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 run with 15 hits.

What teams has Yu Darvish played for?

Yu Darvish has played for 4 teams: the Texas Rangers (2012–2014, 2016–2017), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), the Chicago Cubs (2018–2020), and the San Diego Padres (2021–2025).

Has Yu Darvish won a Cy Young Award?

No. Yu Darvish has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Yu Darvish won?

Yu Darvish has been selected to 5 All-Star Games.

What are Yu Darvish's career stats?

In 297 games, Yu Darvish has gone 115-93 with a 3.65 ERA, 2,075 strikeouts, and 1,778.0 innings pitched.

What was Yu Darvish's salary?

Yu Darvish's last recorded salary was $10,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $10,000,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $5,500,000, in 2012. The Salary History table lists each season from 2012 to 2016.

What position does Yu Darvish play?

Yu Darvish plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Yu Darvish and how much does he weigh?

Yu Darvish is listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 220 pounds.

What number does Yu Darvish wear?

Yu Darvish wears number 11, according to MLB's 2025 roster data.

What was Yu Darvish's career ERA?

Yu Darvish finished with a 3.65 career ERA, going 115-93 with 2,075 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Yu Darvish have?

Yu Darvish recorded 2,075 career strikeouts.

Yu Darvish

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

Yu Darvish is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2012 for 4 teams, including the Texas Rangers, a span of 14 seasons. Across 297 career appearances, he has gone 115-93 with a 3.65 ERA and 2,075 strikeouts. Yu Darvish is a 5-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 25370.7.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

Active Player

W–L 115–93

ERA 3.65

WHIP 1.14

SO 2,075

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 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
Jersey: #11

Full name: Sefat Farid Yu Darvish

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Career Pitching Statistics

Yu Darvish — 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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Yu Darvish Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2012	TEX	AL	16	9	29	29	0	0	191.1	156	83	89	221	3.90	4.01 (+3%)	3612.1
2013	TEX	AL	13	9	32	32	0	0	209.2	145	66	80	277	2.83	3.87 (+27%)	3218.8
2014	TEX	AL	10	7	22	22	2	1	144.1	133	49	49	182	3.06	3.74 (+18%)	3341.6
2016	TEX	AL	7	5	17	17	0	0	100.1	81	38	31	132	3.41	4.19 (+19%)	2824.2
2017	TEX	AL	6	9	22	22	0	0	137.0	115	61	45	148	4.01	4.36 (+8%)	1296.8
2017	LAN	NL	4	3	9	9	0	0	49.2	44	19	13	61	3.44	4.36 (+21%)	1227.9
2018	CHN	NL	1	3	8	8	0	0	40.0	36	22	21	49	4.95	4.15 (-19%)	-711.8
2019	CHN	NL	6	8	31	31	0	0	178.2	140	79	56	229	3.98	4.51 (+12%)	1520.2
2020	CHN	NL	8	3	12	12	0	0	76.0	59	17	14	93	2.01	4.45 (+55%)	4288.5
2021	SDN	NL	8	11	30	30	0	0	166.1	138	78	44	199	4.22	4.27 (+1%)	1557.0
2022	SDN	NL	16	8	30	30	0	0	194.2	148	67	37	197	3.10	3.97 (+22%)	3318.2
2023	SDN	NL	8	10	24	24	0	0	136.1	134	69	43	141	4.56	4.33 (-5%)	1074.0
2024	SDN	NL	7	3	16	16	0	0	81.2	65	30	22	78	3.31	4.08 (+19%)	-13.8
2025	SDN	NL	5	5	15	15	0	0	72.0	66	43	19	68	5.38	4.16 (-29%)	-1183.0
Career · 14 seasons			115	93	297	297	2	1	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

Yu Darvish — 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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Yu Darvish Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2012	TEX	AL	29	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	TEX	AL	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	TEX	AL	22	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	TEX	AL	17	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	TEX	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAN	NL	9	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	14	.059	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CHN	NL	8	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CHN	NL	31	56	1	5	0	0	3	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	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	SDN	NL	30	53	2	5	2	0	1	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	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	SDN	NL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	SDN	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	SDN	NL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			297	152	4	15	4	1	5	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

Yu Darvish — 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

Yu Darvish — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2025	NLWC2	SDN	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2024	NLDS2	SDN	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2022	NLCS	SDN	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2022	NLDS2	SDN	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2022	NLWC1	SDN	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2020	NLWC3	CHN	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2017	NLCS	LAN	1	2	1	1	1	.000
2017	NLDS1	LAN	1	2	0	0	1	.000
2017	WS	LAN	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2016	ALDS1	TEX	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2012	ALWC	TEX	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Yu Darvish — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
5	8	14	14	0	72.2	62	32	15	62	3.96

