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Farid Yu Darvish Sefat (ダルビッシュ・セファット・ファリード・有, Darubisshu Sefatto Farīdo Yū; born August 16, 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). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He also pitched for Japan in several international tournaments, including the 2008 Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC), and 2023 WBC. Darvish was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Japan prior to his arrival in MLB in 2012. 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, led MLB in strikeouts with 277, and finished fourth in the AL in earned run average (ERA) at 2.83. He pitched in the 2017 World Series for the Dodgers, where his underwhelming performance was later attributed to being a victim of the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal. He signed a six-year contract with the Cubs before the 2018 season and was then traded to the Padres before the 2021 season. He was named an All-Star in 2021. He signed a six-year extension with San Diego in 2023. Darvish has the most strikeouts by a Japanese-born pitcher in MLB history and was the first Japanese pitcher to 2,000 MLB strikeouts. He has set several career records for striking out batters in relatively few innings.
Career
- 1986Born
- 2005Joined Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
- 2012Joined Texas Rangers
- 2017Joined Los Angeles Dodgers
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Habikino
- •Citizenship: Japan
- •Known as: baseball player, professional baseball player
- •Sport: baseball
- •Spouse: Saeko
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Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is starting season on restricted list while recovering from elbow surgery
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Padres' Yu Darvish set to miss 2026 season after being placed on the restricted list
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Yu Darvish agrees to go on restricted list, potentially creating space for Padres additions
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Report: Yu Darvish Future Uncertain After Agent Refutes Retirement Announcement
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Padres' Yu Darvish shows off full arsenal in encouraging season debut vs. Diamondbacks
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