Yu Darvish

#11 - Starting Pitcher

San Diego Padres

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	8/16/1986 (37)
Height, Weight	6'5", 220 lb
Hometown	Osaka, JPN

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	8-10	136.1	4.56	1.30	24.6%	7.3%	30.0%

	65^th 7 W	72^nd 114 IP	106^th 4.60 ERA	97^th 1.33 WHIP	57^th 21.6% K%	80^th 8.0% BB%	35^th 28.0% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.3	11.7%	25.5%	43.8%	5.11	3.90

	48^th 93.5 FB MPH	99^th 11.7% SwStr%	57^th 27.6% HC%	97^th 43.8% GB%	48^th 4.98 PLV	48^th 4.57 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	CHC	8	8	40.0	1	3	4.95	-	4.86	-	1.43	8.1	27.2%	11.7%	.296	-	-	1.58	-	72.3%	11.4%	28.4%	-
2019	CHC	31	31	178.2	6	8	3.98	-	4.18	-	1.10	7.1	31.3%	7.7%	.268	-	-	1.66	-	77.7%	14.7%	32.3%	-
2020	CHC	12	12	76.0	8	3	2.01	3.15	2.23	2.86	0.96	7.0	31.3%	4.7%	.297	21.6%	44.6%	0.59	9.1%	83.8%	16.0%	35.3%	5.34
2021	SD	30	30	166.1	8	11	4.22	3.67	3.91	3.75	1.09	7.5	29.2%	6.5%	.274	21.9%	38.0%	1.52	16.1%	72.3%	13.0%	31.2%	5.22
2022	SD	30	30	194.2	16	8	3.10	2.95	3.32	3.61	0.95	6.8	25.6%	4.8%	.251	25.1%	38.9%	1.02	10.6%	78.2%	12.5%	30.7%	5.35
2023	SD	24	24	136.1	8	10	4.56	3.90	4.02	3.93	1.30	8.9	24.6%	7.3%	.319	25.5%	43.8%	1.19	15.0%	71.3%	11.7%	30.0%	5.11
SP MLB Percentile		57	57	63	61	12	47	76	70	75	51	46	71	58	20	70	51	59	49	44	50	82	75
SP MLB AVG		21	21	114.0	7	7	4.60	4.57	4.59	4.55	1.33	8.9	21.6%	8.0%	.296	27.6%	43.8%	1.37	15.3%	72.1%	11.7%	28.0%	4.98
6 Years		135	135	792.0	47	43	3.77	-	-	-	1.10	7.4	28.1%	6.6%	.279	20.6%	40.6%	1.28	20.3%	75.6%	13.2%	31.3%	5.25

Repertoire

Slider | 36%
Sinker | 19%
Four-Seamer | 17%
Curveball | 12%
Cutter | 9%
Splitter | 8%
Changeup | 0%
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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	84.7	7.4%	-	-	20.0%	18.2%	38.2%	63.6%	58.2%	-	-	.200	.280	.333	-	-	-	-	-
2019	82.6	5.8%	-	-	17.0%	21.2%	38.2%	66.1%	61.2%	-	-	.235	.340	.429	-	-	-	-	-
2020	82.1	14.3%	41.1%	55.8%	18.8%	29.1%	47.9%	76.4%	74.5%	42.9%	33.3%	.073	.157	.100	14.3%	.092	.173	10.6%	2,805
2021	81.5	22.8%	30.0%	53.5%	10.8%	20.8%	31.6%	69.8%	65.4%	28.6%	49.5%	.185	.240	.230	9.6%	.196	.266	18.1%	2,752
2022	82.5	17.7%	38.9%	46.9%	13.7%	15.4%	29.0%	69.1%	63.9%	27.3%	50.9%	.184	.214	.222	5.4%	.175	.219	23.6%	2,724
2023	84.0	36.1%	29.4%	49.9%	12.4%	20.8%	33.1%	66.3%	59.8%	35.5%	36.3%	.338	.421	.379	17.8%	.279	.376	22.5%	2,798
SP MLB Percentile	42	87	28	91	29	92	77	73	72	30	49	7	6	11	40	15	13	53	97
SP MLB AVG	84.2	24.0%	32.9%	40.9%	15.2%	14.4%	29.6%	62.3%	56.7%	41.3%	37.1%	.235	.303	.284	16.7%	.228	.301	23.9%	2,398

