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Japanese baseball pitcher

Baseball game player

Yu Darvish
Darvish with the San Diego Padres in 2021
San Diego Padres – No. 11
Bullpen
Born: (1986-08-16) xvi August 1986 (historic period 35) Habikino, Osaka, Nippon
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Professional debut
NPB: 15 June, 2005, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
MLB: nine April, 2012, for the Texas Rangers
NPB statistics
Win–loss tape	93–38
Earned run average	1.99
Strikeouts	1,250
MLB statistics (through July 22, 2022)
Win–loss record	88–71
Earned run average	3.54
Strikeouts	one,700
Teams
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2005–2011) Texas Rangers (2012–2014, 2016–2017) Los Angeles Dodgers (2017) Chicago Cubs (2018–2020) San Diego Padres (2021–present)
Career highlights and awards
NPB 2× Pacific League MVP (2007, 2009) Eiji Sawamura Laurels (2007) Japan Series champion (2006) 3× Pacific League strikeout title (2007, 2010, 2011) two× Pacific League ERA championship (2009, 2010) 2× Pacific League All-time Nine Award (2007, 2009) two× Pacific League Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2007, 2008) 2006 Asia Serial MVP 5× NPB All-Star (2007–2011) 2007 PLCS Second Stage MVP MLB 5× All-Star (2012–2014, 2017, 2021) All-MLB First Team (2020) NL wins leader (2020) AL strikeout leader (2013)
Medals Representing Japan Men'due south Baseball Earth Baseball Classic 2009 Los Angeles Team Asian Baseball game Championship 2007 Taichung Team

Yu Darvish
Japanese proper noun
Kanji	ダルビッシュ 有
Hiragana	だるびっしゅ ゆう
Transcriptions Romanization Darubisshu Yū

Farid Yu Darvishsefat ( ダルビッシュ・セファット・ファリード・有 , Darubisshu Sefatto Farīdo Yū , born 16 August 1986), more unremarkably known as Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有), is a Japanese professional baseball game pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Darvish has also played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs and in Nippon Professional person Baseball for the Hokkaido Japan-Ham Fighters. In international play, Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team.^[1]

He was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Japanese professional baseball prior to his inflow in Major League Baseball in 2012.^{[2] [iii]} In his offset MLB season, Darvish finished third in the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year balloting. The next season, he finished 2nd in the AL Cy Immature Honor vote as he led the Major Leagues in strikeouts with 277 and finished quaternary in the AL in earned run average (ERA) at ii.83. On 6 April 2014, Darvish reached the 500 strikeout marker in fewer innings pitched than any starting pitcher in MLB history.

Early life [edit]

Darvish was born Farid Yu Darvishsefat ( ダルビッシュ・セファット・ファリード・有 ) in Habikino, Osaka, to a Japanese mother, Ikuyo and Iranian father, Farsad Darvishsefat.^[iv] His father played for the Florida State University soccer team.^{[5] [6]} His grandfather endemic a travel agency in Iran and sent his son Farsad to the United States in 1977 to attend Berkshire Schoolhouse in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where he played soccer and raced competitively in motocross.^{[7] [eight]}

Darvish began playing baseball in second grade and led his team to the quarterfinals of the national tournament as well as a third-identify finish in the international tournament every bit a member of the Habikino Boys. He was scouted past over 50 high schools while in junior high. He opted to attend Tohoku High School in Northern Sendai, a baseball game powerhouse that produced players such equally former Seattle Mariners and Yokohama BayStars closer Kazuhiro Sasaki and old BayStars and Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Takashi Saito.^{[ commendation needed ]}

High school career [edit]

Darvish became Tohoku Loftier's ace pitcher by the autumn of his starting time year (the equivalent of tenth grade in the U.s.a.) and led his team to 4 straight appearances in national tournaments held at Koshien Stadium in his junior and senior years, twice in the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament held in the spring and twice in the National High School Baseball Championship in the summertime.^{[ citation needed ]}

Darvish led his team to the finals of the 85th National High Schoolhouse Baseball Championship in the summertime of 2003, but gave up iv runs to Joso Gakuin High School, the Ibaraki champions, in a complete game loss.^{[ citation needed ]}

Darvish attracted national attention when he pitched a no-hitter against Kumamoto Technical Loftier Schoolhouse in the showtime round of the 76th National High School Baseball game Invitational Tournament every bit a senior on 26 March 2004.^[9] The squad lost in the quarter-finals despite stellar outings by Darvish and sidearmer Kenji Makabe (currently with Honda Motor Visitor'southward industrial league team). He pitched 12 games and put up a vii–3 record with 87 strikeouts in 92 innings pitched and a 1.47 ERA in his 4 national tournament appearances, and posted a ane.10 ERA for his high school career, striking out 375 in 332+ one⁄three innings (67 appearances).^{[ citation needed ]}

2004 draft [edit]

Darvish was scouted by Major League teams, such as the and so Anaheim Angels and Atlanta Braves, even while in junior high. As he entered his senior twelvemonth of high school, the Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Mets had expressed interest in signing him ^[ten] but Darvish's intent remained to play for a Japanese professional team instead.

