About Koji Uehara
Koji Uehara 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). Uehara won the 2013 ALCS MVP Award, and closed the final game of the 2013 World Series against the St. With his World Series win, Uehara became one of sixteen players in history to have won both a World Series and a World Baseball Classic. The Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball selected Uehara in the first round of the 1998 NPB draft. After the 2002 season, he represented Japan in the Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series and on November 11 became the first pitcher in over a year to strike out Barry Bonds three consecutive times in one game.
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