Taiwanese baseball player
Baseball player
Chiang Chih-hsien
(
Chinese
:
蔣智賢
;
pinyin
:
Ji?ng Zhixian
; born 21 February 1988) is a Taiwanese
professional baseball
player for the
Fubon Guardians
of the
Chinese Professional Baseball League
(CPBL).
Career
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Boston Red Sox
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Chiang signed as an infielder for the
Boston Red Sox
organization in 2005. He was converted to the outfield after the 2008 season. He played for the Double A
Portland Sea Dogs
since 2010 and has a breakthrough year in 2011. Chiang was honored as Eastern League Player of the Month for June, and was selected to participate in both the Major League Baseball
Futures Game
and the Eastern League All-Star Game.
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Seattle Mariners
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On 31 July 2011, Chiang was traded to the
Seattle Mariners
in a package deal for
Erik Bedard
. Chiang concluded his stats as a Sea Dog, hitting .340/.402/.648 with 18 homers, 37 doubles, 76 RBI, 25 walks, 61 strikeouts in 321 at-bats. He led the league in AVG, SLG, RBI, OPS, extra base hits at the time of trade. He collected back-to-back Eastern League player of the month for his monstrous July: .430/.500/.740, 16 doubles, 5 homers, 25 RBI.
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Chiang played 40 games for the
Tacoma Rainiers
before being demoted to Double A
Jackson Generals
. On 12 June, 2012, Chiang was removed from the
40-man roster
to make room for
Oliver Perez
and designated for assignment.
Texas Rangers
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After the 2012 season, Chiang became a free agent
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and signed a minor league contract with the
Texas Rangers
organization.
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He became a free agent after the 2013 season.
Baltimore Orioles
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The Baltimore Orioles signed Chiang to a minor league contract on 18 November 2013 and he spent time with the
Bowie Baysox
and
Frederick Keys
before becoming a free agent after the 2014 season.
Chinatrust Brothers
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On 24 July 2015,
Chinatrust Brothers
signed a NT $12.42 million contract for multi-three years contract to Chiang.
On 6 November 2017, Chiang was released by Chinatrust Brothers.
Fubon Guardians
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On 15 January 2018, Chiang signed a one-year contract with the
Fubon Guardians
. Chiang was in the Opening Day lineup for the Guardians in 2021.
International career
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Chiang also played for the
Chinese Taipei baseball team
in the
2009 World Baseball Classic
, 2013 exhibition games against
Japan
and
2017 World Baseball Classic
.
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