Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2012
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2012
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 297
- W
- 115
- L
- 93
- ERA
- 3.65
- IP
- 1778.0
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | TEX | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3.90 | 191.1 | 221 | 89 | 1.28 |
| 2013 | TEX | 32 | 13 | 9 | 2.83 | 209.2 | 277 | 80 | 1.07 |
| 2014 | TEX | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3.06 | 144.1 | 182 | 49 | 1.26 |
| 2016 | TEX | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3.41 | 100.1 | 132 | 31 | 1.12 |
| 2017 |  TEX/LAD | 31 | 10 | 12 | 3.86 | 186.2 | 209 | 58 | 1.16 |
| 2018 | CHC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4.95 | 40.0 | 49 | 21 | 1.43 |
| 2019 | CHC | 31 | 6 | 8 | 3.98 | 178.2 | 229 | 56 | 1.10 |
| 2020 | CHC | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2.01 | 76.0 | 93 | 14 | 0.96 |
| 2021 | SD | 30 | 8 | 11 | 4.22 | 166.1 | 199 | 44 | 1.09 |
| 2022 | SD | 30 | 16 | 8 | 3.10 | 194.2 | 197 | 37 | 0.95 |
| 2023 | SD | 24 | 8 | 10 | 4.56 | 136.1 | 141 | 43 | 1.30 |
| 2024 | SD | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3.31 | 81.2 | 78 | 22 | 1.07 |
| 2025 | SD | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5.38 | 72.0 | 68 | 19 | 1.18 |
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) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | TEX | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 236 | 259 | 0.9 | 8 |
| 2013 | TEX | 21 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 | 201 | 275 | 0.7 | 7 |
| 2014 | TEX | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11.3 | 138 | 233 | 0.6 | 14 |
| 2016 | TEX | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 102 | 148 | 0.7 | 6 |
| 2017 | TEX/LAD | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 210 | 283 | 0.7 | 12 |
| 2018 | CHC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 43 | 62 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2019 | CHC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 200 | 235 | 0.9 | 11 |
| 2020 | CHC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 82 | 105 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2021 | SD | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 163 | 267 | 0.6 | 9 |
| 2022 | SD | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 202 | 323 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2023 | SD | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 163 | 219 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2024 | SD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 90 | 138 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2025 | SD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 82 | 121 | 0.7 | 4 |
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| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 02 | at CHCL 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Fri, Sep 26 | vs ARIW 7-4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Sat, Sep 20 | at CHWW 7-3 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Sun, Sep 14 | vs COLW 9-6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Mon, Sep 08 | vs CINW 4-3 F/10 | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Tue, Sep 02 | vs BALL 6-2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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 8,948 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 7 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 5 series — 2 won, 3 lost.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CHC | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | LAD | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 13.2 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 2022 |  NYM | Won 1-0 | 1 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | LAD | Won 1-0 | 1 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 2022 |  PHI | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 13.0 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Yu Darvish against each club
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (14)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (12)
- vs New York Mets (6)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (6)
- vs San Francisco Giants (6)
- vs Chicago Cubs (5)
- vs Colorado Rockies (4)
- vs Seattle Mariners (4)
- vs Washington Nationals (4)
- vs Atlanta Braves (3)
- vs Chicago White Sox (3)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (3)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (3)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (2)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (2)
- vs Detroit Tigers (2)
- vs Kansas City Royals (2)
- vs Miami Marlins (2)
- vs New York Yankees (2)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (2)
- vs Houston Astros (1)
- vs Minnesota Twins (1)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (1)
- vs Texas Rangers (1)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (1)
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