Shota Imanaga vs. Craig Lefferts — Career Comparison

Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Shota Imanaga built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Lefferts 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 130), run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 97), and strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 91). Role difference aside, Shota Imanaga holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Shota Imanaga and Craig Lefferts

Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.46
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.57
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
3.43
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1108
8.7
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.94
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
2.53
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.43
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
719
5.65
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4754
37.35
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
3.85
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.61
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.31
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.69
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.248
1.248
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
33.93
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4304
33.81
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.35
37.35

Fielding Stats for Shota Imanaga and Craig Lefferts

Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.44
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.21
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.71
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.65
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shota Imanaga and Craig Lefferts

Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
2844.9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
538.78
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
65.31
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.06
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
13.1
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
85.71
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.39
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.33
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.49
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-4.95
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
64
261.22
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
2.3
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA