Chien-Ming Wang

Chien-Ming Wang (Wang Chien-Ming) (; born March 31, 1980 in Tainan City, Taiwan) is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. He was initially drafted as an amateur free-agent for the 2000 season, playing for the Staten Island Yankees. Wang was called up from the Yankees' AAA affiliate, the Columbus Clippers, in 2005.

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Wang throws a 91-97 mph fastball and also mixes in a slider and a splitter. However, his most powerful weapon is his sinker, which induces many groundouts. Following an injury in July 2005, he was on the disabled list until early September.

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Wang pitched for the Taiwan Baseball Team in the Asian Games and as the apparent ace of the staff, leading them to Olympics in Athens. He allowed just three hits in his performance with no walks and at one point retired nine batters in row to earn the victory as Taiwan defeated Australia. He also limited Japan to just five hits in the first six innings in next game as the starting pitcher for Taiwan. However, the Japanese rallied in the seventh inning against Wang to tie the game with three runs.

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He is the third major leaguer from Taiwan, following Chin-Feng Chen, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2002-2004, and Colorado Rockies pitcher Chin-hui Tsao. Wang has been idolised in his native country since being called up to the majors. All of his games are televised nationwide, many on big screens to large audiences.

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