Darvish was considered ane of the best high school pitchers in the 2004 NPB amateur draft along with Yokohama Senior High Schoolhouse right-hander Hideaki Wakui (later on picked by the Seibu Lions) and Akita Municipal Akita Commercial Loftier School right-hander Tsuyoshi Sato (Hiroshima Toyo Bother). While the Fighters, Carp, Chunichi Dragons, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, and Orix BlueWave all considered selecting Darvish with their first-circular option in the final months, the Fighters were one of the few teams that chose not to forgo the kickoff round in substitution for signing a college or industrial league player prior to the typhoon. This enabled them to state Darvish with their first-round pick in 17 November draft,^[eleven] signing him to a base salary of 15 million yen, a signing bonus of 100 meg yen, and additional performance-based incentives (the equivalent of what a start-round college or industrial league player would normally receive) on 17 December.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Professional career [edit]

Hokkaido Japan-Ham Fighters (2005–2011) [edit]

2005 flavour [edit]

Darvish received further publicity when he was caught smoking in a pachinko parlor on an off-day during his showtime Leap preparation in 2005, despite not being old enough to legally smoke nor to take a chance at the time. The incident prompted his high school to append him, and the Fighters to place him under probation for an indefinite period and guild him to participate in community service.^[12]

Despite his suspension, Darvish fabricated his professional debut afterward that season, taking the mound in an interleague game against the Carp on xv June. Though he gave upwardly back-to-back solo home runs in the ninth, he pitched 8+ innings on those two runs alone and earned the win,^[thirteen] becoming the 12th bullpen in NPB history to earn a win in one'due south professional person debut as a rookie straight out of loftier schoolhouse. He recorded his first consummate game win on 6 Baronial against the Lions and his outset consummate game shutout on xviii September, belongings the Tohoku Rakuten Gold Eagles to just ii hits and becoming the 14th pitcher in NPB history to throw a complete game shutout every bit a rookie out of high school. He finished the season with a five–v record in xiv starts, throwing 94+ 1⁄three innings with an ERA of 3.53.

2006 season [edit]

Darvish had a breakout twelvemonth in 2006, compiling a 12–five record with 115 strikeouts and a 2.89 ERA.^{[xiv] [15]} In item, he went 10–0 after 30 May, playing a leading role in the Fighters' first Pacific League title since 1981 (his win streak lasted until 14 Apr of the following season, when it reached 12–0) and contributing to their start title since 1961 in the Nihon Serial over the Dragons. Darvish was chosen to take the hill for the beginning game of each of the Pacific League playoffs, Japan Series, and the 2006 Asia Serial (played between the champions of Japan, Cathay, Taiwan, and Republic of korea at the stop of the season). Darvish, then 20 years erstwhile, became the first pitcher to start a Japan Series game since 1987 while under the age of 21, and the fifth pitcher in NPB history to win a Nippon Series game at that historic period with his win in Game five of the series. He also won the Asia Serial Most Valuable Histrion honour.^{[ citation needed ]}

2007 flavor [edit]

Darvish was named the Fighters' starter for their 2007 season opener, becoming the 4th pitcher in franchise history (including the Fighters' years as the Senators and Flyers) to start a flavour opener within three years of graduating high school (the other three pitchers all started season openers as rookies). He struck out xiv over nine innings in a no-decision in his second offset against the Lions on 30 March (the game ended a 2–2 necktie in extra innings) and 14 again in a complete game win in his next start against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on 7 April, becoming the second pitcher in Japanese professional baseball history to strike out fourteen or more batters in two sequent starts.^{[ citation needed ]}

Darvish went on to mail a 15–v record with a ane.82 ERA (falling just 0.003 points short of the league lead, which went to Chiba Lotte Marines left-hander Yoshihisa Naruse) for the year, limiting hitters to a .174 batting average against and leading the league with 210 strikeouts.^[sixteen] He led the Fighters to their second sequent league title, winning both of his starts in the 2nd round of the Climax Series (playoffs) confronting the Marines.^{[17] [xviii]}

Darvish took the mound in Game 1 of the Japan Series that followed on 27 October against the Dragons for the second straight year, pitching a xiii-strikeout, consummate game win in an intense pitchers' duel with then-Dragons ace Kenshin Kawakami and becoming the third bullpen in Japan Series history to strike out 13 or more batters in a single game.^[xix] With the Fighters down 3–1 and facing elimination, Darvish started Game 5 on 1 Nov and held the Dragons to one run over seven innings while striking out 11. However, the Fighters had no answer for opposing right-hander Daisuke Yamai and closer Hitoki Iwase, failing to get a single homo on base and allowing the first perfect game in Nippon Series history. (However, the game was not an official perfect game co-ordinate to NPB regulations, which land that a perfect game must exist thrown past a single pitcher.) The Dragons won the game 1–0, charging Darvish with the loss and becoming Japan Series champions.^[20] The 24 strikeouts that Darvish totaled in his two starts were the second-highest by any single pitcher in series history (and the highest in a series that went only five games).^{[ citation needed ]}

