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Thursday
Dec062012

Koji Uehara headed to Red Sox, will share bullpen and interpreter with Junichi Tazawa

Right-hander reliever Koji Uehara has agreed to a one-year deal with Boston, the second Texas Ranger after thought to join the Sox joining Mike Napoli who also signed was a free agent.

The 37-year old Uehara became a Rangers spare part after Texas signed Joakim Soria.

Look how incredibly consistent Uehara was with his 513 pitches

Facing 130 batters, Uehara only allowed eight extra-base hits (four homers, four doubles) and only walked three. Batters hit .143 off his fastball and .155 off his slider, the two pitches which accounted for 96.2% of the pitches he threw.

Uehara had some impressive splits in 2012 when he went 0-0 with one save.

Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SO/BB BA OBP SLG OPS
vs RHB as RHP 29 59 56 2 7 2 0 1 2 22 11.00 .125 .155 .214 .369
vs LHB as RHP 36 71 69 10 13 2 0 3 1 21 21.00 .188 .197 .348 .545
Provided by Baseball-Reference.comView Original Table
Generated 12/6/2012.

Among relievers since 2010 who have made at least 100 appearances, Uehara has the 13th best ERA

Rk Player ERA GR SV
1 Craig Kimbrel 1.46 163 89
2 Eric O’Flaherty 1.59 198 0
3 Sergio Romo 1.85 202 15
4 Mariano Rivera 1.87 134 82
5 Mike Adams 2.06 206 3
6 Santiago Casilla 2.22 174 33
7 Kenley Jansen 2.22 141 34
8 Jonny Venters 2.23 230 6
9 Darren Oliver 2.29 187 5
10 Aroldis Chapman 2.33 137 39
11 Scott Downs 2.35 184 10
12 Ernesto Frieri 2.35 159 23
13 Koji Uehara 2.36 145 14
14 Luis Ayala 2.40 118 1
15 Jason Motte 2.43 201 53
16 Grant Balfour 2.44 194 26
17 Ryan Madson 2.45 117 37
18 Brian Wilson 2.46 129 85
19 Sean Marshall 2.47 231 15
20 David Robertson 2.48 199 4
Provided by Baseball-Reference.comView Play Index Tool Used
Generated 12/6/2012.

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