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Yu Darvish

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Farid Yu Darvish Sefat (ダルビッシュ・セファット・ファリード・有, Darubisshu Sefatto Farīdo Yū, born August 16, 1986), more commonly known as Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有), is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He also pitched for Japan in several international tournaments, including the 2008 Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) and 2023 WBC. Darvish was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Japan prior to his arrival in MLB in 2012. In his first MLB season, Darvish finished third in the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year balloting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yu Darvish is the 45th most popular baseball player, the 1,859th most popular biography from Japan and the 6th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Yu Darvish ranks 45 out of 91. Before him are Ernie Banks, Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Hank Greenberg, Ken Griffey Jr., and Derek Jeter. After him are Greg Maddux, David Ortiz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hyun-jin Ryu, Pedro Martínez, and Miguel Cabrera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Yu Darvish ranks 239. Before him are Amaia Salamanca, Luigi Di Maio, Goran Dragić, Pedro León, Manuel da Costa, and Thomas McDonell. After him are Ireen Wüst, Iveta Mukuchyan, Demetrious Johnson, Justin Berfield, Nobuhiko Okamoto, and Mary-Kate Olsen.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yu Darvish ranks 1,859 out of 6,245. Before him are Kimiko Shiratori (1968), Arina Tanemura (1978), Miki Itō (1962), Taeko Kawasumi (1972), Chieko Asakawa (1958), and Sayaka Ohara (1975). After him are Yūko Minaguchi (1966), Toru Sano (1963), Miyuki Sawashiro (1985), Keiji Tamada (1980), Masanobu Ando (1975), and Gen Hoshino (1981).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Yu Darvish ranks 6. Before him are Sadaharu Oh (1940), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), Hideo Nomo (1968), Shohei Ohtani (1994), and Hideki Matsui (1974). After him are Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Koji Uehara (1975), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), Kenta Maeda (1988), and Jung-hoo Lee (1998).

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