Darvish was presented with both his start career Eiji Sawamura Laurels^[21] (being the first to come across or exceed guidelines for the honour in all seven categories in 14 years) and his first Most Valuable Actor accolade following the flavour. He also won the Golden Glove and Best Nine awards that year.^{[ citation needed ]}

Darvish made his national team debut in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship (which too functioned as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2008 Beijing Olympics) against Chinese Taipei on iii Dec 2007. Because Japanese law requires that a person belongings dual citizenship choose a single nationality before their twenty-second birthday, Darvish had chosen to retain his Japanese citizenship and then that he could play for the national team in the Olympics.^[22]

On 22 December, Darvish re-signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters for 200 1000000 yen plus payment at piece rates, up 128 one thousand thousand yen from 2006. At 21 years old, Darvish became the youngest player in Japanese baseball history to reach the 200 million yen mark.^{[ citation needed ]}

2008 flavour [edit]

In 2008, Darvish was named the Fighters' starter in the season opener for the 2d sequent year, pitching a consummate game shutout in that very game (the Fighters won i–0). Even as his squad struggled in the opening months of the season, Darvish connected to rack upwards wins at a pace that exceeded his own in the previous season. As the year went on, he and Eagles ace Hisashi Iwakuma emerged every bit the league leaders in both wins and ERA. On 10 April, in their simply match-up of the flavor, neither gave upwards a single hit through the first v innings. Iwakuma went the distance, throwing merely 100 pitches and giving up simply one run on three hits; withal Darvish topped this, throwing another complete game shutout on three hits and merely 95 pitches in i of the best pitchers' duels of the season.^[23]

While he did not pitch the way he had hoped in the Olympics, Darvish promptly put up a perfect 5–0 record with a ane.29 ERA and two consummate games in the five starts upon returning to the Fighters, leading them to a playoff berth in a heated race against the Marines. While the Fighters failed to brand the Japan Series, Darvish took the mound in two playoff games, giving up one run in a consummate game win in ane and pitching a consummate game shutout in another. Although he lost out to Iwakuma (who put upward an astonishing 21–iv record) in wins, he finished 2d in all three Triple Crown categories, finishing the season with a xvi–4 record, 1.88 ERA^[24] and 208 strikeouts. (It was his second straight year putting upward an ERA under 2.00, throwing more than 200 innings, and striking out over 200 hitters despite missing fourth dimension due to the Olympics.) Regardless, the Sawamura Award was presented to Iwakuma, and Darvish became merely the 2d bullpen to clear the guidelines in all seven categories to not win the honour (Suguru Egawa was the first in 1982).

Darvish took the mound in Game 1 of the first round of the Climax Serial against the Orix Buffaloes on 11 October, allowing nine hits but holding the squad to i run while striking out fourteen in a iv–ane complete game win.^[25] He started Game 2 of the 2nd round against the Saitama Seibu Lions on 18 October and pitched a complete game shutout in a 5–0 win,^[26] but the Fighters lost the series four–2 and barbarous brusk of their tertiary straight appearance in the Japan Series.

On 1 December, Darvish re-signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters for 270 million yen plus payment at slice rates, up 70 million yen from 2007.

2009 season [edit]

Darvish started the Fighters' season opener for the 3rd straight year in 2009, taking the mound against the Eagles on iii April in a matchup with the reigning Sawamura Laurels winner and Earth Baseball game Classic teammate Hisashi Iwakuma. Darvish gave upward three runs in the outset inning but went the distance, assuasive no runs from the 2d inning onward in a 121-pitch, complete game loss (Iwakuma held the Fighters to one run over vi innings and was credited with the win).^[27] On 24 April, he struck out six straight and eleven overall en road to a four-hit, complete game shutout (his start of the season) over the Buffaloes,^[28] following it upwards past holding the Lions to one run and striking out 11 over nine innings in a no-decision in a match-up with beau 22-year-old ace Hideaki Wakui on 1 May (the Fighters lost 2–i in extra innings).

On 22 August, Darvish was taken off the active roster for the beginning time in his career due to injury. The Fighters classified it equally "shoulder fatigue", and the deactivation came after a career-worst outset against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, in which he went eight innings, just gave up half-dozen earned runs in a losing effort. He was reactivated on 13 September, only in his second start dorsum a week subsequently against the Orix Buffaloes, Darvish gave up a career-high seven walks in five innings, and two runs. Three days later he was deactivated again due to discomfort in his shoulder and a sore back.

Darvish was activated once again but in time for the 2009 Nippon Series against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants, and he pitched Game 2 on ane Nov. He went six innings, giving upwards ii runs on seven hits, and also striking out seven Giants. He became the winning pitcher, and the team won 4–2. The Yomiuri Giants would go along and win the championship series 4 games to 1. After the Nihon Serial, It was revealed that Yu had a stress fracture of the right-hand forefinger. Darvish said he first experienced hurting after practice on 28 October but kept it to himself. Also, he was unable to fully utilize the lower part of his body due to hip pains.

