Chien-Ming Wang

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Chien-Ming Wang (Chinese: 王建民; pinyin: Wáng Jiànmín; Wade-Giles: Wang Chien-min; born March 31, 1980, in Tainan City, Taiwan) is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. He was initially signed as an amateur free agent for the 2000 season, playing for the Staten Island Yankees. He came to be known as the Yankees ace pitcher over the 2006 and 2007 seasons.

In a 2006 New York Times interview, Wang revealed that he is the biological child of the man he formerly thought was his uncle. Due to the media frenzy created in Taiwan over this, Wang briefly refused to give interviews to Taiwanese media. Wang has also learned basic English, and is able to give interviews to the American media without an interpreter. Wang currently resides in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Wang pitched for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 2002 Asian Games. In 2004, as the apparent ace of the staff, Wang led the Chinese Taipei national baseball team 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 row, to earn the win. He also limited Japan to just five hits in the first six innings.

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