Yu Darvish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Darvish with the San Diego Padres in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego Padres – No. 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pitcher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born: Habikino, Osaka, Japan | 16 August 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional debut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NPB: June 15, 2005, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MLB: April 9, 2012, for the Texas Rangers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NPB statistics (through 2011 season) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 93–38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 1.99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 1,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
MLB statistics (through May 29, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 107–88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 3.58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 1,982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Faridoon Yu Darvish Sefat (ダルビッシュ・セファット・ファリドン.ド・有, Darubisshu Sefatto Faridoon Yū, born 16 August 1986), more commonly known as Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有), is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Darvish has also played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. In international play, Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japan national baseball team.[1]
He was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball prior to his arrival in Major League Baseball in 2012.[2][3] In his first MLB season, Darvish finished third in the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year balloting. The next season, he finished second in the AL Cy Young Award vote as he led the Major Leagues in strikeouts with 277 and finished fourth in the AL in earned run average (ERA) at 2.83. On 6 April 2014, Darvish reached the 500-strikeout mark in fewer innings pitched than any starting pitcher in MLB history.