Darvish was presented his second Most Valuable Histrion and All-time Nine awards at the end of the season. He became the third histrion to have won 2 MVP awards in their first v years in the NPB, joining Kazuhisa Inao and Ichiro Suzuki. However, he lost out on his second Sawamura Award to Saitama Seibu Lions ace Hideaki Wakui.

On ix December, Darvish re-signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters for 330 million yen, upwardly 60 1000000 yen from 2009. At 23, Darvish became the youngest thespian in Japanese baseball history to reach the 300 million yen marker, forth with being the highest-paid pitcher in the Pacific League presently.^[29]

2010 season [edit]

Darvish'southward 2010 season was some other strong individual functioning, but he struggled to win equally many games due to the Fighters troubles. The Fighters finished 74–67,^[30] but in quaternary place. His opening day loss was reflective of his 2010 flavor; he pitched well but the team struggled. He began the 2010 season losing to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on twenty March. Darvish allowed two early on unearned runs on his mode to a complete game loss (five runs allowed, three earned runs) striking out xiii.^[31] The Fighters began the season with a v–14–1 stretch that was put them with their worst winning percentage in five years.^[32] They struggled in all phases of play, simply Darvish continued to pitch well. Even at this low point, he was leading the league in strikeouts fifty-fifty as the balance of the rotation was three–9.^[32] Darvish struck out at to the lowest degree 10 hitters in each of his offset five starts.^[33]

Darvish's 2010 season besides was noticeable considering speculation increased about his potential move (or posting) to Major League Baseball game. Darvish was interviewed by The Associated Printing where he announced his plans to review his options at the stop of the season. He noted, "Right now, I'm just focused on helping my team win this season ... Once the season is over, I'll consider my future."^[34] The Associated Press noted that both his exposure to international play during the 2009 World Baseball Archetype and recurring injuries both led him to consider leaving Japan. In addition to back problems he also missed a outset in June with a sore right knee.^[34]

Despite the injuries and potential distractions, Darvish pitched well down the stretch. His last three starts were all consummate games and he struck out 35 hitters in those 27 innings.^[33] Darvish finished the season with only a 12–viii tape, but with a one.78 ERA.^[35] He led the league with x complete games, 222 strikeouts, a i.01 WHIP. This was Darvish's fourth consecutive sub 2.00 ERA.

On 18 October 2010, Darvish posted on his weblog that he would be returning to the Fighters for the 2011 season.^[36]

2011 flavor [edit]

On half-dozen January 2011, Darvish agreed to a contract for the 2011 season that would make him the highest-paid player in Japan.^[37] His salary was 500 million Japanese Yen (which on 6 January converted to $6,065,490 US dollars).^[38]

The 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season was delayed past the Tohoku convulsion. Controversy emerged over when baseball should resume. Commissioner Ryozo Kato was criticized for comparing the resumption to the render of Major League Baseball ten days afterward the September eleven attacks. Darvish was among the players who felt that it was not appropriate to speedily return to baseball, saying, "I am a baseball player and a human beingness every bit well. I cannot remember well-nigh baseball game alone as I unremarkably exercise."^[39] Darvish took part in efforts to raise funds for the relief efforts and personally donated fifty,000,000 Yen (about The states$620,000) to the Japanese Blood-red Cross.^[40]

Eventually, the teams agreed to play the full 144-game schedule, but the start of the season would be pushed dorsum several weeks.^[41] The season began on 12 Apr 2011 and Darvish started confronting the Saitama Seibu Lions. He struggled, assuasive 7 runs in seven innings and taking the loss.^[42]

This poor offset would non reflect on his overall functioning. After that opening game, he would not allow more than than three runs in whatsoever of his starts. Darvish would win his next eight starts and thirteen of his next 14 decisions.^[43] Darvish would finish with his strongest all-around flavour, winning 18 games and featuring a career-low 1.44 ERA. He also led the league with 28 starts, 232 innings, 276 strikeouts and a 0.82 WHIP. He also featured remarkable command, walking simply 36 batters.^[44]

Despite his accomplishments, Darvish was not recognized with the best bullpen in Nippon honour, the Sawamura Accolade. 3 of the five-member committee voted to recognize Tohoku Rakuten Gilded Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka. Choice committee chief Masayuki Dobashi explained, "ERA is the all-time stat to evaluate pitchers ... Tanaka's ERA was a petty better than that of Darvish. Tanaka also had more complete games than Darvish."^[45] Pitchers must authorize for the honor past coming together vii criteria: 15 wins, a 2.fifty ERA, 200 innings pitched, x consummate games, 150 strikeouts, 25 appearances and a .600 winning pct. Both Tanaka and Darvish met all the criteria. Tanaka noted, "I but had amend numbers than him (Darvish) ... Every bit a pitcher, I'thousand nowhere virtually his quotient."^[45]

