Yu Darvish

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 220lb (196cm, 99kg)

Team: San Diego Padres (majors)

Born: August 16, 1986 in Habikino, Japan jp

High School: Tohoku HS (Japan)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

2025 Contract Status: Signed thru 2028, 6 yrs/$108M (23-28)

Service Time (01/2025): 12.146 • Free Agent: 2029

Agents: Wasserman • Previously: Arn Tellem & Don Nomura

Full Name: Sefat Farid Yu Darvish

Nicknames: Yu-san

Twitter: @faridyu

Instagram: @darvishsefat11

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

2.0

33.1

110

ERA

3.31

3.58

282

81.2

1706.0

2007

WHIP

1.065

1.136

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2005	18	-10.2	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Fgn		5	5	.500	3.53	3.53	14	14	0	2	1	0	94.1	97	37	37	7	48	1	52	3	0	2	410	1.537	9.3	0.7	4.6	5.0	1.08
2006	19	-8.9	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Fgn		12	5	.706	2.89	3.31	25	24	0	3	2	0	149.2	128	55	48	12	64	0	115	6	1	5	627	1.283	7.7	0.7	3.8	6.9	1.80
2007	20	-8.0	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Fgn		15	5	.750	1.82	2.08	26	26		12	3	0	207.2	123	48	42	9	49	1	210	13	0	4	790	0.828	5.3	0.4	2.1	9.1	4.29
2008	21	-7.1	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Fgn		16	4	.800	1.88	1.97	25	24		10	2	0	200.2	136	44	42	11	44	0	208	9	1	4	764	0.897	6.1	0.5	2.0	9.3	4.73
2009	22	-5.8	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Fgn		15	5	.750	1.73	1.78	23	23		8	2	0	182.0	118	36	35	9	45	0	167	6	0	5	701	0.896	5.8	0.4	2.2	8.3	3.71
2010	23	-5.3	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Fgn		12	8	.600	1.78	2.14	26	25	0	10	2	0	202.0	158	48	40	5	47	0	222	7	0	6	805	1.015	7.0	0.2	2.1	9.9	4.72
2011	24	-4.2	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Fgn		18	6	.750	1.44	1.63	28	28	0	10	6	0	232.0	156	42	37	5	36	0	276	6	1	10	885	0.828	6.1	0.2	1.4	10.7	7.67
2012	25	-3.2	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	16	9	.640	3.90	4.19	29	29	0	0	0	0	191.1	156	89	83	14	89	1	221	10	0	8	816	1.280	7.3	0.7	4.2	10.4	2.48
2013	26	-2.7	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	13	9	.591	2.83	2.92	32	32	0	0	0	0	209.2	145	68	66	26	80	1	277	8	1	7	841	1.073	6.2	1.1	3.4	11.9	3.46
2014	27	-1.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	10	7	.588	3.06	3.37	22	22	0	2	1	0	144.1	133	54	49	13	49	1	182	2	1	14	605	1.261	8.3	0.8	3.1	11.3	3.71

2016	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	TEX	1	2	.333	2.33	3.33	7	7	0	0	0	0	27.0	17	10	7	2	10	0	31	0	0	1	106	1.000	5.7	0.7	3.3	10.3	3.10
2016	29	2.3	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	1	.000	2.57	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	3	2	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	27	0.857	3.9	1.3	3.9	9.0	2.33
2016	29	4.6	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	1	1	.500	2.25	3.15	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.0	14	7	5	1	7	0	24	0	0	1	79	1.050	6.3	0.5	3.2	10.8	3.43
2016	29	0.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	7	5	.583	3.41	3.86	17	17	0	0	0	0	100.1	81	43	38	12	31	1	132	3	0	6	416	1.116	7.3	1.1	2.8	11.8	4.26
2017	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	LAD	10	12	.455	3.86	4.00	31	31	0	0	0	0	186.2	159	83	80	27	58	1	209	6	1	12	766	1.163	7.7	1.3	2.8	10.1	3.60
2017	30	1.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	6	9	.400	4.01	4.14	22	22	0	0	0	0	137.0	115	63	61	20	45	0	148	5	1	9	564	1.168	7.6	1.3	3.0	9.7	3.29
2017	30	1.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	4	3	.571	3.44	3.62	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.2	44	20	19	7	13	1	61	1	0	3	202	1.148	8.0	1.3	2.4	11.1	4.69
2018	31	9.1	South Bend	MIDW	A	CHC	0	0		1.50	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	23	0.833	6.0	1.5	1.5	9.0	6.00
2018	31	2.8	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	1	3	.250	4.95	5.40	8	8	0	0	0	0	40.0	36	24	22	7	21	0	49	4	1	2	180	1.425	8.1	1.6	4.7	11.0	2.33
2019	32	3.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	6	8	.429	3.98	4.13	31	31	0	0	0	0	178.2	140	82	79	33	56	1	229	11	0	11	731	1.097	7.1	1.7	2.8	11.5	4.09
2020	33	4.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	8	3	.727	2.01	2.13	12	12	0	0	0	0	76.0	59	18	17	5	14	1	93	2	0	3	297	0.961	7.0	0.6	1.7	11.0	6.64
2021	34	5.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	8	11	.421	4.22	4.38	30	30	0	0	0	0	166.1	138	81	78	28	44	1	199	8	0	9	681	1.094	7.5	1.5	2.4	10.8	4.52
2022	35	5.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	16	8	.667	3.10	3.10	30	30	0	0	0	0	194.2	148	67	67	22	37	0	197	12	1	4	771	0.950	6.8	1.0	1.7	9.1	5.32
2023	36	6.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	8	10	.444	4.56	4.69	24	24	0	0	0	0	136.1	134	71	69	18	43	0	141	8	1	1	574	1.298	8.8	1.2	2.8	9.3	3.28
2024	37	13.9	Fort Wayne	MIDW	A+	SDP	0	1	.000	16.20	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	6	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	18	2.400	18.9	2.7	2.7	8.1	3.00
2024	37	7.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	7	3	.700	3.31	3.53	16	16	0	0	0	0	81.2	65	32	30	12	22	0	78	3	0	2	331	1.065	7.2	1.3	2.4	8.6	3.55
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		110	88	.556	3.58	3.76	282	282	0	2	1	0	1706.0	1394	712	678	217	544	8	2007	77	6	79	7009	1.136	7.4	1.1	2.9	10.6	3.69
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		1	3	.250	3.47	4.21	10	10	0	0	0	0	36.1	28	17	14	4	12	0	40	0	0	3	147	1.101	6.9	1.0	3.0	9.9	3.33
Foreign (7 seasons)					Foreign		93	38	.710	1.99	2.20	167	164	0	55	18	0	1268.1	916	310	281	58	333	2	1250	50	3	36	4982	0.985	6.5	0.4	2.4	8.9	3.75
All Levels (19 Seasons)							204	129	.613	2.91	3.11	459	456	0	57	19	0	3010.2	2338	1039	973	279	889	10	3297	127	9	118	12138	1.072	7.0	0.8	2.7	9.9	3.71

AAA (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	2.57	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	3	2	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	27	0.857	3.9	1.3	3.9	9.0	2.33
AA (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	2.25	3.15	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.0	14	7	5	1	7	0	24	0	0	1	79	1.050	6.3	0.5	3.2	10.8	3.43
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	16.20	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	6	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	18	2.400	18.9	2.7	2.7	8.1	3.00
A (1 season)					Minors		0	0		1.50	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	23	0.833	6.0	1.5	1.5	9.0	6.00