Kōji Uehara
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| Born: April 3, 1975 in Neyagawa , Osaka Prefecture , Japan 
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| Strikes: Right | Throws: Right |
| Win-loss | 9-10 |
| Earned run average | 2.42 |
| Strikeouts | 332 |
| Saves | 35 |
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Kōji Uehara ( Japanese 上原 浩 治 , Uehara Kōji ; born April 3, 1975 in Neyagawa , Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese baseball player . He is a right throwing pitcher who has been under contract with the Boston Red Sox from North American Major League Baseball since 2013 . Before that he played from 1999 to 2008 for the Yomiuri Giants in Japanese professional baseball , then for the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers . With the national team he won the bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens in 2004 and the gold medal at the World Baseball Classic in 2006 .
Uehara, graduate of Osaka Daigaku Taiiku ( "Sport Osaka University") was ge in the first round of the Giants 1998 draftet . In his first professional season in 1999, he achieved 20 wins , 15 of them in successive missions. For this achievement, he was awarded both as Shinjin'ō (Japanese Rookie of the Year ) of the Central League and the Sawamura-Eiji-shō (German "Eiji-Sawamura Prize") for the best pitcher in the league. In ten seasons up to 2008 Uehara achieved a total of 112 wins for the Giants in 276 appearances. In 2002 he received the Sawamura-Eiji-shō again.
In January 2009, he agreed on a two-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles. His first appearance in the Major League was on April 8, 2009.
On December 6, 2012, Uehara signed a one-year deal with the Boston Red Sox .
In the 2013 American League Championship Series Uehara was the Most Valuable Player honor. He was involved in 5 games in the series, where he managed a win and 3 saves .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spencer Fordin: Orioles, Uehara agree to terms. In: mlb.com. January 6, 2009, accessed January 10, 2009 .
- ↑ Koji Uehara to Red Sox. ESPN.com, December 7, 2012, accessed October 21, 2013 .
- ↑ Unflappable Koji nets ALCS MVP honors. MLB.com, October 20, 2013, accessed October 20, 2013 .
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube (English)
- japanesebaseball.com: Player statistics Kōji Uehara
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| SURNAME | Uehara, Kōji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 上原 浩 治 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd April 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neyagawa , Osaka Prefecture , Japan |