Yu Darvish

Bats R Throws R6'5" 220 lbBorn 1986 Osaka, JapanDebut 2012Team SD5x All-StarContract 6 y/$108M (23-28) restricted list 2026: $16,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	376	20.9	6.6	3.59	20.2	6.79	97.8
2027							99.8
2028							101.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 38

His ten closest age-38 comparables averaged 104 PITCH+ the next season; 4 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	CC Sabathia	2019	105.7	did not play
2	Anibal Sanchez	2022	101.7	did not play
3	Andy Pettitte	2010	104.4	did not play
4	Jon Lieber	2008	100.7	did not play
5	Johnny Cueto	2024	104.2	did not play
6	Zack Greinke	2022	108.0	98.1	593
7	Chris Young	2017	103.1	did not play
8	Adam Wainwright	2020	106.8	111.4	828
9	Mike Mussina	2007	103.2	104.5	819
10	Jose Contreras	2010	103.0	103.1	60

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	SD	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	SD	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	SD	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	SD	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	SD	30	55	2	5	2	0	1	0	25	0.094	0.111	0.132	0.243	-36.7
2020	CHC	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CHC	31	62	1	5	0	0	3	2	31	0.089	0.119	0.089	0.208	-53.3
2018	CHC	8	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	0.083	0.083	0.167	0.250	-59.5
2017	LAD	31	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	14	0.059	0.111	0.059	0.170	-59.8
2016	TEX	17	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0.333	0.333	1.333	1.667	332.1
2014	TEX	22	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.200	0.200	0.400	0.600	56.6
2013	TEX	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-131.2
2012	TEX	29	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667	70.6
Career		297	165	4	15	4	1	5	3	83	0.099	0.121	0.145	0.266	-37.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									376				99.8
2026*									0
2025	SD	5	5	5.38	15	15	0	72.0	296	14	19	68	92.5	99.8	92.2
2024	SD	7	3	3.31	16	16	0	81.7	331	12	22	78	108.3	103.1	111.3
2023	SD	8	10	4.56	24	24	0	136.3	574	18	43	141	98.9	96.7	95.6
2022	SD	16	8	3.10	30	30	0	194.7	771	22	37	197	115.1	99.9	115.0
2021	SD	8	11	4.22	30	30	0	166.3	681	28	44	199	103.2	100.2	103.4
2020	CHC	8	3	2.01	12	12	0	76.0	297	5	14	93	120.9	102.5	123.4
2019	CHC	6	8	3.98	31	31	0	178.7	731	33	56	229	107.8	98.6	106.3
2018	CHC	1	3	4.95	8	8	0	40.0	180	7	21	49	95.6	98.4	94.1
2017	LAD	10	12	3.86	31	31	0	186.7	766	27	58	209	109.1	99.8	108.8
2016	TEX	7	5	3.41	17	17	0	100.3	416	12	31	132	114.4	99.5	113.9
2014	TEX	10	7	3.06	22	22	0	144.3	605	13	49	182	102.2
2013	TEX	13	9	2.83	32	32	0	209.7	841	26	80	277	112.6
2012	TEX	16	9	3.90	29	29	0	191.3	816	14	89	221	106.9
Career		115	93	3.65	297	297	0	1778.0	7305	231	563	2075	107.6		107.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	55	85.0	-11.9	0.0	37.9	27.6	30.9	0.141	0.182	0.152	22.4
2019	62	89.4	-2.3	4.8	37.9	32.1	29.5	0.108	0.151	0.136	21.5
2018	14	87.6	-13.7	0.0	14.3	31.8	39.1	0.106	0.135	0.106
2017	20	68.8	8.4	0.0	0.0	52.0	31.4	0.017	0.018	0.053
2016	3	101.0	4.2	50.0	100.0	25.0	0.0	0.333	0.817	0.470

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SD	P	15	72	6	8	1	0	0.933	-0.1
2024	SD	P	16	82	4	9	0	0	1.000	+1.2
2023	SD	P	24	136	6	10	0	1	1.000	-2.3
2022	SD	P	30	195	15	5	1	0	0.952	-0.1
2021	SD	P	30	166	14	8	0	1	1.000	+0.2
2020	CHC	P	12	76	4	10	1	2	0.933	+0.9
2019	CHC	P	31	179	14	13	1	1	0.964	-1.3
2018	CHC	P	8	40	4	2	1	0	0.857	-0.3
2017	LAD	P	31	187	8	18	1	3	0.963	-0.2
2016	TEX	P	17	100	3	9	0	2	1.000	-0.3
2014	TEX	P	22	144	6	16	0	1	1.000
2013	TEX	P	32	210	9	14	0	1	1.000
2012	TEX	P	29	191	19	14	0	1	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2018	A	South Bend Cubs	Pit	23	6.0 IP, 26% K	1.50
2016	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	27	7.0 IP, 26% K	2.57
2016	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Pit	79	20.0 IP, 30% K	2.25

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.141	0.103	0.119
2019	0.200	0.085	0.108	0.100
2018	0.312	0.000	0.417	0.000
2017	0.000	0.133	0.000	0.145
2016		0.667		0.667

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	1	0	0	0	0
2017	4	4	1	1	2	0.000	0.200	0.000	0.200
2016	1	0	0	0	0
2012	1	0	0	0	0
Career	7	4	1	1	2	0.000	0.200	0.000	0.200

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	1	18.00	1	1	1.0	4	0	0	1	4.00
2024	1	1	2.05	2	2	13.2	6	2	3	7	0.68
2022	2	1	2.88	4	4	25.0	20	7	6	23	1.04
2020	0	1	2.70	1	1	6.7	5	1	2	6	1.05
2017	2	2	6.14	4	4	14.7	17	4	3	14	1.36
2016	0	1	9.00	1	1	5.0	5	4	1	4	1.20
2012	0	1	2.70	1	1	6.7	5	0	0	7	0.75
Career	5	8	3.99	14	14	72.2	62	18	15	62	1.07

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	TEX	$10,000,000
2014	TEX	$10,000,000
2013	TEX	$9,500,000
2012	TEX	$5,500,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.