Yu Darvish

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2012-2025)

Active Player
W–L 115–93
ERA 3.65
WHIP 1.14
SO 2,075
Pitcher PIV 25370.7
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'5" / 220 lb
Born
8/16/1986 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan
MLB Debut
2012-04-09
Awards
5× All-Star

Full name: Sefat Farid Yu Darvish

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
115 93 297 297 2 1 0 1778.0 1,460 721 231 563 2,075 3.65 25370.7

Career ERA 3.65 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 11.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2012 TEX AL 16 9 29 29 0 0 0 191.3 156 83 89 221 3.90 4.01 (+3%) 3612.1
2013 TEX AL 13 9 32 32 0 0 0 209.7 145 66 80 277 2.83 3.87 (+27%) 3218.8
2014 TEX AL 10 7 22 22 2 1 0 144.3 133 49 49 182 3.06 3.74 (+18%) 3341.6
2016 TEX AL 7 5 17 17 0 0 0 100.3 81 38 31 132 3.41 4.19 (+19%) 2824.2
2017 TEX AL 6 9 22 22 0 0 0 137.0 115 61 45 148 4.01 4.36 (+8%) 1296.8
2017 LAN NL 4 3 9 9 0 0 0 49.7 44 19 13 61 3.44 4.36 (+21%) 1227.9
2018 CHN NL 1 3 8 8 0 0 0 40.0 36 22 21 49 4.95 4.15 (-19%) -711.8
2019 CHN NL 6 8 31 31 0 0 0 178.7 140 79 56 229 3.98 4.51 (+12%) 1520.2
2020 CHN NL 8 3 12 12 0 0 0 76.0 59 17 14 93 2.01 4.45 (+55%) 4288.5
2021 SDN NL 8 11 30 30 0 0 0 166.3 138 78 44 199 4.22 4.27 (+1%) 1557.0
2022 SDN NL 16 8 30 30 0 0 0 194.7 148 67 37 197 3.10 3.97 (+22%) 3318.2
2023 SDN NL 8 10 24 24 0 0 0 136.3 134 69 43 141 4.56 4.33 (-5%) 1074.0
2024 SDN NL 7 3 16 16 0 0 0 81.7 65 30 22 78 3.31 4.08 (+19%) -13.8
2025 SDN NL 5 5 15 15 0 0 0 72.0 66 43 19 68 5.38 4.16 (-29%) -1183.0
Career · 14 seasons 115 93 297 297 2 1 0 1,778.0 1,460 721 563 2,075 3.65 — 25,371

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
297 152 4 15 4 0 1 5 0 3 83 .099 .121 .145 .266 -1,249

Career AVG .099 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 60.4% below league average.

Career OBP .121 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 61.9% below league average.

Career SLG .145 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 64.6% below league average.

Career OPS .266 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — 63.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2012 TEX AL 29 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2013 TEX AL 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 TEX AL 22 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 — — — — 0.0
2016 TEX AL 17 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2017 TEX AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 LAN NL 9 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .059 — — — — 0.0
2018 CHN NL 8 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 .083 — — — — 0.0
2019 CHN NL 31 56 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 31 .089 .252 (-65%) .322 (-63%) .434 (-79%) .757 (-73%) -682.1
2020 CHN NL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 SDN NL 30 53 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 25 .094 .243 (-61%) .317 (-65%) .410 (-68%) .727 (-67%) -567.0
2022 SDN NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2023 SDN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2024 SDN NL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2025 SDN NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 14 seasons 297 152 4 15 4 0 1 5 0 3 83 .099 — — — — -1,249

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
14 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2025 NLWC2 SDN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2024 NLDS2 SDN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2022 NLCS SDN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2022 NLDS2 SDN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2022 NLWC1 SDN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 NLWC3 CHN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 NLCS LAN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000
2017 NLDS1 LAN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2017 WS LAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2016 ALDS1 TEX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 ALWC TEX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
5 8 14 14 0 72.7 62 32 15 62 3.96

