Kazuhiro Sasaki vs. Bryan Shaw — Career Comparison

Kazuhiro Sasaki
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star
Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Kazuhiro Sasaki a clear advantage over Bryan Shaw across the core pitching metrics. Kazuhiro Sasaki led in strikeout rate (K%+ 159 vs 82), run prevention (ERA+ 152 vs 92), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 94). Kazuhiro Sasaki was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Kazuhiro Sasaki and Bryan Shaw

Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
9.19
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.28
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.64
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.43
30.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
5.2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.22
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
3.96
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.201
0.201
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
223.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
6.65
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
8.51
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.65
6.65
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.97
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.1
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
3.52
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.52
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.25
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
9.75
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
8.02
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.75
9.75
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.6
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.48
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.36
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
925
37.28
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3270
38.5
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
8.1
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
2.03
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.63
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
4.44
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.28
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.32
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.084
1.084
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
823
33.17
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2904
34.19
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Kazuhiro Sasaki and Bryan Shaw

Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
9.19
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
223.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.81
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.92
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.29
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.71
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.17
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.58
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.41
92.41
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.127
0.127
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.168
0.168
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kazuhiro Sasaki and Bryan Shaw

Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
228
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
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Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
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Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
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Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
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Bryan Shaw
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Career
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Bryan Shaw
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Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
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Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
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Career
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Bryan Shaw
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Career
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Bryan Shaw
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Career
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Bryan Shaw
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Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
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Bryan Shaw
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Kazuhiro Sasaki
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Bryan Shaw
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Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
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Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Bryan Shaw
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Bryan Shaw
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Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kazuhiro Sasaki
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Bryan Shaw
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