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Kolten Kaha Wong (born October 10, 1990) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2013 . He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. From Hilo, Hawaii, Wong starred in baseball at Kamehameha Hawaii High School and for the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The Cardinals selected Wong in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft, and promoted him to the major leagues two years later. He has become the Cardinals' starting second baseman, and was named the National League Rookie of the Month for May 2014. ==Early life== Kolten Wong is the son of Kaha Wong, who played college baseball at the University of Southern California (USC), and spent two years in the minor leagues with the Reno Silver Sox in Class-A. Despite batting .280 in 157 games, the elder Wong returned home to Hilo, Hawaii, to raise his family.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kaha Wong minor league statistics & history )〕 He rose to prominence as a baseball coach in Hawaii.〔 Instead of pursuing a steady career, he took whatever jobs would afford him the most time to teach Kolten the game and about working out, which he emphasized on a daily basis. In time, Kolten Wong befriended mixed martial artist and Ultimate Fighting Championship star B. J. Penn, whose father, Jay Dee Penn, correspondingly befriended Kaha Wong. The Penns ran a gym which allowed Kaha Wong to train children how to swing a bat.〔 Kolten's paternal great-grandparents were Chinese. To train as a baseball player, Wong spent two hours daily cutting trees with an axe to improve his strength and daily sessions in a batting cage. Kolten participated in the Cal Ripken World Series in Aberdeen, MD where he led his team, Pacific Southwest, to the championship. He also played in the 2007 Senior League Baseball World Series, with his team from Hilo American Little League.〔http://www.littleleague.org/media/llnewsarchive/2007stories/07_slbbws_wrap.htm〕 His younger brother, Kean, played in the Junior Little League World Series.〔 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「Kolten Wong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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