Koji Uehara

Koji Uehara (上原 浩治code: ja is deprecated , Uehara Kōji, [ɯehara koːdʑi]; born April 3, 1975) is a former Japanese 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).

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250px Koji Uehara with the Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher
Born: April 3, 1975 (aged 50) 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
Yomiuri Giants (1999–2008) Baltimore Orioles (2009–2011) Texas Rangers (2011–2012) Boston Red Sox (2013–2016) Chicago Cubs (2017) Yomiuri Giants (2018–2019)
Career highlights and awards
NPB 9× All-Star (1999–2005, 2007, 2018) 2× Japan Series champion (2000, 2002) 2× Eiji Sawamura Award (1999, 2002) Triple Crown (1999) Central League Rookie of the Year (1999) 2× Golden Glove (1999, 2003) 2× Best Nine Award (1999, 2002) 2× NPB wins leader (1999, 2002) 2× NPB ERA leader (1999, 2004) 2× NPB strikeout leader (1999, 2003) MLB All-Star (2014) World Series champion (2013) ALCS MVP (2013)
Medals Men's baseball Representing JPN Olympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens Team competition World Baseball Classic Gold 2006 San Diego Team competition

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 (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. He 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, he became one of sixteen players in history to have won both a World Series and a World Baseball Classic.

Koji Uehara Media

• Koji Uehara in April 2006.jpg

  Uehara with the Yomiuri Giants in 2006

• Koji Uehara on March 13, 2012 (2).jpg

  Uehara with the Texas Rangers in 2012

• Koji Uehara 2 on June 15, 2013(crop).jpg

  Uehara with the Boston Red Sox in 2013

• Koji Uehara 2017.jpg

  Uehara pitching for the Chicago Cubs in 2017