Overview

• Yamamoto threw six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in an 8-0 win over the Diamondbacks that sealed Los Angeles’ 12th NL West title in 13 seasons.
• He finished the regular season 12-8 with a 2.49 ERA, 201 strikeouts in 173.2 innings, a 0.99 WHIP and a .183 opponents’ batting average.
• Per OptaSTATS, he is the second pitcher since 1913 with 200+ strikeouts, an ERA under 2.50, an opponents’ average under .200, a sub-1.00 WHIP and fewer than 35 extra-base hits allowed, joining Bob Gibson’s 1968.
• He is the first Dodger since Walker Buehler in 2021 to reach 200 strikeouts and the seventh Japanese-born pitcher to do so in an MLB season.
• He heads into the postseason as Los Angeles’ rotation anchor after a September surge that featured a 0.67 ERA and 34 strikeouts over 27 innings.