Koji Uehara

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Koji Uehara is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher best known as an elite closer in Major League Baseball, particularly for his dominant postseason performance with the Boston Red Sox.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player
closer
human
pitcher
relief pitcher
awardReceived American League Championship Series MVP Award
surface form: 2013 ALCS Most Valuable Player Award
bats right
competedIn 2004 Summer Olympics baseball tournament
2008 Summer Olympics baseball tournament
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1975-04-03
education Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences
height about 188 cm
isKnownFor dominant postseason performance with the Boston Red Sox
elite control and low walk rate
split-finger fastball
language Japanese
laterCareerActivity baseball commentator in Japan
leagueDebut Major League Baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball
medal bronze medal at 2004 Summer Olympics
MLBAllStarSelection 2014
MLBDebutTeam Baltimore Orioles
nationalTeam Japan national baseball team
notableStatistic high strikeout-to-walk ratio
very low career walk rate in MLB
NPBAwardReceived Eiji Sawamura Award
surface form: Eiji Sawamura Award 1999

Eiji Sawamura Award
surface form: Eiji Sawamura Award 2002

Central League Rookie of the Year
surface form: Rookie of the Year (Japan) 1999
NPBDebutTeam Yomiuri Giants
placeOfBirth Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
playedFor Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
SoftBank Hawks
surface form: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Texas Rangers
Yomiuri Giants
position pitcher
retiredFromMLB yes
retiredFromNPB yes
role closer
roleIn2013Postseason Boston Red Sox closer
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
teamIn2013WorldSeries Boston Red Sox
throws right
won 2013 World Series

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2013 World Series notablePlayer Koji Uehara