Koji Uehara
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Koji Uehara (上原 浩治, Uehara Kōji, [ɯehara koːdʑi]; born April 3, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), as well as the Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Koji Uehara 上原 浩治 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Pitcher | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born: (1975-04-03) April 3, 1975 (age 49) Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
Professional debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
NPB: March 29, 1999, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||
MLB: April 8, 2009, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | |||||||||||||||||||||
MLB: September 2, 2017, for the Chicago Cubs | |||||||||||||||||||||
NPB: 2019, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||
NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 112–67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 3.03 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 1,410 | ||||||||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 22–26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 2.66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 572 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saves | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
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NPB
MLB | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A right-handed pitcher, Uehara has an MLB career strikeout rate of 10.7 K/9 innings and a walk rate of 1.5 BB/9 innings through the 2017 season. Through the 2017 season, his career 7.33 K/BB is the best in MLB history for a player with at least 100 innings pitched.[1] Uehara won the 2013 ALCS MVP Award, and closed the final game of the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. With his World Series win, Uehara became one of sixteen players in history to have won both a World Series and a World Baseball Classic.