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
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 Japan
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
Team competition
World Baseball Classic
2006 San Diego
Team competition
Koji Uehara (上原 浩治, Uehara Kōji, [ɯeharakoːdʑi]; 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).
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.
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