Head to head · 2026 pitching
Shane Bieber vs Shota Imanaga
In 2026 Shota Imanaga has been worth 1.5 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.
- Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Shane Bieber | Shota Imanaga |
|---|---|---|
| G | 11 | 32 |
| GS | 11 | 32 |
| IP | 55.2 | 174.1 |
| W | 5 | 11 |
| SO | 44 | 174 |
| ERA | 4.53 | 3.77 |
| FIP | 5.15 | 4.47 |
| WHIP | 1.44 | 1.10 |
| K/9 | 7.1 | 9.0 |
| BB/9 | 3.9 | 1.9 |
| FIP− | 123 | 107 |
| WAR | 0.1 | 1.6 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Shane Bieber | Shota Imanaga |
|---|---|---|
| G | 8 | 2 |
| GS | 7 | 1 |
| IP | 36.2 | 6.2 |
| W | 3 | 0 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 40 | 6 |
| BB | 12 | 2 |
| ERA | 4.42 | 8.10 |
| WHIP | 1.36 | 1.50 |
| K/9 | 9.8 | 8.1 |
| BB/9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
Career
Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.
| Statistic | Shane Bieber | Shota Imanaga |
|---|---|---|
| G | 154 | 86 |
| GS | 152 | 86 |
| IP | 939.0 | 492.1 |
| W | 71 | 35 |
| L | 36 | 21 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,039 | 465 |
| BB | 219 | 91 |
| ERA | 3.32 | 3.45 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.04 |
| K/9 | 10.0 | 8.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| WAR | 21.9 | 4.6 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.