Playoff Pitching by Year

Yu Darvish — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2025	NLWC2	SDN	0	1	1	1	1.0	4	2	0	1	18.00
2024	NLDS2	SDN	1	1	2	2	13.2	6	3	3	7	1.98
2022	NLCS	SDN	0	1	2	2	13.0	7	4	4	12	2.77
2022	NLDS2	SDN	1	0	1	1	5.0	7	3	2	7	5.40
2022	NLWC1	SDN	1	0	1	1	7.0	6	1	0	4	1.29
2020	NLWC3	CHN	0	1	1	1	6.2	5	2	2	6	2.70
2017	NLCS	LAN	1	0	1	1	6.1	6	1	1	7	1.42
2017	NLDS1	LAN	1	0	1	1	5.0	2	1	0	7	1.80
2017	WS	LAN	0	2	2	2	3.1	9	8	2	0	21.60
2016	ALDS1	TEX	0	1	1	1	5.0	5	5	1	4	9.00
2012	ALWC	TEX	0	1	1	1	6.2	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

Yu Darvish — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	158	69	3	7	0	2	.101
Away	139	83	1	8	1	3	.096

Pitching — Home / Away

Yu Darvish — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	158	956.0	793	391	283	1130	3.68
Away	139	822.0	667	330	280	945	3.61

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Yu Darvish — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-26	SDP	AZ	W	5.0	6	2	2	2	4	2
2025-09-20	SDP	CHW	—	4.2	6	2	2	0	4	0
2025-09-14	SDP	COL	W	5.0	4	3	3	0	5	1
2025-09-08	SDP	CIN	—	5.2	6	3	3	0	7	2
2025-09-02	SDP	BAL	L	4.0	6	4	3	2	6	1
2025-08-27	SDP	SEA	L	4.0	4	4	4	1	3	1
2025-08-22	SDP	LAD	W	6.0	1	1	1	1	5	1
2025-08-17	SDP	LAD	—	4.0	3	4	4	2	5	2
2025-08-11	SDP	SFG	W	6.0	4	1	1	0	6	1
2025-08-05	SDP	AZ	—	4.0	3	3	3	2	5	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Yu Darvish — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	297	297	112	136	6	13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Yu Darvish — 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.

Yu Darvish Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	297

Awards & Honors

Yu Darvish — 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

Yu Darvish's recorded salaries total $35,000,000 over 4 seasons, 2012 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Darvish's career ran from 2012 to 2025. His seasons after 2016 are not included.

Yu Darvish — 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 recorded salary (partial)			$35,000,000

Award Voting History

Yu Darvish — 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

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Yu Darvish: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is April 9, 2012; Yu Darvish is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. Darvish played for the Texas Rangers (2012 through 2017), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), the Chicago Cubs (2018 to 2020), and the San Diego Padres (2021 to 2025). Darvish played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on August 16, 1986, in Osaka, Osaka, Japan and a listed size of 220 pounds on a 6-foot-5 frame. Darvish's full given name, per the bio, is Sefat Farid Yu Darvish.

The pitching table credits Darvish with a 115-93 record and a 3.65 ERA in 297 games. Also on Darvish's record: 2,075 strikeouts. Against a 4.14 league ERA for the same years, Darvish was 11.9% better. Darvish won 16 games in 2012, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 277 in 2013.

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 run with 15 hits.
What teams has Yu Darvish played for?: Yu Darvish has played for 4 teams: the Texas Rangers (2012–2014, 2016–2017), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), the Chicago Cubs (2018–2020), and the San Diego Padres (2021–2025).
Has Yu Darvish won a Cy Young Award?: No. Yu Darvish has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Yu Darvish won?: Yu Darvish has been selected to 5 All-Star Games.
What are Yu Darvish's career stats?: In 297 games, Yu Darvish has gone 115-93 with a 3.65 ERA, 2,075 strikeouts, and 1,778.0 innings pitched.
How much has Yu Darvish earned in his career?: Yu Darvish's recorded salaries total $35,000,000 over 4 seasons, 2012 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Darvish's career ran from 2012 to 2025. His seasons after 2016 are not included.
What was Yu Darvish's salary?: Yu Darvish's last recorded salary was $10,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $10,000,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $5,500,000, in 2012. The Salary History table lists each season from 2012 to 2016.
What position does Yu Darvish play?: Yu Darvish plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Yu Darvish and how much does he weigh?: Yu Darvish is listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 220 pounds.
What number does Yu Darvish wear?: Yu Darvish wears number 11, according to MLB's 2025 roster data.
What was Yu Darvish's career ERA?: Yu Darvish finished with a 3.65 career ERA, going 115-93 with 2,075 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Yu Darvish have?: Yu Darvish recorded 2,075 career strikeouts.