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Koji Uehara

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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Koji Uehara is the 51st most popular baseball player (up from 52nd in 2019), the 2,479th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,037th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Koji Uehara ranks 51 out of 91. Before him are Hank Greenberg, David Ortiz, Pedro Martínez, Yu Darvish, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Roy Halladay. After him are Robinson Canó, Miguel Cabrera, Aaron Judge, Curt Schilling, Justin Verlander, and Mookie Betts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Koji Uehara ranks 449. Before him are Masanobu Ando, Davor Vugrinec, Tina Kandelaki, Cheyenne Jackson, Sébastien Tellier, and Naomi Grossman. After him are Lee Eul-yong, Kamijo, Martin Hairer, Damián Szifron, Isolde Kostner, and Michele Merkin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koji Uehara ranks 2,479 out of 6,245. Before him are Tetsuya (1969), Michihisa Date (1966), Mai Nakachi (1980), Tao Tsuchiya (1995), Marina Inoue (1985), and Aoi Yūki (1992). After him are Tomoo Kudaka (1963), Michiko Neya (1965), Naoko Yamada (1984), Katsuhiro Minamoto (1972), Kamijo (1975), and Chieko Honda (1963).

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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 Kenta Maeda (1988), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1998), and Jung-hoo Lee (1998).

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