1. 新闻来源：
mlbtraderumors
2. 新闻标题：
Koji Uehara Retires
3. 新闻内容：
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. 新闻连结：
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/05/koji-uehara-retires.html
5. 备注：
(1) 44岁的老将上原浩治宣布退休，他生涯始末都穿着读卖巨人的球衣，美职曾效力于金
莺、游骑兵、红袜、小熊，生涯在美国通计薪水为$50.25MM。
(2) 上原浩治在1999-2006年期间是读卖巨人的王牌先发、2007-08年期间转任救援、2009
年挑战美国大联盟，与金莺队签下$10MM/2YR，最初定位是先发投手，后来在2010年转任后
援，便成为大联盟主力后援投手之一。
(3) 上原浩治虽然从金莺队起步，但不久便被金莺交易至游骑兵换来Tommy Hunter跟Chris
Davis，之后游骑兵在2011年夺得美联冠军，但在世界大赛铩羽而归。
(4) 上原浩治在2013年与红袜队签下$4.25MM/1YR的合约，该年美联冠军赛面对老虎后援6
局9K 3SV无失分荣获冠军赛MVP，世界大赛面对红雀4.2局缴出无失分内容，红袜也夺得世
界大赛冠军，并于次年入选明星赛。
(5) 上原浩治9年美国大联盟通算成绩：
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年日本职棒通算成绩：
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