Yu Darvish stats

Last played for the San Diego Padres, 2025

Starting Pitcher · #11

Age 40 · 6' 5"

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Yu Darvish played 13 MLB seasons, 2012 to 2025.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
297
W
115
L
93
ERA
3.65
IP
1,778.0
K
2,075
BB
563
WHIP
1.14

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
2012TEX291693.90191.1221891.28
2013TEX321392.83209.2277801.07
2014TEX221073.06144.1182491.26
2016TEX17753.41100.1132311.12
2017TEX/LAD3110123.86186.2209581.16
2018CHC8134.9540.049211.43
2019CHC31683.98178.2229561.10
2020CHC12832.0176.093140.96
2021SD308114.22166.1199441.09
2022SD301683.10194.2197370.95
2023SD248104.56136.1141431.30
2024SD16733.3181.278221.07
2025SD15555.3872.068191.18

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
14
W
5
L
8
ERA
3.96
IP
72.2
K
62
BB
15
WHIP
1.06

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
163
CG
2
SHO
1
K/9
10.5
GB
1,912
FB
2,668
G/F
0.70
WP
83

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2012TEX180010.42362590.98
2013TEX210011.92012750.77
2014TEX142111.31382330.614
2016TEX110011.81021480.76
2017TEX/LAD190010.12102830.712
2018CHC30011.043620.72
2019CHC110011.52002350.911
2020CHC100011.0821050.83
2021SD130010.81632670.69
2022SD25009.12023230.64
2023SD10009.31632190.71
2024SD5008.6901380.72
2025SD3008.5821210.74

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
40 yearsAug 16, 1986
Height
6' 5"
Debut
2012
Birthplace
Osaka, Japan

Latest performance

Yu Darvish

Oct 02 · @ CHC · L 3-1

IP
1.0
H
4
R
2
ER
2
BB
0
K
1
HR
0
ERA
18.00

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Thu, Oct 02atCHCL 3-114221
Fri, Sep 26vsARIW 7-456224
Sat, Sep 20atCHWW 7-34.26224
Sun, Sep 14vsCOLW 9-654335
Mon, Sep 08vsCINW 4-3 F/105.26337
Tue, Sep 02vsBALL 6-246436

What were Yu Darvish's career stats?

Yu Darvish played 13 seasons for the Rangers, the Cubs and the Padres. He had 115 wins and 2,075 strikeouts with a 3.65 ERA over 1,778.0 innings. His best season was 2012: 16 wins, a 3.90 ERA and 221 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 7 postseasons, 2012 to 2025

Yu Darvish led MLB in strikeouts (pitching) (2013); finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.

All-time career rank

  • 80th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,075)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Yu Darvish

Playoff series

Yu Darvish played 14 games across 7 MLB postseasons in 11 series — 4 won, 7 lost.

Yu Darvish's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2025CHCLost 0-111.0421
2024LADLost 1-1213.2637
2022NYMWon 1-017.0614
2022LADWon 1-015.0737
2022PHILost 0-2213.07412
2020MIALost 0-116.2526
2017ARIWon 1-015.0217
2017CHCWon 1-016.1617
2017HOULost 0-223.1980
2016TORLost 0-115.0554
2012BALLost 0-116.2527

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Yu Darvish’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.