The Nippon Ham Fighters were eliminated in the first round of the Pacific League playoffs, losing both games to the Saitama Seibu Lions. Darvish started game i of the series, going vii innings and allowing but i run on four hits, while striking out nine. After Darvish departed, Seibu scored i run in the 9th inning to send the game to extra innings and added three more to win the game in the 11th inning.^[46]

Later on beingness eliminated, speculation again increased almost Darvish beingness posted to Major League Baseball game. His pending divorce allegedly complicated this situation. Speculation centered on his married woman's potential claims to a share of a new contract with an American squad.^[47]

Texas Rangers (2012–2017) [edit]

2012 season [edit]

In a press conference at Sapporo Dome on 24 January 2012, Darvish told more than 10,000 Fighters fans why he decided to make a movement to Major League Baseball.^[48]

Darvish was posted to Major League Baseball prior to the 2012 season,^[49] and is currently represented by agents Don Nomura and Arn Tellem. He added confirmation of this posting on his web log.^[50] MLB teams had until fourteen Dec 2011 to submit a blind posting bid, and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters had until twenty December 2011 to announce whether the highest bid would exist accepted or rejected. Their announcement of credence of the highest bid, from the Texas Rangers, was made on 19 Dec 2011 EST, at a reported $51.7 million. The Rangers then had thirty days to negotiate with Darvish, or he would return to Nippon.^[51] On 18 Jan 2012, the Texas Rangers signed Darvish to a $60M dollar contract for six years with a player option to void the last yr, fifteen minutes prior to a 4:00pm CST deadline. Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan commented that Darvish had shown more command than he did at Darvish'south age.^[52]

Darvish's showtime start in the Majors came on ix April against the Seattle Mariners in Texas. His start MLB strikeout was of Dustin Ackley on a 2–2 80 mph curveball; the kickoff MLB hit that he allowed was a unmarried into left field by Ichiro Suzuki on a 2–2 96 mph fastball. He threw for 5 2⁄three innings, giving upwardly 8 hits, 5 runs, and 4 walks, and striking out v, gaining his starting time MLB win in the process. When Alexi Ogando came to relieve him in the 6th, Darvish got a standing ovation from the crowd at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.^[53]

Darvish'southward first start away from Rangers Ballpark in Arlington came on 14 Apr against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. He pitched for 5 two⁄3 innings, allowing 9 hits, 4 walks, and 2 runs (one of which was unearned), while collecting four strikeouts. Despite the Rangers winning the game, it was a no-determination for Darvish. Instead, teammate Robbie Ross picked up the win.^[54]

On 24 April, in a game against the New York Yankees, Darvish pitched for eight 1⁄3 shutout innings, collecting x strikeouts, while allowing 7 hits and 2 walks. He gave up a hit to Nick Swisher with one out in the 9th. Joe Nathan, the Rangers' closer, relieved him and induced a ground-ball double play to get the save and secure the 3rd win for Darvish. As Nathan came in, Darvish received a deafening ovation from the crowd. This game also marked the seventh fourth dimension in MLB history that the two starting pitchers were both Japanese, with Hiroki Kuroda on the mound for the Yankees. The game was as well televised in Nihon.^[55]

On 30 April, Darvish gave upwardly his first MLB home run to Edwin Encarnación of the Toronto Blue Jays, in a game that Texas won 4–one. Darvish improved to four–0, striking out nine and giving upwards only one run.^[56]

For his performances in April, Darvish was named the AL Rookie of the Calendar month. Darvish went iv–0 with a ii.18 ERA and 33 strikeouts. His outset loss didn't come up until six May, against the Cleveland Indians.

On 20 June, in an interleague game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, Darvish got his first career MLB hitting. In his starting time at-bat, he hit a bat-shattering single into shallow right field. He did not get to run the bases however, equally Ian Kinsler hit a line shot to the second baseman, and Darvish was tagged off of the handbag to complete the double play. He went one-for-3 for the game.

On v July 2012, the MLB announced that Yu Darvish for the American League and David Freese for the National League were the final two players to make the 2012 MLB All-Star Game rosters. Darvish had 10 wins and five losses with a 3.59 ERA when the MLB announced him as an All-Star. However, Darvish didn't get a chance to pitch in the game, watching from the dugout as his squad lost viii–0.^[57]

Darvish pitching in his debut season with the Texas Rangers.

2013 season [edit]

On ii April 2013, Darvish pitched a perfect game through eight ii/3 innings against the Houston Astros, before throwing a slider and giving up a single to Marwin González.^[58] He threw 111 pitches, hitting out 14 and walking none.^[59] On 27 May, Darvish became the commencement player since Randy Johnson and Short Schilling in 2002 to take 100 strikeouts past Memorial Day.^[60] On x July 2013, Darvish was placed on the 15-mean solar day DL due to a strained trapezius and was replaced on the All-Star roster by Matt Moore. On 12 August 2013, he pitched a no-hitter through 7+ ane⁄iii innings confronting the Houston Astros until giving up a home run to Carlos Corporán. Darvish struck out a career-loftier of fifteen in that game and Texas won ii–1. By flavour'south stop, he compiled 277 strikeouts in only 209+ two⁄3 innings. Additionally, was fourth in the American League in with a 2.83 ERA, behind Aníbal Sánchez, Hisashi Iwakuma, and Bartolo Colón. Despite a pedestrian thirteen–ix won-lost record, Darvish placed second in the Cy Immature voting to the Detroit Tigers' Max Scherzer.

