Shota Imanaga vs. Tarik Skubal — Career Comparison

Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tarik Skubal
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Tarik Skubal a clear advantage over Shota Imanaga across the core pitching metrics. Tarik Skubal led in home run suppression (HR9+ 139 vs 74), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 143 vs 99), and strikeout rate (K%+ 129 vs 106). Shota Imanaga held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 140). Tarik Skubal was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Shota Imanaga and Tarik Skubal

Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.61
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.57
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.63
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.43
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.34
59.34
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.81
97.81
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
3.28
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
3.08
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.222
0.222
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
7.53
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
7.21
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.21
7.21
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.06
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
2.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
8.24
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
10.44
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.44
10.44
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.49
6.49
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.085
1.085
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3056
35.87
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
3.62
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
3.37
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.58
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
33.93
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836
33.29
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.87
35.87

Fielding Stats for Shota Imanaga and Tarik Skubal

Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.61
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.57
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.85
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.19
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.09
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.08
92.08
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.593
0.593
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.679
0.679
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.81
97.81
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Shota Imanaga and Tarik Skubal

Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
27400
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.19
-38.03
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA