Wei-Yin Chen is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in the Nippon Professional Baseball .
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17 Facts About Wei-Yin Chen
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Wei-Yin Chen previously played in the Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles and Miami Marlins, and in the NPB for the Chunichi Dragons and Chiba Lotte Marines.
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Wei-Yin Chen was the highest-paid baseball player of the 2020 MLB season at $22 million.
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Wei-Yin Chen attended Ciao-Tou Junior High School and Kaoyuan Vocational High School, which was attended by former Major League pitcher Tsao Chin-Hui and several other Chinese Professional Baseball League players.
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Wei-Yin Chen was a pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons in Nippon Professional Baseball from 2004 through 2011.
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Wei-Yin Chen was the first Taiwanese player ever signed by the Orioles.
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In total, Wei-Yin Chen finished the season leading the team with 32 starts during which he totaled 12 wins and 11 losses and posted an ERA of 4.
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In 2012, Wei-Yin Chen was "the only constant in the rotation" and was consistent throughout the year.
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Wei-Yin Chen finished fourth in the AL for Rookie of the Year voting.
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Wei-Yin Chen dedicated the win to victims of the 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, which occurred hours earlier in his hometown.
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Wei-Yin Chen became the first Taiwanese pitcher to start an ALCS game.
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Wei-Yin Chen was named the starting pitcher for the opening day of the 2016 season, becoming the second Taiwanese pitcher to make a start on opening day since Chien-Ming Wang in 2008.
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Wei-Yin Chen was placed on the disabled list after 5 starts due to a partial UCL tear.
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Wei-Yin Chen played for the Chinese Taipei National Team in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.
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Wei-Yin Chen has such an effortless delivery and an above-average change up, and knows how to pitch inside.
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In 2012, Wei-Yin Chen started a baseball scholarship program for Taiwanese students, contributing funds based on statistical milestones reached per season.
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Wei-Yin Chen expanded the charity's efforts in 2015, to cover animal protection and children's welfare.
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