How Yu Darvish's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Yu Darvish has posted a career ERA of 3.65, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2013, posting 2.83, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.96 that year. The highest point came in 2025 at 5.38, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.16 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 4.56 in 2023 to 3.31 in 2024 and 5.38 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.
Yu Darvish Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Yu Darvish
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ERA | Yu Darvish
Component ERA | Yu Darvish
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| Career | 3.65 | 3.16 | 3.44 |
| Season Avg. | 3.65 | 3.16 | 3.44 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.65 | 3.16 | 3.44 |
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Yu Darvish ERA Per Season
Yu Darvish's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Yu Darvish ERA by Team
Yu Darvish's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Yu Darvish ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Yu Darvish's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Yu Darvish ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Yu Darvish's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Yu Darvish ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Yu Darvish's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
