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)

Debut: April 8, 2009 (Age 34-005d, 19,488th in major league history)
vs. NYY 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

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

Summary of 60 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 5 walk-off, 10 tying, 13 go ahead

4 Tms
BOS	26
BAL	18
TEX	9
CHC	7

Platoon
vs LHB	33
vs RHB	27

Home/Road
Home	31
Away	29

Outs
0	26
1	18
2	16

20 Opps
TBR	7
TEX	6
NYY	6
CHW	6
OAK	5
LAA	5
TOR	5
DET	3
BAL	2
KCR	2
PHI	2
BOS	2
WSN	2
MIN	1
CIN	1
SEA	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
HOU	1
FLA	1

55 Batters
Johnny Damon	2
José Bautista	2
Howie Kendrick	2
Mark Teixeira	2
John Jaso	2
Jason Castro	1
Yunel Escobar	1
Matt Davidson	1
Chase Headley	1
Chris Parmelee	1
Torii Hunter	1
Nick Franklin	1
Kevin Youkilis	1
Conor Gillaspie	1
Brian Goodwin	1
Paulo Orlando	1
Justin Smoak	1
Mark Trumbo	1
Mike Trout	1
Domonic Brown	1
Nick Swisher	1
Brett Lawrie	1
Stephen Vogt	1
Adrián González	1
Chris Davis	1
Billy Butler	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Devon Travis	1
Alex Ríos	1
Rhys Hoskins	1
Chris Young	1
Kendrys Morales	1
Mark Ellis	1
Eric Sogard	1
Casey Kotchman	1
Ryan Raburn	1
Michael Young	1
Brad Hawpe	1
Melky Cabrera	1
Josh Donaldson	1
Dan Uggla	1
Hank Blalock	1
Matt Joyce	1
Joey Votto	1
Don Kelly	1
Craig Gentry	1
Evan Longoria	1
David Lough	1
José Abreu	1
Brian McCann	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Rougned Odor	1
Danny Espinosa	1
Adam Lind	1
Leonys Martín	1

16 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	14
Camden Yards (BAL)	12
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
9	25
7	17
78	9
89	6
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	13
3	11
1	9
6	7
4	7
5	7
7+	6

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	48
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	12
12-	3
--3	1
-2-	1

80 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	43
1 on	14
2 on	3
Any on	17

Inning
1	1
2	1
3	1
5	1
7	8
8	20
9	25
Extra	3

1-3	3
4-6	1
7-end	56

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	11
-1	7
-2	11
-3	3
-4..	13

Ahead	15
Tied	11
Behind	34

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	10
0-0	9
0-1	8
3-2	7
1-1	7
1-2	5
1-0	5
2-1	4
0-2	2
2-0	2
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	13
DH	10
2B	9
3B	8
RF	7
CF	4
PH	3
LF	3
SS	2
C	1

