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Koji Uehara

Koji Uehara

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 3, 1975 in Osaka, Japan
High School: Tokai University Gyosei (Osaka City, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles in 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 2009
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Rangers 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$4M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2009 34 BAL AL 2 4 .333 4.05 12 12 0 0 0 0 66.2 71 33 30 7 12 1 48 0 0 0 279 113 1.245 9.6 0.9 1.6 6.5 4.00
2010 35 BAL AL 1 2 .333 2.86 43 0 22 0 0 13 44.0 37 15 14 5 5 0 55 0 0 1 174 146 0.955 7.6 1.0 1.0 11.3 11.00
2011 36 TOT AL 2 3 .400 2.35 65 0 22 0 0 0 65.0 38 17 17 11 9 1 85 0 0 0 243 181 0.723 5.3 1.5 1.2 11.8 9.44
2011 36 BAL AL 1 1 .500 1.72 43 0 19 0 0 0 47.0 25 9 9 6 8 1 62 0 0 0 174 241 0.702 4.8 1.1 1.5 11.9 7.75
2011 36 TEX AL 1 2 .333 4.00 22 0 3 0 0 0 18.0 13 8 8 5 1 0 23 0 0 0 69 112 0.778 6.5 2.5 0.5 11.5 23.00
2012 37 TEX AL 0 0 1.45 17 0 7 0 0 0 18.2 8 3 3 3 2 0 20 0 0 0 66 311 0.536 3.9 1.4 1.0 9.6 10.00
4 Yrs 5 9 .357 2.96 137 12 51 0 0 13 194.1 154 68 64 26 28 2 208 0 0 1 762 147 0.937 7.1 1.2 1.3 9.6 7.43
162 Game Avg. 2 4 .357 2.96 63 5 23 0 0 6 89 70 31 29 12 13 1 95 0 0 0 348 147 0.937 7.1 1.2 1.3 9.6 7.43
BAL (3 yrs) 4 7 .364 3.03 98 12 41 0 0 13 157.2 133 57 53 18 25 2 165 0 0 1 627 143 1.002 7.6 1.0 1.4 9.4 6.60
TEX (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 2.70 39 0 10 0 0 0 36.2 21 11 11 8 3 0 43 0 0 0 135 167 0.655 5.2 2.0 0.7 10.6 14.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2009 34 BAL AL 66.2 12 12 33 4.46 4.97 -0.12 0.19 103.1 5.45 7 0.7 -0.1 1.3 16 .559 .504 $5,000,000
2010 35 BAL AL 44.0 43 0 15 3.07 4.73 -0.13 -0.36 100.4 4.52 7 0.7 1.6 0.1 1.2 12 .517 .504 $5,000,000
2011 36 BAL AL 47.0 43 0 9 1.72 4.46 -0.08 -0.34 100.3 4.22 13 1.4 1.2 0.0 1.9 18 .532 .509 $3,000,000
2011 36 TEX AL 18.0 22 0 8 4.00 4.46 0.09 -0.34 102.6 4.13 0 0.0 1.4 -0.0 0.2 2 .501 .500 $
2012 37 TEX AL 18.2 17 0 3 1.45 4.55 0.14 -0.34 110.5 4.50 6 0.7 .4 -0.2 0.6 8 .540 .504 $
4 Seasons 194.1 137 12 68 3.15 4.71 -0.07 -0.16 102.5 4.73 33 3.5 1.3 -0.2 5.2 57 .526 .504 $13,000,000
BAL (3 yrs) 157.2 98 12 57 3.25 4.75 -0.11 -0.12 101.5 4.83 27 2.8 1.4 0.1 4.4 46 .529 .506 $13,000,000
TEX (2 yrs) 36.2 39 0 11 2.70 4.50 0.12 -0.34 106.6 4.32 7 0.7 1.0 -0.3 0.8 11 .518 .502 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 36 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
2011 36 TEX AL ALCS W DET 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 3.000 20.3 13.5 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 0 33.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 5 5 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 5.250 33.8 20.3 13.5 6.8 0.50
1 ALDS 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
1 ALCS 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 3.000 20.3 13.5 6.8 6.8 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2009 34 BAL AL 12 279 263 33 71 19 3 7 4 0 12 48 .270 .299 .445 .743 .303 117 4 0 1 3 1 2
2010 35 BAL AL 43 174 168 15 37 3 2 5 1 0 5 55 .220 .243 .351 .594 .296 59 1 0 1 0 0 1
2011 36 TOT AL 65 243 232 17 38 6 1 11 0 0 9 85 .164 .194 .341 .535 .197 79 0 0 1 1 1 2
2011 36 BAL AL 43 174 164 9 25 4 0 6 0 0 8 62 .152 .191 .287 .477 .196 47 0 0 1 1 1 0
2011 36 TEX AL 22 69 68 8 13 2 1 5 0 0 1 23 .191 .203 .471 .673 .200 32 0 0 0 0 0 2
2012 37 TEX AL 17 66 64 3 8 2 0 3 0 0 2 20 .125 .152 .297 .448 .122 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 137 762 727 68 154 30 6 26 5 0 28 208 .212 .240 .377 .617 .258 274 5 0 3 4 2 5
162 Game Avg. 63 348 332 31 70 14 3 12 2 0 13 95 .212 .240 .377 .617 .258 125 2 0 1 2 1 2
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 34 BAL AL 3.5 0.4 284 0.1 5.3 -5.3 1.04 0.5 -0.4 5.1 0.5 1.04 5.8 0 0 0
2010 35 BAL AL 6.6 0.7 178 1.2 4.4 -3.2 1.19 1.2 -0.2 9.3 0.9 1.18 6.9 20 10 11
2011 36 TOT AL 14.2 1.5 246 2.3 5.7 -3.4 1.15 1.6 0.3 16.9 1.7 1.14 16.7 25 10 27
2011 36 BAL AL 13.0 1.3 175 1.8 4.1 -2.3 1.18 1.5 -0.0 12.9 1.3 1.18 16.4 14 8 19
2011 36 TEX AL 1.3 0.1 71 0.5 1.6 -1.1 1.07 0.1 0.3 4.0 0.4 1.07 0.4 11 2 8
2012 37 TEX AL 5.9 0.6 67 0.5 0.5 -0.0 .30 0.8 0.9 5.3 0.5 0.30 7.4 1 3 11
4 Yrs 30.3 3.1 775 4.0 15.9 -11.9 1.04 4.1 -0.3 36.6 3.7 1.04 36.9 46 23 49

