Yu Darvish has been an elite pitcher since joining the MLB in 2012. During his rookie season, the Japanese sensation posted a 16-9 record through 191.1 innings with the Texas Rangers, while also racking up 221 strikeouts. Darvish has been one of the elite pitchers of his generation throughout his stops with the Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and San Diego Padres.
While Yu Darvish is a top-tier athlete, his wife Seiko Yamamoto may be more impressive than the Padres star. Yamamoto is one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time.
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Prior to women's wrestling being added to the Olympics, Yamamoto dominated the scene, winning the 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 World Wrestling Championships. She has also won two Asian Games tournaments.
"Darvish's wife is four time wrestling world champion Seiko Yamamoto." - @Joey3325By the time women's wrestling made it to the Summer Olympics, Yamamoto was nearing the end of her career. She failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympics after losing to Saori Yoshida at the Japan Queen's Cup. Yoshida went on to win the gold medal. Yamamoto retired from wrestling in 2007.
Following her retirement, Yamamoto began coaching the United States Women's Freestyle Wrestling Team. Under her tutelage, one of her wrestlers, Helen Maroulis, won the first Olympic gold medal in wrestling at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The gold medal came a year after Seiko Yamamoto and Yu Darvish tied the knot.
A look at Yu Darvish's MLB career
A 5-time All-Star, Darvish has had a successful MLB career even though he has struggled in the postseason. Since joining the MLB in 2012, Darvish has posted a career postseason record of 4-6 with a 4.33 ERA and 49 strikeouts.
While his numbers in his playoff stats are less than elite, Darvish has posted a 3.50 ERA while racking up 1,788 strikeouts throughout his 10-year major league career. As a professional between the NPB and MLB, Darvish has recorded 3,075 professional strikeouts, ranking him 20th all-time in career Ks.
"Strider is the first Braves rookie and first Brave 23 or younger of to record 200 strikeouts in a season during the modern era (since 1900). He's also the first MLB rookie to record a 200-strikeout season since Yu Darvish in 2012." - Mark BowmanIt may come as a surprise that Yu Darvish has only played in the MLB for 10 seasons. He did not make his major league debut until he was 25 with the Texas Rangers.
Regardless of whether the Padres star ever wins a World Series or not, he has had a very successful career and will go down as one of the greatest Japanese pitchers in MLB history.
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