Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball 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.