Yu Darvish vs. Harley Parker — Career Comparison

Yu Darvish
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harley Parker
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Yu Darvish built a career as a starting pitcher and Harley Parker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Yu Darvish posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.142 compared to 5.9 and 1.749 for Harley Parker. By the career numbers, Yu Darvish had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Yu Darvish and Harley Parker

Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.5
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.21
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.5
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.94
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.58
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.47
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.29
55.29
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.87
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.65
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.9
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1460
7.39
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
13.13
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
1.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
2.85
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.61
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
10.5
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.5
10.5
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.99
6.99
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.42
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.42
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7305
36.98
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
42.14
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
756
3.83
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
8.37
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.08
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.24
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.56
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6597
33.39
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
39.13
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.98
36.98
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.14
42.14

Fielding Stats for Yu Darvish and Harley Parker

Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.5
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.5
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5334
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1778
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
0.57
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.69
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.29
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.15
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.26
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.89
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.316
2.316
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Yu Darvish and Harley Parker

Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
297
1080
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
175.38
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
165
600
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
552.73
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
15
54.55
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
10
36.36
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.55
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
18.18
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
2.95
10.74
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
59.59
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
80
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
193.85
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
19
69.09
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.55
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
5
18.18
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
29.09
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.51
-16.4
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.81
72.13
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.91
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
83
301.82
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
1.99
1.99
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.83
10.83
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
29.09
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.55
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yu Darvish
Career
Per 600 PA
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA