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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 ...
Pitcher Nolan Ryan was the first player to earn an annual salary above $1 million, signing a $4.5 million, 4-year contract with the Houston Astros in 1979. [6] Kirby Puckett and Rickey Henderson signed the first contracts which paid an average of $3 million a year in
Could start w/ Nolan Ryan at $1 million/year, but I don't have any source for the 1-2.5 million folks. Staxringold talk contribs 01:01, 21 March 2011 (UTC) If we did highest paid per year since 1990, we'd be able to pull it off with just this source at least. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 01:47, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Here is Yamamoto’s pitch usage in his final season in NPB, in which he posted a 1.21 ERA in 164 innings across 23 starts (via DeltaGraphs): Four-seam fastball: 41.7% – 95 mph AVG Splitter: 26. ...
Yamamoto was the third prized piece of a $1.1-billion winter spending spree in which the Dodgers acquired two-way star Shohei Ohtani, who signed a 10-year, $700-million deal, and pitcher Tyler ...
The only of the four major sports with no salary cap, top MLB salaries have skyrocketed over recent years -- particularly among the league's top pitchers. Here are the 25 highest paid MLB players ...
Yamamoto was the Central League Earned Run Average Champion in 1993, posting a 2.05 ERA. He won the 1994 Eiji Sawamura Award, going 19–8 with 3.49 ERA and 14 complete games. On September 16, 2006, Yamamoto threw a no-hitter against the Hanshin Tigers, becoming the oldest pitcher in NPB to throw a no-hit game.
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ offseason keeps getting better and better.