2014 flavor [edit]

In his first commencement of the 2014 season, Darvish faced the Tampa Bay Rays on 6 Apr. He struck out David DeJesus and Wil Myers to commencement the game, notching his 500th career strikeout. The 2 strikeouts gave Darvish 401+ ii⁄3 career IP in the Major Leagues, making him the fastest to reach 500 strikeouts in terms of innings pitched. It topped Kerry Wood's previous tape by three innings. The Rangers won the game 3–0 equally Darvish pitched seven shutout innings and struck out six overall.^{[61] [62] [63]} On nine May, Darvish took a no-hitter in the seventh inning against the Boston Red Sox before giving upward a single to David Ortiz.^[64] The hit was initially ruled an error, thus allowing Darvish to take a no-hitter into the ninth before Ortiz recorded a single in that inning,^[65] all the same Major League Baseball subsequently overruled the scoring determination, ending the no-hitter in the seventh. On xi June 2014 Darvish threw his first consummate game shutout confronting the Miami Marlins. Darvish allowed 6 hits, 3 walks and struck out 10.^[66]

On 6 July 2014, Yu Darvish was elected to play the 2014 MLB All-Star Game. Darvish entered the All Star Game in the third inning to retire all three batters.

2015 season [edit]

During spring training, Darvish began to experience soreness in his right triceps. He underwent an MRI the following day, eventually to reveal that his right elbow had a torn UCL, preventing Darvish from participating for the entire 2015 baseball flavour.^[67] He underwent Tommy John surgery on 17 March 2015, performed past Dr. James Andrews.^[68]

2016 season [edit]

Darvish began the 2016 season on the 15-day disabled list in an endeavor to go along recovery from the Tommy John surgery he underwent in 2015.^[69] He returned on 28 May against the Pittsburgh Pirates, pitching five innings with 7 strikeouts and one run allowed on 3 hits as the Rangers went on to win v–2. On 13 June 2016, he was placed on the xv-24-hour interval disabled listing due to neck and shoulder strains. On 24 August 2016, he hit his commencement career MLB habitation run in an away game confronting the Cincinnati Reds, the first home run past a Rangers pitcher since Bobby Witt in 1997.

2017 season [edit]

Throughout the entire 2017 season, Darvish was enshrouded in trade rumors every bit he only had one twelvemonth left of team control and the Rangers fell further from playoff contention. On 23 July, the Rangers stated that Darvish would not be available for trade.^[70] Nonetheless, 2 days afterward, the Rangers said that the team would be open to trading Darvish for the "right deal".^[71] On 26 July, Darvish pitched three+ ii⁄3 innings, giving up a career-high ten earned runs, the most always by a Japanese pitcher in MLB history.^[72]

Los Angeles Dodgers (2017) [edit]

On 31 July 2017, the Rangers traded Darvish to the Los Angeles Dodgers for prospects Willie Calhoun, A. J. Alexy, and Brendon Davis.^[73] He was 4–iii with a three.44 ERA in ix starts for the Dodgers.^[74] Overall in 2017, combined with both teams, Darvish made 31 starts with a ten–12 record, 209 strikeouts, 12 wild pitches (7th in the major leagues), and a 3.86 ERA.^[75]

Darvish with the Dodgers during the 2017 season

In the postseason, he won his ane start in the 2017 NLDS, allowing one run in 5 innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks while hitting out seven. He also pitched well in the 2017 NLCS against the Chicago Cubs, with one run in vi 1⁄3 innings with besides vii strikeouts.

2017 World Series [edit]

In the 2017 Earth Series he failed to become out of the second inning in either of his two starts confronting the Houston Astros. He lost both games, including game seven, and allowed nine runs (eight earned) in iii 1⁄3 innings while failing to strike out a single batter.^[76] They were the shortest two starts of his career, and Darvish became the commencement starting pitcher since Art Ditmar in 1960 to have 2 starts of less than two innings in the Globe Serial.^[77] Shortly after the Earth Series, an unnamed Astros thespian suggested that Darvish had been tipping his pitches.^[78] Dodgers teammate Chase Utley had evaluated Darvish's game three start and concluded that this was not the example, though Darvish inverse his approach for game seven. More a month after, a Sports Illustrated commodity revealed that the Astros had figured out how Darvish was tipping his pitches: "Darvish holds the ball at his side when he gets the sign from the catcher. Whether he re-grips or non as he brings the brawl into his glove was the tip-off whether he was going to throw a slider/cutter or a fastball." This unnamed Astros role player said the Astros had known about this going into Game 3 which they also won, but that they had an even better game plan for Game seven.^[79]

