Koji Uehara

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: April 3, 1975 in Neyagawa, Japan jp

High School: Tokai University Gyosei (Osaka City, Japan)

School: Osaka Taiiku University (Japan)

Last Game: September 2, 2017 (Age 42-152d)
vs. ATL 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Koji Uehara

Pronunciation: \KOH-jee oo-uh-HAH-rah\

Twitter: @TeamUehara

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.5

ERA

2.66

436

480.2

572

WHIP

0.890

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1999	24	-4.0	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		20	4	.833	2.09	2.23	25	25	0	12	1	0	197.2	153	49	46	12	24	3	179	4	0	3	769	0.895	7.0	0.5	1.1	8.2	7.46
2000	25	-3.2	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		9	7	.563	3.57	3.64	20	20	0	6	1	0	131.0	112	53	52	20	22	1	126	1	0	1	519	1.023	7.7	1.4	1.5	8.7	5.73
2001	26	-2.2	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		10	7	.588	4.02	4.28	24	22	0	4	1	0	138.2	133	66	62	18	28	3	108	5	0	2	573	1.161	8.6	1.2	1.8	7.0	3.86
2002	27	-0.6	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		17	5	.773	2.60	2.87	26	26	0	8	3	0	204.0	173	65	59	18	23	3	182	6	0	2	808	0.961	7.6	0.8	1.0	8.0	7.91
2003	28	-0.6	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		16	5	.762	3.17	3.30	27	27	0	11	1	0	207.1	190	76	73	28	23	3	194	5	0	0	821	1.027	8.2	1.2	1.0	8.4	8.43
2004	29	0.9	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		13	5	.722	2.60	2.98	22	22	0	2	0	0	163.0	135	54	47	24	23	0	153	5	0	1	637	0.969	7.5	1.3	1.3	8.4	6.65
2005	30	2.1	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		9	12	.429	3.31	3.51	27	27	0	6	2	0	187.1	164	73	69	24	22	0	145	0	1	0	747	0.993	7.9	1.2	1.1	7.0	6.59
2006	31	2.4	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		8	9	.471	3.21	3.58	24	24	0	5	0	0	168.1	157	67	60	24	21	3	151	1	1	0	673	1.057	8.4	1.3	1.1	8.1	7.19
2007	32	3.1	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		4	3	.571	1.74	1.74	55	0		0	0	32	62.0	47	12	12	4	4	1	66	1	0	1	237	0.823	6.8	0.6	0.6	9.6	16.50
2008	33	4.8	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		6	5	.545	3.81	4.32	26	12		2	0	1	89.2	90	43	38	11	16	1	72	0	0	0	370	1.182	9.0	1.1	1.6	7.2	4.50
2009	34	5.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	2	4	.333	4.05	4.46	12	12	0	0	0	0	66.2	71	33	30	7	12	1	48	0	0	0	279	1.245	9.6	0.9	1.6	6.5	4.00
2010	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
2010	35	8.4	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
2010	35	10.8	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
2010	35	7.0	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	2	.333	2.86	3.07	43	0	22	0	0	13	44.0	37	15	14	5	5	0	55	0	0	1	174	0.955	7.6	1.0	1.0	11.3	11.00
2011	36		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BAL-TEX	2	3	.400	2.35	2.35	65	0	22	0	0	0	65.0	38	17	17	11	9	1	85	0	0	0	243	0.723	5.3	1.5	1.2	11.8	9.44
2011	36	7.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	1	.500	1.72	1.72	43	0	19	0	0	0	47.0	25	9	9	6	8	1	62	0	0	0	174	0.702	4.8	1.1	1.5	11.9	7.75
2011	36	7.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	2	.333	4.00	4.00	22	0	3	0	0	0	18.0	13	8	8	5	1	0	23	0	0	0	69	0.778	6.5	2.5	0.5	11.5	23.00
2012	37	10.3	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
2012	37	8.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	0		1.75	1.75	37	0	13	0	0	1	36.0	20	7	7	4	3	0	43	0	0	1	130	0.639	5.0	1.0	0.8	10.8	14.33
2013	38	9.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	1	.800	1.09	1.21	73	0	40	0	0	21	74.1	33	10	9	5	9	2	101	1	0	1	265	0.565	4.0	0.6	1.1	12.2	11.22
2014	39	10.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	5	.545	2.52	2.52	64	0	50	0	0	26	64.1	51	18	18	10	8	0	80	1	0	1	249	0.917	7.1	1.4	1.1	11.2	10.00
2015	40	18.1	Greenville	SALL	A	BOS	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2015	40	11.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	4	.333	2.23	3.12	43	0	38	0	0	25	40.1	28	14	10	3	9	1	47	0	0	4	160	0.917	6.2	0.7	2.0	10.5	5.22
2016	41	12.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	3	.400	3.45	3.45	50	0	12	0	0	7	47.0	34	18	18	8	11	1	63	2	0	1	184	0.957	6.5	1.5	2.1	12.1	5.73
2017	42	13.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	3	4	.429	3.98	4.40	49	0	10	0	0	2	43.0	38	21	19	7	12	3	50	0	0	0	178	1.163	8.0	1.5	2.5	10.5	4.17
2018	43		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		0	5	.000	3.53	3.53	37			0	0	0	35.2	33	14	14	5	5	0	24	2	0	0	142	1.065	8.3	1.3	1.3	6.1	4.80
2018	43	15.1	Yomiuri	JPCL	Fgn		0	5	.000	3.63	3.63	36			0	0	0	34.2	32	14	14	5	5	0	24	2	0	0	139	1.067	8.3	1.3	1.3	6.2	4.80
2018	43	16.9	Yomiuri	JPEL	Fgn		0	0		0.00	0.00	1			0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019	44	18.3	Yomiuri	JPEL	Fgn		0	0		4.00	4.00	9			0	0	0	9.0	11	4	4	2	1	0	10	0	0	0	38	1.333	11.0	2.0	1.0	10.0	10.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		22	26	.458	2.66	2.86	436	12	207	0	0	95	480.2	350	153	142	60	78	9	572	4	0	9	1862	0.890	6.6	1.1	1.5	10.7	7.33
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		0	0		1.13	1.13	8	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	32	1.250	10.1	0.0	1.1	7.9	7.00
Foreign (12 seasons)					Foreign		112	67	.626	3.03	3.25	322	205	0	56	9	33	1593.2	1398	576	536	190	212	18	1410	30	2	10	6334	1.010	7.9	1.1	1.2	8.0	6.65
NPB (11 seasons)					NPB		112	67	.626	3.02	3.25	312	205	0	56	9	33	1583.2	1386	572	532	188	211	18	1400	30	2	10	6293	1.008	7.9	1.1	1.2	8.0	6.64
All Levels (21 Seasons)							134	93	.590	2.93	3.16	766	219	207	56	9	128	2082.1	1757	730	679	250	291	27	1989	34	2	19	8228	0.984	7.6	1.1	1.3	8.6	6.84

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	19	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
AA (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
A (1 season)					Minors		0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	9.0