1. 新聞來源：
mlbtraderumors
2. 新聞標題：
Koji Uehara Retires
3. 新聞內容：
By Connor Byrne | May 20, 2019 at 12:00am CDT
Veteran reliever Koji Uehara has retired, Jim Allen of the Kyodo News
reports. The 44-year-old Uehara last pitched in the majors in 2017, after
which he returned to his native Japan to join the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon
Professional Baseball. It proved to be a full-circle move by Uehara, who
began and ended his career with Yomiuri.
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Uehara was often dominant as a starter for Yomiuri from 1999-2006 before
mostly working out of the Giants’ bullpen from 2007-08. The right-hander
then headed to the majors in 2009 when he signed a two-year, $10MM contract
with the Orioles, who initially deployed him as a starter.
Uehara transitioned to the Orioles’ bullpen in 2010 and began a lengthy run
as one of the majors’ most effective relievers. During a six-season,
324-inning span from 2010-15, Uehara’s pristine command helped him place
first among relievers in two key categories – BB/9 (1.19) and K/BB ratio
(9.56) – as well as seventh in ERA (2.08) and 19th in K/9 (11.42).
While Uehara’s major league excellence began with Baltimore, his tenure
there was short-lived. The club traded him to the Rangers in July 2011 for
reliever Tommy Hunter and a then-unproven slugger named Chris Davis, who
later became the highest-paid Oriole ever and remains with the franchise
today. Meanwhile, Texas clinched playoff berths in both of Uehara’s seasons
with the team and won the American League the year it acquired him, though it
wound up losing a classic seven-game World Series to the Cardinals.
Uehara returned to the World Series in 2013 with the Red Sox, who inked him
to a one-year, $4.25MM contract prior to the season. It’s safe to say that
deal ranks among the wisest the Red Sox have ever doled out, as it began a
fruitful four-year union between the sides. Uehara was never greater than
during his first year in Boston, where he logged 74 1/3 regular-season
innings of 1.09 ERA ball and 12.23 K/9 against 1.09 BB/9. That brilliance
carried into the playoffs, where Uehara earned ALCS MVP honors after
combining for six shutout innings in a six-game victory over the Tigers.
Uehara then totaled another 4 2/3 scoreless frames during the Red Sox’s
World Series triumph over the Cardinals, whom he closed out in Game 6.
Although Uehara was never part of another title-winning team, he remained a
quality reliever throughout his major league career – which concluded with a
one-year stint with the Cubs. Across Baltimore, Texas, Boston and Chicago,
the one-time All-Star produced 480 2/3 innings of 2.66 ERA ball with 10.7
K/9, 1.5 BB/9 and 95 saves, leading to upward of $50MM in earnings.
As great as Uehara was in the majors, he’s even more accomplished in his
homeland. Uehara registered a 3.02 ERA and a 112-67 record over 312
appearances and 205 starts with Yomiuri, where he earned a slew of personal
and team awards. MLBTR congratulates Uehara on two outstanding decades in pro
baseball and wishes him the best moving forward.
4. 新聞連結：
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/05/koji-uehara-retires.html
5. 備註：
(1) 44歲的老將上原浩治宣布退休，他生涯始末都穿著讀賣巨人的球衣，美職曾效力於金
鶯、遊騎兵、紅襪、小熊，生涯在美國通計薪水為$50.25MM。
(2) 上原浩治在1999-2006年期間是讀賣巨人的王牌先發、2007-08年期間轉任救援、2009
年挑戰美國大聯盟，與金鶯隊簽下$10MM/2YR，最初定位是先發投手，後來在2010年轉任後
援，便成為大聯盟主力後援投手之一。
(3) 上原浩治雖然從金鶯隊起步，但不久便被金鶯交易至遊騎兵換來Tommy Hunter跟Chris
Davis，之後遊騎兵在2011年奪得美聯冠軍，但在世界大賽鎩羽而歸。
(4) 上原浩治在2013年與紅襪隊簽下$4.25MM/1YR的合約，該年美聯冠軍賽面對老虎後援6
局9K 3SV無失分榮獲冠軍賽MVP，世界大賽面對紅雀4.2局繳出無失分內容，紅襪也奪得世
界大賽冠軍，並於次年入選明星賽。
(5) 上原浩治9年美國大聯盟通算成績：
ERA HLD SV SVO IP SO HR BB FIP WHIP
2.66 81 95 113 480.2 572 60 78 2.85 0.890
(6) 上原浩治11年日本職棒通算成績：
W - L ERA HLD SV IP R ER SO BB WHIP
112 - 67 3.03 23 33 1583.2 572 532 1400 211 1.008