With Darvish's wins yesterday and 3-0 stat with the Rangers, I wanted to check out his prior stats.
His stats are awesome. But what has me wondering, is why in NPB are 95% of their gm totals at Pinny 4.5 to 5.5? Would that make pitchers with an ERA over 3 considered unsuccessful and batters hitting a low.250 considered successful? Are the pitchers just more dominant/not enough quality hitters?
Checking out wiki, they do use a smaller baseball, strike zone, and playing field.
Career statistics
His stats are awesome. But what has me wondering, is why in NPB are 95% of their gm totals at Pinny 4.5 to 5.5? Would that make pitchers with an ERA over 3 considered unsuccessful and batters hitting a low.250 considered successful? Are the pitchers just more dominant/not enough quality hitters?
Checking out wiki, they do use a smaller baseball, strike zone, and playing field.
Career statistics
| 2005 | 18 | Nippon-Ham | 5 | 5 | .500 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 94.1 | 97 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 48 | 52 | 3.53 | 1.54 |
| 2006 | 19 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 149.2 | 128 | 55 | 48 | 12 | 64 | 115 | 2.89 | 1.28 | |
| 2007 | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 207.2 | 123 | 48 | 42 | 9 | 49 | 210 | 1.82 | 0.83 | |
| 2008 | 21 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 200.2 | 136 | 44 | 42 | 11 | 44 | 208 | 1.88 | 0.90 | |
| 2009 | 22 | 15 | 5 | .750 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 182 | 118 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 45 | 167 | 1.73 | 0.90 | |
| 2010 | 23 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 202 | 158 | 48 | 40 | 5 | 47 | 222 | 1.78 | 1.01 | |
| 2011 | 24 | 18 | 6 | .750 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 232 | 156 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 36 | 276 | 1.44 | 0.83 | |
| NPB Total | 93 | 38 | .710 | 164 | 55 | 18 | 1268.1 | 916 | 310 | 281 | 58 | 333 | 1259 | 1.99 | 0.98 | ||
| 2012 | 25 | Rangers | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 2.42 | 1.58 |
| MLB Total | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 2.42 | 1.58 | ||
| Career Total | 96 | 38 | .716 | 168 | 55 | 18 | 1294.1 | 942 | 318 | 288 | 58 | 348 | 1283 | 2.00 | 1.00 | ||