How Yu Darvish's Fielding Percentage Compares to Similar Players

Yu Darvish has posted a career Fielding Percentage of 97.64, near the league average of 97.5 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His best Fielding Percentage season came in 2012, posting 100.0, near the league average of 98.37 that year. The lowest point came in 2018 at 85.71, below the league average of 98.39 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 100.0 in 2023 to 100.0 in 2024 and 93.33 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. One of the more consistent Fielding Percentage producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 12 seasons.

Yu Darvish Lifetime Fielding Percentage

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Yu Darvish
Fielding Percentage
Career97.64
Season Avg.97.64
162 Game Avg.97.64
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Yu Darvish Fielding Percentage Per Season

Yu Darvish's Fielding Percentage 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 Fielding Percentage per season line chart

Yu Darvish Fielding Percentage by Team

Yu Darvish's career Fielding Percentage totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Yu Darvish career Fielding Percentage by team bar chart

Yu Darvish Fielding Percentage Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Yu Darvish's career Fielding Percentage 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 Fielding Percentage year-over-year waterfall chart

Yu Darvish Fielding Percentage Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Yu Darvish's seasonal Fielding Percentage 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 Fielding Percentage distribution box chart versus comparable players

Yu Darvish Fielding Percentage — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Yu Darvish's MLB career with Fielding Percentage 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.
Yu Darvish Fielding Percentage season-by-season breakdown table