Wang Chien-ming

Wang Chien-Ming
Cincinnati Reds - No. 40
Pitcher
Born: March 31, 1980 Tainan Taiwan
Strikes: Right	Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 30,  2005  with the  New York Yankees
MLB stats (through September 30, 2012)
Win-loss	61-32
Earned Run Average	4.26
Strikeouts	350
Teams
New York Yankees (2005-2009) Washington Nationals (2010-2012) Toronto Blue Jays (2013) Kansas City Royals (2016)
Awards
Most wins in AL 2006 Starting Pitcher of the Year Award 2006 World Series Champion 2009

Chien-Ming Wang ( Chinese  王建民 , Pinyin Wáng Jiànmín , W.-G. Wáng Chien-min ; born March 31, 1980 in Tainan , Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) ) is a Taiwanese baseball player.

The pitcher Wang played from 2005 to 2009 in the North American Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees , since 2010 for the Washington Nationals , and then the Toronto Blue Jays . He is also a national player for the Taiwanese national baseball team. Wang is one of the top four Taiwanese baseball players in the MLB - alongside Los Angeles Dodgers players Hong-Chih Kuo , Chin-hui Tsao, and Chin-Feng Chen .

Services

From 2006 to 2007 he managed to achieve 19 wins for the New York Yankees annually . One of his strengths is his sinker , which moves forward in a curvy movement to the right and down after the pitch.

In 2016, Wang began playing for the Kansas City Royals as a relief pitcher (instead of starting pitcher beforehand) due to his stability, experience, and increasing pitch speed.

Awards

In 2007, the US weekly Time magazine named Wang one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World . With the good performances and win records, he became a candidate for the Cy Young Award for Starting Pitchers.

Web links

Commons : Chien-Ming Wang  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  ESPN  or  Baseball Reference  or  Fangraphs  or  The Baseball Cube (English)
• Wang Chien-ming at royals.mlb.com