Yu Darvish

#11 - Starting Pitcher

San Diego Padres

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	8/16/1986 (36)
Height, Weight	6'5", 220 lb
Hometown	Osaka, JPN

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	4-4	63.2	4.10	1.12	26.5%	6.6%	31.8%

	44^th 3 W	61^st 47 IP	83^rd 4.85 ERA	48^th 1.37 WHIP	36^th 21.3% K%	68^th 8.2% BB%	11^th 28.1% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.7	12.8%	24.9%	47.0%	5.18	3.23

	53^rd 93.4 FB MPH	61^st 11.6% SwStr%	50^th 28.0% HC%	67^th 43.6% GB%	53^rd 5.06 PLV	23^rd 4.68 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%	5.21
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%	5.21
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%	5.28
2023	SD	11	11	63.2	4	4	4.10	3.23	3.83	3.75	1.12	7.5	26.5%	6.6%	.281	24.9%	47.0%	1.13	14.3%	70.5%	12.8%	31.8%	5.18
SP MLB Percentile		56	56	69	66	16	58	89	72	80	76	77	82	65	65	74	66	56	49	46	69	95	72
SP MLB AVG		9	9	47.0	3	3	4.85	4.68	4.65	4.60	1.37	9.1	21.3%	8.2%	.300	28.0%	43.6%	-	14.7%	71.0%	11.6%	28.1%	5.06
6 Years		122	122	719.1	43	37	3.65	-	-	-	1.06	7.2	28.6%	6.5%	.270	19.8%	40.5%	1.29	20.9%	76.1%	13.5%	31.6%	5.23

Repertoire

Slider | 41%
Four-Seamer | 18%
Sinker | 13%
Cutter | 11%
Splitter | 9%
Curveball | 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	83.5	40.6%	31.1%	49.9%	12.9%	22.8%	35.7%	68.6%	63.3%	39.0%	39.0%	.306	.427	.315	21.7%	.264	.398	24.1%	2,789
SP MLB Percentile	37	92	42	86	38	91	86	83	85	43	56	22	16	39	30	29	18	49	96
SP MLB AVG	84.1	24.6%	32.8%	41.9%	14.8%	14.4%	29.2%	62.5%	56.6%	42.4%	37.1%	.242	.307	.290	15.3%	.240	.313	24.8%	2,376

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	.264	.398	.250	.421	24.1%	10.2%	45.8%	31.0%	85.6	88.0	14.9	6.3	-0.6	-2.2	5.5	6.4	2,789
SP MLB Percentile	29	18	61	29	49	31	21	22	73	46	43	80	17	14	25	40	96
SP MLB AVG	.240	.313	.282	.386	24.8%	8.6%	38.2%	26.6%	87.9	87.0	14.5	3.6	1.2	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,376

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	417	87	12	4	1	5	14	13	1	0	286	131	.306	.597	.427
SP MLB Percentile	95	88	6	9	2	2	69	1	9	36	96	8	22	18	16
SP MLB AVG	156	41	5	2	0	1	11	2	0	1	98	57	.242	.422	.307

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	39.0%	22.0%	39.0%	13.6%	21.7%	42.4%	30.5%	27.1%	18.7%	6.8%	25.4%	22.0%	25.4%	10.2%	32.2%
SP MLB Percentile	43	39	56	74	30	36	45	75	77	77	37	31	37	19	58
SP MLB AVG	42.4%	20.6%	37.1%	10.3%	15.3%	46.7%	32.7%	20.5%	15.4%	3.6%	29.9%	29.0%	23.6%	5.4%	34.0%

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	24.1%	10.2%	45.8%	31.0%	.306	.427	.315	.373	.264	.398	.250	.421	85.6	88.0	14.9
SP MLB Percentile	49	31	21	22	22	16	39	30	29	18	61	29	73	46	43
SP MLB AVG	24.8%	8.6%	38.2%	26.6%	.242	.307	.290	.327	.240	.313	.282	.386	87.9	87.0	14.5

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	31.1%	49.9%	12.9%	22.8%	35.7%	68.6%	63.3%	28.3%	45.8%	71.7%	47.7%	84.1%	27.8%	26.5%	60.9%	51.6%
SP MLB Percentile	42	86	38	91	86	83	85	40	34	40	55	42	84	45	49	49
SP MLB AVG	32.8%	41.9%	14.8%	14.4%	29.2%	62.5%	56.6%	30.5%	48.1%	69.5%	50.1%	82.7%	20.1%	27.2%	62.1%	52.7%

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	31.4%	29.0%	39.6%	25.7%	25.7%	48.7%	9.6%	23.0%	48.0%	63.8%	19.9%	16.3%	49.9%	12.4%	20.6%
SP MLB Percentile	89	86	3	86	77	12	90	47	38	78	3	6	86	35	58
SP MLB AVG	17.8%	22.7%	59.5%	17.1%	21.5%	61.4%	6.3%	25.2%	52.1%	57.9%	7.7%	34.4%	41.9%	14.6%	18.8%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	165	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	165	5.65	887	55.4%	22.3%	22.3%	33.1%	-6.0	2.27	-6
2021	630	5.59	3,522	56.0%	15.9%	28.1%	27.9%	-6.1	2.64	-10
2022	527	5.62	2,359	55.7%	18.1%	26.2%	29.5%	-4.6	1.68	-2
2023	417	5.48	2,286	57.3%	30.7%	12.0%	45.3%	10.0	2.24	+16
SP MLB Percentile	95	73	96	79	80	85	85	2	-	1
SP MLB AVG	156	5.27	823	49.1%	23.7%	27.2%	21.9%	2.0	-	+3

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	94.3	6.4%	-	-	0.0%	19.1%	19.1%	55.3%	51.1%	-	-	.222	.288	.222	-	-	-	-	-
2019	93.7	9.7%	-	-	11.6%	16.0%	27.6%	56.4%	52.0%	-	-	.250	.412	.259	-	-	-	-	-
2020	95.8	14.1%	24.4%	47.2%	19.0%	12.9%	31.9%	59.5%	55.8%	35.3%	47.1%	.171	.185	.353	0.0%	.127	.138	19.4%	2,577
2021	94.5	22.3%	22.9%	47.0%	15.4%	15.6%	31.0%	60.0%	56.9%	19.0%	61.9%	.162	.274	.200	20.5%	.157	.270	22.2%	2,518
2022	94.9	25.8%	26.9%	51.0%	10.4%	15.1%	25.6%	63.8%	60.2%	31.0%