Dennis Scott Sarfate (born April 9, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Saitama Seibu Lions, and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

While an average reliever in MLB, Sarfate became one of the greatest closers in NPB history after moving his career overseas.

Sarfate holds several NPB records, including most saves in a season and most by a foreign-born pitcher.

He attended Arizona State University in 2000, majoring in sports psychology, and Chandler-Gilbert Community College in 2001.

[5] He made his MLB debut on September 3, 2006, striking out three batters in 1.1 scoreless innings against the Florida Marlins.

[6] Sarfate pitched in eight games for the Brewers, with a 4.32 earned run average (ERA), and 11 strikeouts in 8.1 innings.

[8] On December 12, 2007, the Astros traded Sarfate along with designated hitter/left fielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers and Troy Patton, and third baseman Michael Costanzo to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for shortstop Miguel Tejada.

[8] In 2010, Sarfate pitched with the Triple-A Norfolk Tides, where he was 2–2 with 20 saves (tied for seventh in the International League) and a 2.73 ERA in 47 games, as he struck out 72 batters in 56 innings.

[5][19] In 2014, Sarfate joined the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, and got the final save of the 2014 Japan Series.

[32] He also received the Matsutaro Shoriki Award, for the year's greatest contribution to Japanese professional baseball.

[38] On November 30, 2021, Sarfate announced his retirement from professional baseball, having missed the past three seasons due to injury.