Kodai Senga vs. Frank Viola — Career Comparison

Kodai Senga
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats LeftAsiaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Frank Viola
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Kodai Senga a clear advantage over Frank Viola across the core pitching metrics. Kodai Senga led in home run suppression (HR9+ 135 vs 73), run prevention (ERA+ 146 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 95). Frank Viola held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 113 vs 70). Kodai Senga was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Kodai Senga and Frank Viola

Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
1.33
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.63
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
0.56
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.48
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.99
53.99
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.76
99.76
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.23
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1175
3.73
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
7.01
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
2827
8.97
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.95
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
0.93
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
4.2
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
2.74
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.12
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
10.11
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1844
5.85
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.11
10.11
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.27
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.15
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1196
37.77
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11933
37.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.35
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4.13
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.28
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.2
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.76
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
0.68
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1047
33.06
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10870
34.49
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.77
37.77
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Kodai Senga and Frank Viola

Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.64
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
1.33
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.82
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.27
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.18
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.1
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.2
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
1.55
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.14
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.44
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
93.43
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.76
99.76
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.06
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kodai Senga and Frank Viola

Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
52
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
421
1202.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
600
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
528.57
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
74.29
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.71
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
11.46
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
82.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
82.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.14
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.93
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
41
117.14
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
5.12
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
62.86
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kodai Senga
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA