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Chien-Ming Wang
(born March 31, 1980) is a
Taiwanese
Major League Baseball
player. He plays for the
Cincinnati Reds
. He is a pitcher. Before he played for the Nationals, Wang played for the
New York Yankees
. He got 19 wins in the year of 2006 and 2007 and became the first
Asian
to be the win champion.
However, after his injury in 2008, he started to pitch horribly as he attained an
era
of 9.64 along with 1 win and 6 losses in the 2009 season. He then got injured again and the New York Yankees did not renew his contract after. He became a free agent.
In 2010, the Washington Nationals signed Wang and helped him recover from his injuries. He did not attend any games in this season.
Wang pitched his first game on July 29, 2011 and ended the season with 11 starts, recorded 4?3 with a 4.04 ERA.
On March 15, 2012, Wang was once again injured. When he recovered, his starting position has been replaced by
Ross Detwiler
and he pitched as a
relief pitcher
and sometimes a
starter pitcher
. But he still did not do well this season.