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Ching-Ming Wang
Ching-Ming Wang (王鏡銘) (born January 16, 1986) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Career Uni-President Lions On December 31, 2008, the Uni-President Lions drafted Wang in the 1st round of the 2008 CPBL Draft with a signing bonus of 2.5 million New Taiwan dollar, NTD and a monthly salary of 100,000 NTD. Wang made his professional debut with the Lions in March 24, 2010, allowing one run in six innings against the CTBC Brothers, Brother Elephants, which was also his first win of his career. He finished the 2010 season with a 10-3 record and had a 3.83 ERA, tying for sixth in the league in wins. He won the 2010 CPBL Rookie of the Year Award. In 2011, he went 10–6 with a save and a 3.90 ERA across 44 games. He tied for fourth in wins, behind three foreign players (Orlando Roman, Dan Reichert and Ken Ray); he was tied with Tyler Lumsden and Ta-Yuan Kuan. In the Game 5 of the 2011 Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a base on balls, walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, left-handed specialist, lefty specialist, setup man, and the closing pitcher, closer. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |