.24
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.085
1.085
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.72
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
38.49
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.35
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
3.97
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.78
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
33.93
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
548
32.95
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Shota Imanaga and Tommy Layne

Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
12.99
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
27
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
149.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.02
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.26
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.47
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.29
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.68
92.68
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.176
0.176
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shota Imanaga and Tommy Layne

Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Tommy Layne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Layne
Career
Per 600 PA