OrderPos
3rd	13
6th	13
7th	8
4th	8
5th	7
2nd	4
8th	4
1st	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2009-04-13	Chris Davis	TEX		BAL	behind 1-2	b 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	3	10%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	2	2009-04-13	Michael Young	TEX		BAL	tied 2-2	b 3	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	5	16%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); I. Kinsler Scores
3	3	3	1	2009-04-24	Hank Blalock	TEX	@	BAL	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	6,(3-2) BSBTBX	1	4	DH	8%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	2009-04-29	Torii Hunter	LAA	@	BAL	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	4	DH	18%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	2	2009-04-29	Kendrys Morales	LAA	@	BAL	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	5	3	12%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	6	1	2009-05-10	Mark Teixeira	NYY	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	3	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	7	1	2009-06-23	Dan Uggla	FLA		BAL	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	6	4	15%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2010-09-04	Matt Joyce	TBR	@	BAL	behind 2-8	t 9	2	---	7,(3-2) FSBBFBX	1	6	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	2	2	2010-09-04	Brad Hawpe	TBR	@	BAL	behind 3-8	t 9	2	---	5,(2-2) FFBBX	1	7	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
10	10	3	1	2010-09-08	Nick Swisher	NYY		BAL	behind 1-2	b 9	1	1--	3,(2-0) 1BBX	2	6	9	78%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Núñez Scores
11	11	4	1	2010-09-17	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	@	BAL	behind 1-3	t 9	2	12-	5,(2-2) CBFBX	3	4	5	74%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Posada Scores; C. Granderson Scores
12	12	5	1	2010-10-01 (2)	Don Kelly	DET	@	BAL	behind 0-2	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2011-04-27	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	@	BAL	behind 1-4	t 8	0	12-	4,(2-1) .*BBTX	3	4	5	31%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Pedroia Scores; A. González Scores
14	14	2	1	2011-04-30	Alex Ríos	CHW		BAL	behind 1-6	b 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	8	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
15	15	3	1	2011-05-06	Johnny Damon	TBR	@	BAL	ahead 4-1	t 9	1	1--	7,(1-2) S11SF1FFBX	2	3	DH	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Zobrist Scores
16	16	4	1	2011-05-28	Mark Ellis	OAK		BAL	ahead 3-2	b 8	0	---	8,(3-2) ....SFBFFBBX	1	7	4	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	5	1	2011-06-14	Adam Lind	TOR		BAL	tied 5-5	b 11	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
18	18	6	1	2011-06-19	Danny Espinosa	WSN		BAL	behind 3-7	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	7	1	2011-08-03	Ryan Raburn	DET		TEX	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	---	6,(2-2) BCSFBX	1	7	4	9%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	8	1	2011-08-17	Howie Kendrick	LAA		TEX	behind 2-4	b 8	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	3	4	10%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	9	1	2011-08-27	Howie Kendrick	LAA	@	TEX	ahead 6-4	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	3	4	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
22	22	10	1	2011-08-31	Johnny Damon	TBR	@	TEX	ahead 3-0	t 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	DH	5%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
23	23	11	1	2011-09-11	Eric Sogard	OAK	@	TEX	behind 0-8	t 9	0	---	6,(1-2) ...CBFFFX	1	3	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2012-04-17	Adrián González	BOS		TEX	behind 2-16	b 8	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	2012-04-21 (1)	Miguel Cabrera	DET		TEX	behind 2-9	b 8	2	1--	8,(2-2) .BSS>FFFBX	2	3	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Boesch Scores
26	26	3	1	2012-05-30	Justin Smoak	SEA	@	TEX	ahead 18-7	t 8	2	12-	3,(2-0) .BBX	3	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Seager Scores; J. Montero Scores
27	27	4	1	2012-08-31	Casey Kotchman	CLE		TEX	behind 1-5	b 9	0	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	3	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Santana Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2013-04-21 (2)	Billy Butler	KCR	@	BOS	behind 3-4	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	DH	26%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
29	29	2	1	2013-04-24	Chris Young	OAK	@	BOS	behind 4-6	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) .BBFX	1	7	9	12%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	2013-05-04	Craig Gentry	TEX		BOS	ahead 3-1	b 8	1	1--	5,(2-2) BFBFX	2	8	8	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Moreland Scores
31	31	4	1	2013-05-29	Domonic Brown	PHI		BOS	ahead 3-2	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	6	7	7%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	5	1	2013-06-30	José Bautista	TOR	@	BOS	behind 3-4	t 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	9	35%	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2014-04-26	José Bautista	TOR		BOS	behind 5-7	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	DH	10%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	2014-05-01 (2)	Yunel Escobar	TBR	@	BOS	tied 5-5	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) ...CX	1	8	6	34%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	3	1	2014-06-18	Chris Parmelee	MIN	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 10	2	---	4,(1-2) SBSX	1	6	9	42%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
36	36	4	1	2014-06-22	Stephen Vogt	OAK		BOS	behind 4-6	b 9	1	---	4,(1-2) CSBX	1	8	3	6%	10%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
37	37	5	2	2014-06-22	John Jaso	OAK		BOS	behind 5-6	b 9	2	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	1	PH	49%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
38	38	6	1	2014-07-10	Conor Gillaspie	CHW	@	BOS	behind 1-3	t 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) .1BX	2	7	PH	36%	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); A. Ramírez Scores
39	39	7	1	2014-08-16	Jason Castro	HOU	@	BOS	behind 6-10	t 9	2	---	5,(2-2) BCSBX	1	5	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
40	40	8	1	2014-09-02	Brian McCann	NYY		BOS	behind 3-9	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	6	DH	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
41	41	9	1	2014-09-04	Mark Teixeira	NYY		BOS	behind 3-4	b 9	0	---	6,(2-2) ....BBCSFX	1	5	3	44%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	10	2	2014-09-04	Chase Headley	NYY		BOS	tied 4-4	b 9	1	---	6,(3-2) FBBCBX	1	7	5	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	2015-04-25	David Lough	BAL		BOS	tied 4-4	b 10	1	---	6,(3-2) BBCSBX	1	5	7	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
44	44	2	1	2015-05-19	Leonys Martín	TEX	@	BOS	behind 2-4	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) ...CBBX	1	7	PH	9%	17%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
45	45	3	1	2015-07-17	Mike Trout	LAA		BOS	tied 0-0	b 9	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	8	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	2016-05-17	Paulo Orlando	KCR		BOS	ahead 6-4	b 8	1	--3	3,(1-1) SBX	2	9	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O. Infante Scores
47	47	2	1	2016-05-27	Josh Donaldson	TOR		BOS	tied 5-5	b 8	0	1--	7,(2-2) CB1FFBFX	2	2	5	27%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); E. Carrera Scores
48	48	3	1	2016-06-03	Devon Travis	TOR	@	BOS	ahead 3-1	t 8	1	1--	11,(3-2) BCSBFB>F1F>F>F>X	2	6	4	10%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Smoak Scores
49	49	4	1	2016-06-22	Melky Cabrera	CHW	@	BOS	behind 4-6	t 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	7	30%	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); A. Eaton Scores
50	50	5	2	2016-06-22	Brett Lawrie	CHW	@	BOS	tied 6-6	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	4	28%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	6	1	2016-06-27	Nick Franklin	TBR		BOS	ahead 10-4	b 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	8	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Motter Scores
52	52	7	1	2016-07-04	Rougned Odor	TEX	@	BOS	behind 4-9	t 8	0	---	5,(2-2) .CBFBX	1	6	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	8	1	2016-07-08	Evan Longoria	TBR	@	BOS	behind 4-6	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	5	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	2017-05-16	Joey Votto	CIN	@	CHC	behind 3-7	t 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	3	3	9%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Hamilton Scores
55	55	2	1	2017-07-14	Mark Trumbo	BAL		CHC	behind 6-8	b 8	1	1--	4,(1-2) CBSX	2	4	DH	39%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Schoop Scores
56	56	3	1	2017-07-24	Matt Davidson	CHW	@	CHC	ahead 2-1	t 8	0	---	5,(2-2) .SFBBX	1	5	5	12%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	4	1	2017-07-27	José Abreu	CHW		CHC	behind 2-6	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	3	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
58	58	5	1	2017-08-06	Brian Goodwin	WSN	@	CHC	ahead 8-4	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	1	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
59	59	6	1	2017-08-27	Rhys Hoskins	PHI		CHC	ahead 5-3	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) ....BBCBFX	1	4	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
60	60	7	1	2017-08-29	John Jaso	PIT	@	CHC	behind 0-3	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	7%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)