Raymond Bo-shue Chang () (born August 24, 1983) is a

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former baseball

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. He played in the

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, and

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s for the Chinese national team.

Career

Chang attended Rockhurst High School and played

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on baseball team. He enrolled at

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, where he played

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from 2002 to 2005. He signed with the San Diego Padres as a non-drafted free agent in 2005. That year, he split time between the

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and High-A Lake Elsinore Storm. In 2006, he played 26 games with the Single-A Fort Wayne Wizards, hitting .286 with 26 hits and 19 runs over 91 at-bats paired with three home runs and 8 RBI. That season he also played for the Double-A Mobile BayBears and the Triple-A Portland Beavers. In 2007, Chang split time between Lake Elsinore and Portland, where he hit a cumulative .269/.323/.381 with 4 home runs and 42 RBI. After about 30 games split between the Double-A

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and Triple-A Portland in 2008, Chang was released on June 9, 2008. On June 20, 2008, Chang signed a minor league contract with the

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organization. He finished the year with the Double-A Altoona Curve, appearing in 5 games. He split the 2009 season between the High-A Lynchburg Hillcats and Altoona, posting a .297/.385/.414 slash line with 2 home runs and 47 RBI. He elected free agency on November 9, 2009. On January 20, 2010, Chang signed a minor league contract with the

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. Chang played the 2010 season with the Double-A

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and was named

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's Best Eastern League Defensive 3rd Baseman. He elected free agency on November 6, 2010. On December 13, 2010, Chang signed minor league contract with the

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organization. He was assigned to the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats to begin the 2011 season. In May 2011, Chang was called up to the Triple-A

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and hit .250 in 28 at bats with the Red Wings as of May 11, 2011. He returned to Rochester for the 2012 season, and batted .241 in 89 games. He elected free agency on November 3, 2012. On January 4, 2013, Chang signed a minor league contract with the

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organization. He split the year between the Triple-A

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and the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos, accumulating a .268/.332/.345 slash line with 3 home runs and 21 RBI. The following season, he again split the year between Louisville and Pensacola, posting a .235/.299/.302 batting line in 54 games. He elected free agency on November 4, 2014, and re-signed with the Reds organization on December 19. He spent the 2015 season in Pensacola, appearing in 88 games with the team and batting .283/.366/.371. On September 7, 2015, Chang played all nine positions in one game, pitching a scoreless ninth inning. He split the 2016 season between Pensacola and Louisville, hitting a combined .257/.316/.304 with 20 RBI. On January 14, 2017, Chang retired from professional baseball and took over the baseball operations for MLB China.

International career

Chang was a member of the China national baseball team competing in the

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(WBC). Although Chang was born in America, he is eligible to compete for Chinese national team because both of his parents were born in China. Chang is one of three players, along with Zhenwang Zhang and Liu Kai, affiliated with a Major League club to make the Chinese team. As a shortstop, Chang forced the Chinese team captain,

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, to move to first base. Chang homered and drove in two runs while going 3–4 with a slick defensive play to help China beat

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4–1 on March 7, 2009, for China's first WBC win. Chang was selected to play for China in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. Chang also represented China in the

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. The team was eliminated from 1st Round Pool play with 3 losses. He represented China in the

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