Yu Darvish
Japanese baseball pitcher
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| March 21 2025 | Yu Darvish was announced to miss the start of the 2025 season due to elbow inflammation, which would impact his playing time with the San Diego Padres. |
| 2024 | Made 16 starts throughout the season, posting a 7-3 record with a 3.31 earned run average and 78 strikeouts in 81.2 innings pitched. |
| 2024 | In Game 2 of the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers, earned the win by pitching seven innings and allowing only one earned run in a 10-2 victory. |
| 2024 | Began the 2024 season as the opening day starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres against the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park. |
| 2024 | Started the decisive Game 5 of the NLDS, pitching strong but ultimately giving up two runs in a 2-0 loss, which resulted in the Padres losing the series 3-2. |
| September 27 2024 | Darvish tied Hiroki Kuroda's record of 203 combined career wins in his final start of the regular season. |
| September 22 2024 | Became the first Japanese-born pitcher to reach 2,000 strikeouts in MLB. |
| September 16 2024 | Darvish extended his MLB record of consecutive games with multiple strikeouts to 280, the longest streak by any player at any point in their career since the modern era began in 1901. |
| September 16 2024 | Extended his Major League Baseball record of consecutive games with multiple strikeouts to 280, making it the longest streak by any player at any point in their career since the modern era began in 1901. |
| May 20 2024 | Recorded his 200th combined career win in MLB (107) and NPB (93) after the Padres' 9–1 victory over the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park, putting him behind only Hiroki Kuroda (203) and Hideo Nomo (201). |
| 2023 | Yu Darvish was selected to represent Japan's national team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, highlighting his continued prominence in international baseball competition. |
| August 31 2023 | Diagnosed with a bone spur in his right elbow, which resulted in being shut down for the rest of the 2023 season. |
| August 14 2023 | Became MLB's Japanese-born leader in strikeouts by passing Hideo Nomo, striking out his 1,919th batter. |
| February 9 2023 | Signed a six-year, $108 million contract extension with the San Diego Padres ahead of the 2023 season. |
| 2022 | Darvish completed the season with the San Diego Padres, recording a 16-8 win-loss record, a 3.10 ERA, and 197 strikeouts in 194.2 innings pitched across 30 starts. |
| September 2 2022 | Yu Darvish threw his 3,000th career strikeout, becoming only the second Japanese pitcher after Hideo Nomo to reach this significant milestone in Major League Baseball. |
| 2021 | Named an All-Star for the San Diego Padres |
| 2021 | Yu Darvish joined the San Diego Padres, continuing his Major League Baseball career after previously playing for other teams. |
| 2020 | Yu Darvish finished 2nd in the National League Cy Young Award voting after an exceptional season with the Chicago Cubs, recording 8 wins and 3 losses with a 2.01 ERA. |
| 2020 | Revealed on Twitter that he developed a 'supreme pitch', a hybrid between a splitter and a two-seam fastball that can reach 93 mph. |
| December 29 2020 | Yu Darvish was traded from the Chicago Cubs to the San Diego Padres along with his personal catcher Víctor Caratini, in exchange for pitcher Zach Davies and four prospects. |
| January 13 2020 | Following the Astros' disciplinary action for sign stealing, Darvish publicly refused to blame sign stealing for his poor World Series performance and humorously offered to wear a 'Yu Garbage' jersey. |
| 2019 | Yu Darvish completed a season with the Chicago Cubs, recording 6 wins and 8 losses, with a 3.98 ERA and achieving 225 strikeouts across 31 starts. During this season, he led the National League in home runs allowed with 33, was second in wild pitches with 11, and was third in hit batsmen with 11. |
| August 2019 | Learned a knuckle curve from Cubs teammate Craig Kimbrel and began incorporating the pitch into his repertoire. |
| March 29 2019 | Faced a lawsuit from neighbors regarding a controversial fence construction that obstructed lake views. |
| March 28 2019 | Darvish started the Cubs' season opener against the Texas Rangers, marking his first game of the season after recovering from injury in the previous year. |
| 2018 | Purchased a $4.55 million home in Evanston, Illinois. |
| August 19 2018 | Darvish began a rehabilitation stint, but was removed from the game after an MRI revealed a stress reaction on his right elbow and a triceps strain, effectively ending his 2018 season after only 8 games and 40 innings pitched. |
| May 26 2018 | Darvish was again placed on the 10-day disabled list, this time due to right triceps tendinitis. |
| May 7 2018 | Darvish was placed on the 10-day disabled list due to the flu, interrupting his early season performance. |
| March 31 2018 | Darvish played his first game with the Chicago Cubs against the Miami Marlins, allowing 5 runs in the game, which the Cubs won 10-6 in 10 innings. |
| February 13 2018 | Yu Darvish signed a six-year, $126 million contract with the Chicago Cubs, marking a significant career move to a new team. |
| 2017 | After the 2017 season, Darvish became a free agent and chose not to re-sign with the Dodgers due to fan criticism of his World Series performance. |
| 2017 | Completed the 2017 season with 31 starts, achieving a 10-12 record, 209 strikeouts, and a 3.86 ERA across both the Rangers and Dodgers. |
| 2017 | Pitched in the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers, later revealed to be impacted by the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal |
| 2017 | Pitched successfully in the 2017 NLDS, winning one start against the Arizona Diamondbacks by allowing only one run in five innings with seven strikeouts. |
| 2017 | Performed well in the 2017 NLCS against the Chicago Cubs, conceding one run in 6⅓ innings with seven strikeouts. |
| July 31 2017 | Traded from the Texas Rangers to the Los Angeles Dodgers, exchanging Darvish for prospects Willie Calhoun, A. J. Alexy, and Brendon Davis. |
| July 26 2017 | Darvish pitched a notably poor game, giving up a career-high ten earned runs, which was the most ever by a Japanese pitcher in MLB history. |
| July 25 2017 | The Rangers changed their stance and became open to trading Darvish for the 'right deal'. |
| July 23 2017 | The Texas Rangers initially stated that Yu Darvish would not be available for trade during the season. |
| August 24 2016 | Darvish hit his first career MLB home run in an away game against the Cincinnati Reds, becoming the first Rangers pitcher to do so since Bobby Witt in 1997. |
| July 16 2016 | Returned to the mound after recovering from neck and shoulder strains. |
| June 13 2016 | Darvish was placed on the 15-day disabled list due to neck and shoulder strains. |
| May 28 2016 | Yu Darvish returned from Tommy John surgery, pitching five innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates with seven strikeouts and one run allowed, contributing to the Rangers' 5-2 victory. |
| July 30 2015 | Announced the birth of his son with former world-champion wrestler Seiko Yamamoto, who was born on July 29. |
| March 17 2015 | Darvish underwent Tommy John surgery, which caused him to miss the entire 2015 season and most of the 2016 season. |
| July 6 2014 | Darvish was elected to play in the 2014 MLB All-Star Game and entered in the third inning, successfully retiring all three batters he faced. |
| June 11 2014 | Darvish threw his first complete-game shutout against the Miami Marlins, allowing 6 hits, 3 walks, and striking out 10 batters. |
| May 9 2014 | Darvish took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against the Boston Red Sox, which was ultimately broken up by David Ortiz's single. The hit was initially ruled an error but later officially recorded as a single. |
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