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Shota Imanaga
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About Shota Imanaga
Shōta Imanaga (今永 昇太, Imanaga Shōta; born September 1, 1993), nicknamed "the Throwing Philosopher", and "Mike Imanaga II" is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars from 2016 to 2023. Imanaga is a two-time NPB All-Star and he led the Central League in strikeouts in 2023 before signing with the Cubs during the 2023–24 offseason. In his first season as a Cub, Imanaga was an All-Star. On September 4, 2024, Imanaga pitched a combined no-hitter with relief pitchers Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge.
Bio summary from Wikipedia.
Player Stats
| W | 11 | L | 10 | ERA | 3.77 | G | 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | 32 | SV | 0 | IP | 174.1 | H | 154 |
| R | 75 | ER | 73 | BB | 37 | SO | 174 |
| WHIP | 1.096 | H/9 | 8.0 | HR/9 | 1.8 | BB/9 | 1.9 |
| K/9 | 9.0 | FIP | 4.47 | WAR | 2.0 |
2026 pitching — Baseball-Reference
Career — Lahman, through 2025
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CHN | 15 | 3 | 2.91 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1 | 149 | 27 | 28 | 174 |
| 2025 | CHN | 9 | 8 | 3.73 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.2 | 117 | 31 | 26 | 117 |
Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.
2026 Season — MLB Stats API
Pitching
| W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 10 | 3.77 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.1 | 154 | 75 | 73 | 35 | 37 | 174 | 1.10 |
2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.
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