Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
	Yamamoto with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 18
	Pitcher
	Born: August 17, 1998 (age 26); Bizen, Okayama, Japan
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
Professional debut
	NPB: August 20, 2017, for the Orix Buffaloes
	MLB: March 21, 2024, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
NPB statistics ; (through 2023 season)
Win–loss record	70–29
Earned run average	1.82
Strikeouts	922
MLB statistics ; (through June 15, 2024)
Win–loss record	6-2
Earned run average	2.92
Strikeouts	84
Teams
	Orix Buffaloes (2017–2023); Los Angeles Dodgers (2024–present);
Career highlights and awards
	NPB Japan Series champion (2022); 5× NPB All-Star (2018, 2019, 2021–2023); 3× Japanese Triple Crown (2021–2023); 3× Pacific League MVP (2021–2023); 3× Eiji Sawamura Award (2021–2023); 3× Best Nine Award (2021–2023); 3× Pacific League Golden Glove Award (2021–2023); 3× Best Battery Award with Catcher Kenya Wakatsuki (2021–2023); 4× Pacific League ERA champion (2019, 2021–2023); 4× Pacific League strikeout champion (2020–2023); 3× Pacific League wins champion (2021–2023); Interleague play MVP (2021); Two no-hitters (June 18, 2022, September 9, 2023); Summer Olympics Tokyo 2020 All-Olympic Baseball Team (2021);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
Summer Olympics
World Baseball Classic
WBSC Premier12

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本由伸, Yamamoto Yoshinobu, born August 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes. Yamamoto is a three-time Pacific League Most Valuable Player, Eiji Sawamura Award, and a three-time Triple Crown winner. Yamamoto is the first player in the history of professional baseball to win the Triple Crown in three consecutive years. Following the 2023 NPB season, Yamamoto signed a 12-year, $325 million contract with the Dodgers.