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Chien-Ming Wang (; born March 31, 1980) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, and Toronto Blue Jays. He has also played for the Taiwan national baseball team and Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Wang signed as an amateur free agent with the Yankees in 2000. After playing in Minor League Baseball, he made his MLB debut in 2005. He won 19 games in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, leading the American League in 2006. He suffered a foot injury in 2008 that limited his effectiveness, and cost him the 2010 season. He pitched for Washington in 2011 and 2012, and for Toronto in 2013. ==National baseball team== Wang pitched for Chinese Taipei, the national baseball team of Taiwan, in the 2002 Asian Games. In 2004, as the apparent ace of the staff, Wang led Chinese Taipei to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Against Australia, he allowed just three hits with no walks, and at one point retired nine batters in a row, to earn the win. He also limited Japan to just five hits in the first six innings. He is the fourth major leaguer from Taiwan, following Dodgers outfielder Chin-Feng Chen, Rockies pitcher Chin-Hui Tsao and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo. Since being called up to the majors, Wang has been idolized in Taiwan where all of his games have been televised nationwide, many on public big screens to large audiences. Because of this popularity, he was named one of the Time 100 for 2007. At the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Wang started for the Chinese Taipei team's opener against Australia and threw 6 shut out innings for the win. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chien-Ming Wang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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