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Yoshinobu Yamamoto

1998 - Today

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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, where he became one of the most decorated pitchers in league history. Between 2021 and 2023, Yamamoto won three consecutive Pacific League Most Valuable Player Awards, three Eiji Sawamura Awards, and three Triple Crowns, leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average in each of those seasons. He also threw two no-hitters and was a key figure in Orix’s 2022 Japan Series championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 66th most popular baseball player (down from 57th in 2019), the 3,214th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,270th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 66 out of 91. Before him are Mike Trout, Johan Santana, Jim Thome, Kenta Maeda, Max Scherzer, and Paul Goldschmidt. After him are Kirby Puckett, Giancarlo Stanton, Tim Lincecum, José Altuve, Carlos Beltrán, and Bartolo Colón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 174. Before him are Marco Arop, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Cavetown, Steve Lacy, Soojin, and Ariel Winter. After him are Pedro Gonçalves, Amandla Stenberg, Trae Young, Dennis Man, Stephy Mavididi, and Andrei Rațiu.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 3,221 out of 6,245. Before him are Susumu Oki (1976), Sotaro Yasunaga (1976), Jungo Fujimoto (1984), Yuki Furukawa (1987), Hideki Yoshioka (1972), and Yasuhiko Niimura (1970). After him are Ryuji Kato (1969), Ayumi Kaihori (1986), Junji Sato (1975), Yohei Toyoda (1985), Miki Sugawara (1950), and Yoshitoki Ōima (1989).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ranks 10. Before him are Shohei Ohtani (1994), Hideki Matsui (1974), Yu Darvish (1986), Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980), Koji Uehara (1975), and Kenta Maeda (1988). After him are Jung-hoo Lee (1998).

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