Subsequently the season, Darvish became a free agent for the get-go time in his career, and he chose not to re-sign with the Dodgers as in that location was much fan ire against him for his disappointing World Series outings that many felt had price the Dodgers the title.^{[eighty] [81]}

With the Astros being disciplined on 13 Jan 2020 for using cameras to steal catcher-to-pitcher signals during the 2017 MLB postseaon, Darvish refused to blame sign stealing for his poor starts and instead suggested that the 2017 Astros batters were talented, and humorously joking on Twitter that he would wear a "Yu Garbage" jersey if the Dodgers held a championship parade.^{[80] [81]}

Chicago Cubs (2018–2020) [edit]

On February 13, 2018, Darvish signed a half dozen-year, $126 1000000 contract with the Chicago Cubs.^[82] He played his start game with the Cubs on 31 March 2018, against the Miami Marlins. He allowed v runs in 4+ 1⁄3 innings equally the Cubs won 10–6 in 10 innings.^[83] On 7 May, Darvish was placed on the x-day disabled list due to the flu.^[84] On 26 May, Darvish was once more placed on the ten-twenty-four hours disabled list due to correct triceps tendinitis.^[85] On 19 August 2018, Darvish began a rehab stint. While warming up earlier the 2nd inning, Darvish summoned trainers and was removed from the game.^[86] An MRI revealed Darvish had a stress reaction on his right elbow besides as a triceps strain, catastrophe his 2018 season,^[87] afterwards but 8 games and xl innings pitched, in which he was one–three with a 4.95 ERA.^[75]

Darvish in 2019 for the Cubs was half dozen–8 with a three.98 ERA and 225 strikeouts in 31 starts.^[88] He gave up 33 dwelling runs, the well-nigh in the National League, threw 11 wild pitches, the second-most in the NL, and hit 11 batsmen, tertiary-most in the league.^[89]

In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Darvish was 8–3 with a 2.01 ERA.^[75] He led the National League in wins, was second in ERA, walks per nine innings pitched (i.658), and dwelling house runs per 9 innings pitched (0.592), quaternary in WHIP (0.961), fifth in won-loss pct (.727), seventh in hits per nine innings pitched (half dozen.987), and eighth in strikeouts per nine innings pitched (11.013).^[90]

San Diego Padres (2021–present) [edit]

On 29 Dec 2020, Darvish along with personal catcher Víctor Caratini were traded to the San Diego Padres in exchange for pitcher Zach Davies and four prospects.^[91] In his first year with the Padres, Darvish posted an 8–11 record with a 4.22 ERA and 199 strikeouts in 166+ 1⁄3 innings. He was also named to his fifth All-Star squad.

International career [edit]

2008 Beijing Olympics [edit]

Named the ace of the Japanese national squad past director Senichi Hoshino in the 2008 Beijing Olympics,^[92] Darvish took the hill in Japan'due south showtime game of the preliminary round against Cuba on 13 Baronial, but was charged with the loss after giving upwards iv runs in four innings.^[93] The subpar outing acquired Hoshino to lose faith in him and scratch Darvish from the semi-finals that he had penciled him in for, sending Darvish to the mound merely in situations that would have no bearing on Japan'due south fate in the tournament. Darvish started the concluding game of the preliminary round against the Us on 20 August and was brought in to mop up afterwards the U.S. had taken a decisive atomic number 82 in the bronze medal lucifer, finishing the tournament 0–1 with a 5.14 ERA (albeit with 10 strikeouts in seven innings pitched).

2009 World Baseball Classic [edit]

Darvish pitched in the 2009 World Baseball Classic as the de facto ace of the Japanese national team,^[94] starting the opening game against China on 5 March. He pitched four innings, assuasive ane walk and no hits and hitting out three as Japan beat People's republic of china, 4–0. Nonetheless, pitching in a Major League stadium for the first time in his career, he struggled in his 2d outing of the tournament against S Korea on 17 March, throwing five innings and giving upward 3 runs (two earned) on 4 hits and a walk and ultimately existence charged with the loss.^[95] His first career save would follow half-dozen days later, when he pitched the final inning of the semi-finals against the United States, yielding no runs and a single and striking out two as Nihon won 9–4.^[96]

Darvish came on in relief in the bottom of the ninth inning of the title game against Republic of korea with Japan leading iii–2. He struck out his showtime batter, walked the next two, struck out his next, and so gave upward a tying ii-out single before finishing the inning with another strikeout. Still, Nippon scored 2 runs in the tiptop of the tenth inning to regain a v–3 atomic number 82, and after giving upwardly a leadoff walk in the bottom of the inning, Darvish retired the adjacent three batters (hitting out two of them) to assure Nihon'south second consecutive tournament title.^[97] In the WBC he finished at 2–1 with a two.08 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 13 innings. He recorded a career-high 99 mph when he worked in relief at the WBC.^[98]

2013 World Baseball Classic [edit]

Darvish, along with Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka, chose not to play in the 2013 Earth Baseball Classic.

