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2.31 HR/9

Shota Imanaga has allowed 20 home runs in 78 innings this season — 2.31 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.09. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

Published Friday, September 4, 2026

Shota Imanaga has allowed 20 home runs in 78 innings this season — 2.31 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.09. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

THE NUMBERS

angle
pitcher_hr_prone
direction
prone
pitcher id
684007
pitcher name
Shota Imanaga
team
Chicago Cubs
matchup
Chicago Cubs vs Miami Marlins
headline
2.31 HR/9
hr9
2.31
innings pitched
78
home runs allowed
20
era
4.09
detail
Shota Imanaga has allowed 20 home runs in 78 innings this season — 2.31 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.09. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

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