How Yu Darvish's Inning Played Compares to Similar Players

Yu Darvish has totaled 1,778 career Inning Played, well below the league average of 2,296.8 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Inning Played season came in 2013, posting 209, well below the league average of 326.6 that year. The lowest point came in 2018 at 40, well below the league average of 309.6 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Inning Played total has gone from 136 in 2023 to 81 in 2024 and 72 in 2025, falling over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Inning Played profile — ranging from 40 to 209 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Yu Darvish Lifetime Inning Played

Stats similar to Inning Played for Yu Darvish
Yu Darvish
Inning Played
Career1778
Season Avg.136.8
162 Game Avg.969.8
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Yu Darvish Inning Played Per Season

Yu Darvish's Inning Played 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 Inning Played per season line chart

Yu Darvish Inning Played by Team

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

Yu Darvish Cumulative Inning Played — Career Progression

A running total of Yu Darvish's career Inning Played, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Yu Darvish Inning Played year-over-year waterfall chart

Yu Darvish Inning Played Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Yu Darvish's seasonal Inning Played 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 Inning Played distribution box chart versus comparable players

Yu Darvish Inning Played — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Yu Darvish's MLB career with Inning Played 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 Inning Played season-by-season breakdown table