Pitching manner [edit]

Darvish is a correct-handed pitcher who throws from a three-quarter arm slot in a driblet-and-drive motion.^[99] He has a large frame for a pitcher, listed at half-dozen ft 5 in and 220 lb. Darvish throws a four-seam fastball which averages 93–95 mph (tops out at 99 mph^[100]),^{[101] [102] [103]} as well as a hard slurve (slider) in the low 80s with a sharp break.^{[101] [104] [105]} He complements these ii with a broad repertoire of secondary pitches, including a two-seam fastball (as well described as a shuuto),^[106] a cutter, 2 curveballs, a splitter, and an occasional changeup.^[107] Darvish has a "fast bend" and a "tiresome curve", the former averaging most 80 mph and the latter most 71. The irksome curve is almost exclusively used in no-strike and 1-strike counts, while the fast curve is more often than not used in 2-strike counts.^[108] Some professional scouts consider Darvish to have the best repertoire of quality pitches, including the best slider, in all of Major League Baseball.^[101] In August 2019, Darvish learned a knuckle curve from Cubs teammate Craig Kimbrel and began using the pitch.^[109]

Advance scouting on Darvish is made hard past his tendency to alter his most frequent pitch sequences over time.^[110]

While Darvish uses both the set, or "stretch" position and the windup, he has been noted for pitching exclusively from the stretch at times, even when in that location is no ane on base of operations.^[111] While pitching from the windup is generally thought to add velocity to pitches, the fix position allows pitchers more control over baserunners.^[112] In Darvish's case the ready position often is used equally a manner of keeping his delivery in sync and consistent.^[111]

Prior to the 2006 flavor Darvish's "go-to" pitch was a screwball, and he tends to rely more on his off-speed pitches than his fastball. After injuring his shoulder in an exhibition game kickoff against the 2006 World Baseball Classic Japanese national team in February 2006, because of the strain the screwball had gradually been putting on his shoulder, he took the pitch out of his in-game repertoire and worked to develop his splitter until it became an equally effective pitch that would supersede the screwball. He too has succeeded in increasing his fastball velocity from year to year.^{[ commendation needed ]}

In 2019 flavor alone, he used x unlike pitches: Cutter with ii different movements, four seam and two seam fastballs, slider, splitter, normal and slow curveballs, knuckle bend and a changeup. In 2020, he revealed on Twitter that he learnt a 'supreme pitch', which is a hybrid between a splitter and ii-seam fastball. This pitch can reach 93 mph.^[113]

Yu Darvish as well has a few ways to learn new pitches to add to his deep pitching arsenal. One of his favorites was to use it in game without knowing, which forces him to adapt quickly.^[114]

Personal life [edit]

In August 2007, Darvish acknowledged a relationship with Japanese model and actress Saeko. He announced later that Saeko was pregnant with their son. They married on xi November 2007,^[115] and their son was built-in in March 2008. Their second child, a boy, was born in February 2010.^[116] Darvish's divorce from Saeko was finalized on the same day in January 2012 that he officially signed with the Rangers.^[117]

Darvish established a humanitarian fund defended to the construction, installation, and maintenance of wells, well pumps, and rainwater storage facilities in developing countries called the "Yu Darvish Water Fund" in February 2007. He announced plans to contribute to the fund past donating 100,000 yen each fourth dimension he notches a regular flavour win. The fund is managed by the Japan H2o Forum.^{[ citation needed ]}

An entertainment company, Avex Group Holdings Inc. manages Darvish'due south non-baseball rights worldwide and Darvish has appeared in ads for many companies, including Seiko, Asahi Dry Black Beer and Pocari Sweat. Also, Darvish has appeared on the covers of Japanese men'south fashion magazines, such as GQ, Men'southward Non-No, and Gainer. Darvish was selected as the "GQ Human of the Year" in the February 2012 Japan issue.^{[ citation needed ]}

On xxx July 2015, Darvish appear that his girlfriend, quondam earth-champion wrestler Seiko Yamamoto, gave birth to their son on 29 July.^{[118] [119]}

Darvish resides in a $4.55 1000000 domicile in Evanston, Illinois.^{[120] [121]} Darvish has caused controversy in his neighborhood with requests to construct a six-foot loftier fence around the property and to acquire adjacent land endemic past the Metropolis of Evanston. The 6-foot fence would require a zoning variance and would obstruct the lake views of neighbors.^[122] Darvish built a half dozen-foot solid wood fence, and Darvish'south neighbors filed a lawsuit in Cook County Excursion Courtroom on 29 March 2019, asking a judge to rule that the Darvishes' debate obstructed their view of Lake Michigan, violating an easement and a verbal agreement.^[123]

Come across also [edit]

• List of Major League Baseball players from Japan
• List of World Series starting pitchers

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Awards
Preceded by Eric Hosmer	AL Rookie of the Month Apr 2012	Succeeded by Mike Trout

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