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Yoshinobu Yamamoto

1998 - Today

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本 由伸, Yamamoto Yoshinobu, born August 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes, where he became one of the most decorated pitchers in league history. Between 2021 and 2023, Yamamoto won three consecutive Pacific League Most Valuable Player Awards, three Eiji Sawamura Awards, and three Triple Crowns, leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average in each of those seasons. He also threw two no-hitters and was a key figure in Orix’s 2022 Japan Series championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 57th most popular baseball player, the 2,270th most popular biography from Japan and the 9th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 57 out of 91. Before him are Miguel Cabrera, Koji Uehara, Cal Ripken Jr., Mike Trout, Robinson Canó, and Justin Verlander. After him are Iván Rodríguez, Mookie Betts, Bartolo Colón, Kenta Maeda, Max Scherzer, and José Altuve.

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Among people born in 1998, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 108. Before him are Jonathan Ikoné, Lee Seung-woo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cheng Xiao, Trae Young, and Musa Barrow. After him are Miltiadis Tentoglou, Orel Mangala, Altay Bayındır, Amadou Haidara, Alex Král, and Attila Szalai.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 2,270 out of 6,245. Before him are Masashi Motoyama (1979), Yuki Furukawa (1987), Ryoko Shiraishi (1982), Yuriko Yoshitaka (1988), Masaki Aiba (1982), and Satoshi Ōtomo (1981). After him are Ai Fukuhara (1988), Yuta Nakamoto (1995), Tatsuki Fujimoto (1993), Kotoko (1980), Atsuko Maeda (1991), and Nozomi Yamago (1975).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 9. Before him are Hideo Nomo (1968), Shohei Ohtani (1994), Hideki Matsui (1974), Yu Darvish (1986), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), and Koji Uehara (1975). After him are Kenta Maeda (1988), and Jung-hoo Lee (1998).

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