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2025 NLWC2 SDN 0 1 1 1 0 1.0 4 2 0 1 18.00
2024 NLDS2 SDN 1 1 2 2 0 13.7 6 3 3 7 1.98
2022 NLCS SDN 0 1 2 2 0 13.0 7 4 4 12 2.77
2022 NLDS2 SDN 1 0 1 1 0 5.0 7 3 2 7 5.40
2022 NLWC1 SDN 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 6 1 0 4 1.29
2020 NLWC3 CHN 0 1 1 1 0 6.7 5 2 2 6 2.70
2017 NLCS LAN 1 0 1 1 0 6.3 6 1 1 7 1.42
2017 NLDS1 LAN 1 0 1 1 0 5.0 2 1 0 7 1.80
2017 WS LAN 0 2 2 2 0 3.3 9 8 2 0 21.60
2016 ALDS1 TEX 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 5 5 1 4 9.00
2012 ALWC TEX 0 1 1 1 0 6.7 5 2 0 7 2.70

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home158693702.101
Away139831813.096

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home158956.079339128311303.68
Away139822.06673302809453.61

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2025-09-26 SDPAZ W 5.0622242
2025-09-20 SDPCHW — 4.2622040
2025-09-14 SDPCOL W 5.0433051
2025-09-08 SDPCIN — 5.2633072
2025-09-02 SDPBAL L 4.0643261
2025-08-27 SDPSEA L 4.0444131
2025-08-22 SDPLAD W 6.0111151
2025-08-17 SDPLAD — 4.0344252
2025-08-11 SDPSFG W 6.0411061
2025-08-05 SDPAZ — 4.0333251

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 297 297 112 136 6 13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2012 TEX P 29 29 19 14 0 1
2013 TEX P 32 32 9 14 0 1
2014 TEX P 22 22 6 16 0 1
2016 TEX P 17 17 3 9 0 2
2017 TEX P 22 22 5 13 1 2
2017 LAN P 9 9 3 5 0 1
2018 CHN P 8 8 4 2 1 0
2019 CHN P 31 31 14 13 1 1
2020 CHN P 12 12 4 10 1 2
2021 SDN P 30 30 14 8 0 1
2022 SDN P 30 30 15 5 1 0
2023 SDN P 24 24 6 10 0 1
2024 SDN P 16 16 4 9 0 0
2025 SDN P 15 15 6 8 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 297

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2022 Pitcher of the Month September
2022 Player of the Week Week of 2022-09-17
2020 All-MLB Team - First Team SP
2020 Pitcher of the Month August
2012 Rookie of the Month April

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 TEX AL $10,000,000
2014 TEX AL $10,000,000
2013 TEX AL $9,500,000
2012 TEX AL $5,500,000
Total Career Earnings $35,000,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2022 Cy Young Award NL 8th 7.0 210 0
2020 Cy Young Award NL 2nd 123.0 210 3
2020 Most Valuable Player NL 14th 14.0 420 0
2013 Cy Young Award AL 2nd 93.0 210 0
2013 Most Valuable Player AL 22th 1.0 420 0
2012 Cy Young Award AL 9th 1.0 196 0
2012 Rookie of the Year AL 3rd 46.0 140 0

Most Similar Players

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  1. 98
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  2. 89
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    124-80, 3.28 ERA
  3. 88
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  4. 78
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    88-94, 3.69 ERA
  5. 76
    Stephen Strasburg
    113-62, 3.24 ERA
  6. 75
    Gerrit Cole
    160-87, 3.18 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Yu Darvish

What years did Yu Darvish play?
Yu Darvish played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2025.
Was Yu Darvish a pitcher?
Yes. Yu Darvish pitched in the major leagues, recording 115 wins and 2075 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Yu Darvish hit?
Yu Darvish hit 1 career home runs with 15 hits.