Chen Wei (born in

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

, China; he is also known as Wei Chen) is a former baseball pitcher who was most notable for being on China's roster for the

2009 World Baseball Classic The 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international baseball competition. It began on 5 9 and finished 5 26. Unlike in 2006, when the round-robin format of the first two rounds led to some eliminations being decided by run-difference ti ...

. He also appeared in the

2006 Haarlem Baseball Week The 2006 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 21–30, 2006. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and featured teams from China, Chinese Taipei ...

, allowing two runs in one inning of work. In December, 2008, he signed a player development contract with the

Yokohama BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its c ...

. He did not actually play in the World Baseball Classic.

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1983 births 2009 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players from Tianjin Chinese baseball players Chinese expatriate baseball players in Japan Living people Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Yokohama BayStars players {{baseball-pitcher-stub