Chien-Ming Wang is a Taiwanese former professional baseball pitcher.
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34 Facts About Chien-Ming Wang
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Chien-Ming Wang played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals.
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Chien-Ming Wang played for the Taiwan national baseball team, and is the current assistant pitching coach for CTBC Brothers.
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Chien-Ming Wang signed as an amateur free agent with the Yankees in 2000.
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Chien-Ming Wang suffered a foot injury in 2008 that limited his appearances and effectiveness, and a series of arm injuries cost him most of the 2009 season and all of 2010.
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Chien-Ming Wang returned to major leagues with the Washington Nationals in 2011, starting 21 games over two seasons while again spending time on the disabled list.
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Chien-Ming Wang signed with the Yankees in 2013 but was released without pitching in the major leagues, then signed with the Toronto Blue Jays and made six starts with limited effectiveness.
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Chien-Ming Wang pitched for minor league teams in several organizations in 2014 and 2015.
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Chien-Ming Wang played for the World Team in the All-Star Futures Game in 2003.
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In 2005, Chien-Ming Wang was called up from the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers.
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Chien-Ming Wang pitched in 18 games, though an injury kept him sidelined for part of the season.
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Chien-Ming Wang was particularly strong in the second half of the season, winning 10 of his 14 starts and posting a 3.
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Chien-Ming Wang received a ninth-place vote, good for two points, in the AL MVP balloting, won by Justin Morneau.
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Chien-Ming Wang began the 2007 season on the disabled list, having injured his right hamstring during spring training.
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Chien-Ming Wang became the quickest Yankee to 50 wins since Ron Guidry, who accomplished this in his 82nd start.
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Chien-Ming Wang was diagnosed with a torn Lisfranc ligament of the right foot and a partial tear of the peroneus longus of the right foot.
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Chien-Ming Wang made $4 million in the 2008 season after losing in salary arbitration.
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However, Chien-Ming Wang's rehabilitation had been inconsistent, and there was no timetable for his return to the majors.
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Chien-Ming Wang then replaced Ross Detwiler in the team's starting rotation.
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Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said that the team guaranteed Chien-Ming Wang one start, and would decide on further appearances based on the result of his first start.
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Chien-Ming Wang started three games during the streak, pitching at least six innings in each and compiling an ERA of 2.
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Chien-Ming Wang followed up his successful streak by starting two games in which he was unable to make it out of the second inning.
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Chien-Ming Wang began the 2014 season with the Louisville Bats of the International League, but opted out of his deal on July 13.
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Chien-Ming Wang made three starts for the Blue Crabs, winning all three and pitching to a 2.
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Chien-Ming Wang pitched for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 2002 Asian Games.
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Chien-Ming Wang joined the Fubon Guardians of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League in June 2018 as a guest coach.
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In 2020, Chien-Ming Wang became the pitching coach for the CTBC Brothers, and focused particularly on pitching prospects on the Brothers' farm team.
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Chien-Ming Wang's strikeout pitch is an average slider that closely resembles the fastball coming out of his hand, thus getting batters to swing ahead of the pitch.
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In Taiwan and the minor leagues, Chien-Ming Wang threw a more conventional assortment of pitches, including a four-seam fastball, a changeup, and far more splitters.
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However, after occasional bad outings, especially during the 2007 ALDS, Chien-Ming Wang has worked to fully incorporate a slider and changeup into his repertoire.
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Chien-Ming Wang has resided in Fort Lee, New Jersey and Edgewater, New Jersey.
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Chien-Ming Wang often visited this maternal grandfather when he returned to Taiwan from time to time.
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