Cheng Kai-wen
| Cheng Kai-wen | |
|---|---|
 Kai-Wen with the Hanshin Tigers | |
| CTBC Brothers – No. 19 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 26, 1988 Tainan, Taiwan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| NPB: April 26, 2009, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
| CPBL: March 25, 2014, for the Chinatrust Brothers | |
| NPB statistics (through 2013 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 2–3 |
| Earned run average | 5.16 |
| Strikeouts | 40 |
| CPBL statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 82–56 |
| Earned run average | 3.82 |
| Strikeouts | 771 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Cheng Kai-wen (Chinese: 鄭凱文; using "Cheng (ジェン)" as his registration until 2010, born July 26, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers and Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Career
Hanshin Tigers
Cheng was signed to a one-year contract with the Hanshin Tigers in 2009.[1] Cheng played with the Tigers through the 2012 season.
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Cheng signed with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2013 season. He made six appearances (five starts) for Yokohama, but struggled to an 0-2 record and 7.29 ERA with 11 strikeouts over 21 innings of work.
Chinatrust / CTBC Brothers
After the year, Cheng signed with the Chinatrust Brothers, whom he began playing for in 2014.
International career
He was selected Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against Japan[2]
References
- ↑ Taiwanese right-hander Cheng to join Hanshin Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "台日交流賽名單公布 中職好手征戰日本福岡". 中華職棒大聯盟全球資訊網 The Official Site of CPBL (in Chinese (Taiwan)). October 15, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Asian Games silver medalists in baseball
- Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Asian Games baseball players for Chinese Taipei
- Baseball players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Olympic baseball players for Taiwan
- Baseball players from Tainan
- Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Yokohama DeNA BayStars players
- CTBC Brothers players
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- World Baseball Classic players of Chinese Taipei
- Taiwanese baseball biography stubs
- Baseball pitcher stubs