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2009 34 BAL AL 12 12 2 4 6 2 3 4 8 .333 3 1 0 0 6 50% 50.3 64 24 7 5 0 8 4.2 5.3 5.6 88 2 8 2 0 105
1 Yr 12 12 2 4 6 2 3 4 8 .333 3 1 0 0 6 50% 50 64 24 7 5 0 8 4.2 5.3 5.6 88 2 8 2 0 105
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2010 35 BAL AL 43 43 22 1 2 15 13 2 87% 21 6 14 0 0% 9 1.186 20 10 11 26 6 11 9 34 8 8 11 6 3.1 16
2011 36 TOT AL 65 65 22 2 3 1 0 1 0% 23 22 25 4 16% 1.150 25 10 27 35 11 19 13 52 8 11 9 13 3.0 14
2011 36 BAL AL 43 43 19 1 1 1 0 1 0% 14 13 10 4 40% 8 1.182 14 8 19 23 7 13 5 38 6 2 7 9 3.3 16
2011 36 TEX AL 22 22 3 1 2 0 0 0 9 9 15 0 0% 7 1.068 11 2 8 12 4 6 8 14 2 9 2 4 2.5 12
2012 37 TEX AL 17 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 3 43% 8 .303 1 3 11 9 1 7 4 13 4 1 4 1 3.3 15
3 Yrs 125 125 51 3 5 16 13 3 81% 47 31 46 7 15% 1.047 46 23 49 70 18 37 26 99 20 20 24 20 3.1 15

