Koji Uehara

Chicago Cubs

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Koji Uehara threw 7,561 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2017, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2017, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (87mph) and Splitter (79mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (82mph).


In 2017, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball comes in below hitting speed, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slight armside run. Their splitter comes in below hitting speed, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' splitters, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' splitters and has slight armside fade. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 18 of them in 2017) comes in below hitting speed, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' cutters, has little cutting action and has some natural sink.