Yoshinobu Yamamoto

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yamamoto with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 18
Pitcher
Born: (1998-08-17) August 17, 1998 (age 26) Bizen, Okayama, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Professional debut
NPB: August 20, 2017, for the Orix Buffaloes
MLB: March 21, 2024, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
NPB statistics (through 2023 season)
Win–loss record	70–29
Earned run average	1.82
Strikeouts	922
MLB statistics (through 2024 season)
Win–loss record	7–2
Earned run average	3.00
Strikeouts	105
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Orix Buffaloes (2017–2023) Los Angeles Dodgers (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
NPB 5× NPB All-Star (2018, 2019, 2021–2023) Japan Series champion (2022) 3× Japanese Triple Crown (2021–2023) 3× Pacific League MVP (2021–2023) 3× Eiji Sawamura Award (2021–2023) 3× Best Nine Award (2021–2023) 3× Pacific League Golden Glove Award (2021–2023) 3× Best Battery Award with Catcher Kenya Wakatsuki (2021–2023) 4× Pacific League ERA champion (2019, 2021–2023) 4× Pacific League strikeout champion (2020–2023) 3× Pacific League wins champion (2021–2023) Interleague play MVP (2021) Two no-hitters (June 18, 2022, September 9, 2023) MLB World Series champion (2024) Summer Olympics Tokyo 2020 All-Olympic Baseball Team (2021)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Japan Summer Olympics 2020 Tokyo Team World Baseball Classic 2023 Miami Team WBSC Premier12 2019 Tokyo Team

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本 由伸, Yamamoto Yoshinobu, born August 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes. In NPB, Yamamoto was a three-time Pacific League Most Valuable Player, Eiji Sawamura Award, and a three-time Triple Crown winner. He was the second player in professional baseball to ever win the Triple Crown in three consecutive years, after Korean pitcher Sun Dong-yol.

Following the 2023 NPB season, Yamamoto signed a 12-year, $325 million contract with the Dodgers. In 2024, he won the World Series in his first season with the team.

Yamamoto plays internationally for Japan, winning gold at both the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He is the first ballplayer in history to have won an Olympic gold medal, the World Baseball Classic, and a World Series ring.^[1]