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Koji Uehara

1975 - Today

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Koji Uehara (上原 浩治, Uehara Kōji; [ɯehara koːdʑi]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Koji Uehara is the 53rd most popular baseball player (down from 52nd in 2024), the 2,526th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,036th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Koji Uehara ranks 53 out of 91. Before him are David Ortiz, Pedro Martínez, Yu Darvish, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Roy Halladay, and Jose Canseco. After him are Mike Piazza, Clayton Kershaw, Vladimir Guerrero, Masahiro Tanaka, Robinson Canó, and Miguel Cabrera.

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Among people born in 1975, Koji Uehara ranks 468. Before him are Davor Vugrinec, Tina Kandelaki, Cheyenne Jackson, Oleksiy Neizhpapa, Sébastien Tellier, and Naomi Grossman. After him are Noriyuki Haga, Lee Eul-yong, Kamijo, Martin Hairer, Damián Szifron, and Isolde Kostner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koji Uehara ranks 2,526 out of 6,245. Before him are Daisuke Hirakawa (1973), Michihisa Date (1966), Mai Nakachi (1980), Tao Tsuchiya (1995), Marina Inoue (1985), and Aoi Yūki (1992). After him are Noriyuki Haga (1975), Tomoo Kudaka (1963), Michiko Neya (1965), Naoko Yamada (1984), Katsuhiro Minamoto (1972), and Kamijo (1975).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among baseball players born in Japan, Koji Uehara ranks 8. Before him are Ichiro Suzuki (1973), Hideo Nomo (1968), Shohei Ohtani (1994), Hideki Matsui (1974), Yu Darvish (1986), and Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980). After him are Masahiro Tanaka (1988), Hiroki Kuroda (1975), Kenta Maeda (1988), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), and Jung-hoo Lee (1998).

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