Koji Uehara

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baseball player closer human pitcher relief pitcher

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.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball player → closer → human → pitcher → relief pitcher →
awardReceived	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 1999 → Eiji Sawamura Award 2002 → Rookie of the Year (Japan) 1999 →
NPBDebutTeam	Yomiuri Giants →
placeOfBirth	Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan →
playedFor	Baltimore Orioles → Boston Red Sox → Chicago Cubs → 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 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2013 World Series →	notablePlayer