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.092	.173	.147	.213	10.6%	9.5%	28.6%	12.8%	83.4	86.7	11.3	7.8	-0.8	-1.9	5.7	6.5	2,805
2021	.196	.266	.231	.353	18.1%	8.6%	29.5%	19.4%	85.9	85.8	21.5	8.7	-1.1	-1.7	5.8	6.2	2,752
2022	.175	.219	.213	.262	23.6%	6.4%	30.6%	21.5%	86.6	85.9	23.5	8.0	-0.7	-2.2	5.4	6.6	2,724
2023	.279	.376	.302	.406	22.5%	6.5%	44.4%	30.2%	85.3	84.7	16.0	5.9	-0.3	-2.1	5.4	6.5	2,798
SP MLB Percentile	15	13	25	30	53	63	14	16	76	78	45	74	22	18	16	51	97
SP MLB AVG	.228	.301	.271	.378	23.9%	8.0%	37.4%	24.9%	87.3	87.1	15.0	3.7	1.0	-1.0	5.7	6.4	2,398

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	55	16	2	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	35	20	.200	.400	.280
2019	165	40	5	1	0	2	18	5	1	1	109	56	.235	.441	.340
2020	165	47	2	0	0	1	20	5	0	0	126	38	.073	.146	.157
2021	630	160	16	7	0	5	47	7	1	0	440	190	.185	.331	.240
2022	527	158	22	2	0	3	39	6	2	1	364	163	.184	.259	.214
2023	800	182	35	8	1	8	32	25	1	0	530	270	.338	.558	.421
SP MLB Percentile	90	87	3	16	7	8	70	1	21	56	93	9	7	14	6
SP MLB AVG	369	96	12	4	0	3	27	6	1	1	233	136	.235	.422	.303

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	42.9%	23.8%	33.3%	19.0%	14.3%	47.6%	33.3%	19.0%	15.8%	9.5%	28.6%	33.3%	14.3%	4.8%	28.6%
2021	28.6%	21.9%	49.5%	11.4%	9.6%	45.7%	37.1%	17.1%	21.6%	1.9%	25.7%	42.9%	13.3%	7.6%	38.1%
2022	27.3%	21.8%	50.9%	15.5%	5.4%	45.0%	32.4%	22.5%	19.0%	5.5%	20.0%	43.6%	20.9%	3.6%	34.5%
2023	35.5%	28.2%	36.3%	12.1%	17.8%	46.0%	29.8%	24.2%	17.6%	8.1%	22.6%	25.0%	29.8%	8.1%	38.7%
SP MLB Percentile	30	16	49	63	40	39	36	78	73	84	21	36	18	24	31
SP MLB AVG	41.3%	21.6%	37.1%	10.2%	16.7%	47.8%	32.7%	19.5%	15.4%	4.3%	29.5%	28.7%	23.4%	6.1%	34.9%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.200	.280	.333	.429	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.235	.340	.429	.500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	10.6%	9.5%	28.6%	12.8%	.073	.157	.100	.143	.092	.173	.147	.213	83.4	86.7	11.3
2021	18.1%	8.6%	29.5%	19.4%	.185	.240	.230	.267	.196	.266	.231	.353	85.9	85.8	21.5
2022	23.6%	6.4%	30.6%	21.5%	.184	.214	.222	.243	.175	.219	.213	.262	86.6	85.9	23.5
2023	22.5%	6.5%	44.4%	30.2%	.338	.421	.379	.419	.279	.376	.302	.406	85.3	84.7	16.0
SP MLB Percentile	53	63	14	16	7	6	11	12	15	13	25	30	76	78	45
SP MLB AVG	23.9%	8.0%	37.4%	24.9%	.235	.303	.284	.327	.228	.301	.271	.378	87.3	87.1	15.0