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2009 34 BAL AL 279 48% 2.5% 17.2% 4.3% 10.4% 41% 0.45 0.54 76% 17% 6.1% 23% 39 4 10%
2010 35 BAL AL 174 53% 2.9% 31.6% 2.9% 5.8% 27% 0.31 0.28 62% 17% 6.8% 13% 24 1 4%
2011 36 TOT AL 243 49% 4.5% 35.0% 3.7% 7.4% 47% 0.46 0.49 56% 13% 13.6% 20% 29 0 0%
2011 36 BAL AL 174 45% 3.5% 35.6% 4.6% 5.8% 40% 0.42 0.46 56% 13% 10.5% 21% 20 0 0%
2011 36 TEX AL 69 59% 7.3% 33.3% 1.5% 11.6% 62% 0.55 0.58 58% 16% 20.8% 17% 9 0 0%
2012 37 TEX AL 66 48% 4.6% 30.3% 3.0% 7.6% 63% 0.52 0.57 62% 5% 12.5% 17% 1 0 0%
4 Yrs 762 49% 3.4% 27.3% 3.7% 8.1% 40% 0.42 0.47 65% 15% 8.9% 19% 93 5 5%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2009 34 BAL AL 279 1055 3.78 731 69% 25% 17% 28% 30% 75% 1% 52% 77% 68% 1% 4 3 27% 75 47 7 21% 12 0 0 0 0
2010 35 BAL AL 174 687 3.95 482 70% 28% 20% 28% 24% 72% 0% 51% 72% 66% 2% 4 3 36% 62 31 0 9% 11 1 0 0 0
2011 36 TOT AL 243 937 3.86 675 72% 23% 24% 31% 22% 77% 2% 55% 69% 67% 2% 5 4 40% 96 60 3 16% 19 0 0 0 0
2011 36 BAL AL 174 670 3.85 478 71% 23% 25% 30% 22% 77% 2% 55% 67% 67% 2% 3 2 42% 73 47 3 21% 12 0 0 0 0
2011 36 TEX AL 69 267 3.87 197 74% 23% 21% 33% 23% 77% 0% 57% 72% 68% 3% 2 2 33% 23 13 0 4% 7 0 0 0 0
2012 37 TEX AL 66 251 3.80 184 73% 21% 26% 29% 24% 79% 0% 58% 67% 68% 0% 0 0 33% 22 13 1 0% 3 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 762 2930 3.85 2072 71% 25% 21% 29% 25% 75% 1% 53% 72% 67% 2% 13 10 33% 255 151 11 14% 45 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2009 34 BAL AL 279 71 9 2 7 0 2 3 4 4 3 11 8 1 73% 2 0 0 98 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
2010 35 BAL AL 174 37 6 2 5 0 1 1 4 4 1 6 2 3 33% 1 1 0 55 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 36 TOT AL 243 38 5 1 11 0 4 6 5 5 6 6 2 1 33% 2 0 1 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2011 36 BAL AL 174 25 4 1 6 0 2 3 3 2 4 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 36 TEX AL 69 13 1 0 5 0 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 33% 2 0 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2012 37 TEX AL 66 8 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 762 154 20 5 26 0 8 11 15 14 12 23 12 5 52% 5 1 1 235 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2009 34 2 4 .333 4.05 12 12 0 0 0 0 66.2 71 33 30 7 12 1 48 0 0 0 279 113 1.245 9.6 0.9 1.6 6.5 4.00 113
2010 35 3 6 .333 3.58 55 12 22 0 0 13 110.2 108 48 44 12 17 1 103 0 0 1 453 123 1.130 8.8 1.0 1.4 8.4 6.06 123
2011 36 5 9 .357 3.13 120 12 44 0 0 13 175.2 146 65 61 23 26 2 188 0 0 1 696 139 0.979 7.5 1.2 1.3 9.6 7.23 139
2012 37 5 9 .357 2.96 137 12 51 0 0 13 194.1 154 68 64 26 28 2 208 0 0 1 762 147 0.937 7.1 1.2 1.3 9.6 7.43 147

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2009 34 4 3 .571 3.95 66.0 70 32 29 7 12 47 0 1.242 9.5 1.6 6.4 3.92 1.0 12
2010 35 3 1 .750 2.86 44.0 38 16 14 5 5 55 0 0.977 7.8 1.0 11.3 11.00 1.0 43
2011 36 5 2 .714 2.35 65.0 38 19 17 11 9 85 0 0.723 5.3 1.2 11.8 9.44 1.5 65
2012 37 2 0 1.000 1.42 19.0 8 3 3 3 2 20 0 0.526 3.8 0.9 9.5 10.00 1.4 17
4 Yrs 14 6 .700 2.92 194.0 154 70 63 26 28 207 0 0.938 7.1 9.6 7.39 1.2 137

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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