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	20.0%	18.2%	38.2%	63.6%	58.2%	44.0%	45.5%	56.0%	-	-	38.5%	-	20.0%	20.0%
2019	-	-	17.0%	21.2%	38.2%	66.1%	61.2%	37.8%	44.8%	62.2%	-	-	27.8%	-	45.2%	40.5%
2020	41.1%	55.8%	18.8%	29.1%	47.9%	76.4%	74.5%	39.7%	47.3%	60.3%	40.0%	72.9%	39.8%	24.6%	71.6%	67.2%
2021	30.0%	53.5%	10.8%	20.8%	31.6%	69.8%	65.4%	22.0%	49.0%	78.0%	60.2%	85.1%	31.9%	21.1%	62.5%	55.4%
2022	38.9%	46.9%	13.7%	15.4%	29.0%	69.1%	63.9%	25.4%	53.7%	74.6%	57.8%	85.1%	23.2%	32.4%	59.1%	48.8%
2023	29.4%	49.9%	12.4%	20.8%	33.1%	66.3%	59.8%	27.2%	45.5%	72.8%	52.5%	82.5%	26.4%	24.4%	61.8%	49.4%
SP MLB Percentile	28	91	29	92	77	73	72	31	30	31	35	52	87	34	51	34
SP MLB AVG	32.9%	40.9%	15.2%	14.4%	29.6%	62.3%	56.7%	31.6%	47.9%	68.4%	48.8%	82.3%	20.4%	26.9%	61.7%	51.9%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	47.3%	0.0%	52.7%	-	3.8%	27.6%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58.8%	10.3%	30.9%	-	10.3%	35.3%
2020	23.6%	29.7%	46.7%	21.2%	24.2%	54.5%	9.1%	26.1%	44.2%	59.4%	6.1%	34.5%	55.8%	6.1%	35.1%
2021	30.0%	26.0%	44.0%	23.2%	27.8%	49.0%	7.5%	22.5%	51.4%	55.2%	9.4%	35.4%	53.5%	11.2%	21.1%
2022	25.8%	23.3%	50.9%	17.6%	23.7%	58.6%	5.7%	27.9%	48.8%	53.9%	6.8%	39.3%	46.9%	15.8%	18.8%
2023	26.3%	28.8%	45.0%	23.4%	24.8%	51.9%	8.9%	24.1%	47.1%	60.5%	20.0%	19.5%	49.9%	14.3%	20.5%
SP MLB Percentile	86	93	6	81	80	16	94	53	31	71	0	3	91	52	59
SP MLB AVG	18.0%	22.2%	59.9%	16.3%	20.6%	63.1%	5.9%	25.1%	52.7%	56.9%	7.9%	35.1%	40.9%	14.4%	19.5%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	165	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	165	5.76	945	59.8%	21.3%	18.9%	40.9%	-5.0	1.55	-4
2021	630	5.41	3,409	52.2%	19.8%	27.9%	24.3%	-6.1	2.65	-7
2022	527	5.46	2,876	55.0%	16.5%	28.5%	26.6%	-3.3	2.07	+4
2023	800	5.41	4,330	52.4%	32.9%	14.8%	37.6%	20.0	2.65	+36
SP MLB Percentile	90	75	92	83	82	83	83	2	-	1
SP MLB AVG	369	5.20	1,930	46.5%	25.1%	28.4%	18.1%	-	-	+5

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	93.4	7.8%	-	-	10.3%	15.5%	25.9%	65.5%	62.1%	-	-	.250	.285	.250	-	-	-	-	-
2019	93.7	3.9%	-	-	6.3%	13.4%	19.6%	53.6%	44.6%	-	-	.357	.478	.400	-	-	-	-	-
2020	95.0	11.0%	22.8%	55.1%	8.7%	22.0%	30.7%	66.1%	59.1%	34.8%	34.8%	.250	.240	.391	0.0%	.275	.291	25.0%	2,409
2021	94.3	8.1%	25.2%	46.9%	9.4%	18.3%	27.7%	61.6%	58.0%	56.8%	29.7%	.127	.224	.147	27.3%	.147	.242	14.3%	2,369
2022	94.7	8.7%	26.1%	56.8%	7.4%	20.2%	27.6%	67.7%	62.3%	51.9%	37.0%	.197