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Chien-Ming Wang

Chien-Ming Wang

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 31, 1980 in Tainan City, Taiwan
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 2005
Team: Yankees 2005-2009
Agents: Alan Nero [?]
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 25 NYY AL 8 5 .615 4.02 18 17 0 0 0 0 116.1 113 58 52 9 32 3 47 6 0 3 486 105 1.246 8.7 0.7 2.5 3.6 1.47
2006 26 NYY AL 19 6 .760 3.63 34 33 1 2 1 1 218.0 233 92 88 12 52 4 76 2 1 6 900 125 1.307 9.6 0.5 2.1 3.1 1.46 CYA-2,MVP-26
2007 27 NYY AL 19 7 .731 3.70 30 30 0 1 0 0 199.1 199 84 82 9 59 1 104 8 1 9 823 122 1.294 9.0 0.4 2.7 4.7 1.76
2008 28 NYY AL 8 2 .800 4.07 15 15 0 1 0 0 95.0 90 44 43 4 35 1 54 3 0 0 402 109 1.316 8.5 0.4 3.3 5.1 1.54
2009 29 NYY AL 1 6 .143 9.64 12 9 2 0 0 0 42.0 66 46 45 7 19 1 29 2 0 3 206 45 2.024 14.1 1.5 4.1 6.2 1.53
5 Seasons 55 26 .679 4.16 109 104 3 4 1 1 670.2 701 324 310 41 197 10 310 21 2 21 2817 107 1.339 9.4 0.6 2.6 4.2 1.57
162 Game Avg. 18 8 .679 4.16 35 33 1 1 0 0 214 224 103 99 13 63 3 99 7 1 7 899 107 1.339 9.4 0.6 2.6 4.2 1.57

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 25 NYY AL 116.1 17 58 76 -5 1.0 18 1.9
2006 26 NYY AL 218.0 33 92 145 -4 1.1 53 5.4 $353,175 CYA-2,MVP-26
2007 27 NYY AL 199.1 30 84 124 5 1.0 40 3.9 $489,500
2008 28 NYY AL 95.0 15 44 61 1 1.1 17 1.8 $4,000,000
2009 29 NYY AL 42.0 9 46 25 1 .9 -21 -2.1 $5,000,000
5 Seasons 670.2 104 324 431 -2 1.0 107 10.9 $9,842,675

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2005 25 NYY AL ALDS L LAA 0 1 .000 1.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 29 0.900 8.1 1.4 0.0 1.4
2006 26 NYY AL ALDS L DET 1 0 1.000 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 3 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 27 1.350 10.8 1.4 1.4 5.4 4.00
2007 27 NYY AL ALDS L CLE 0 2 .000 19.06 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.2 14 12 12 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 34 3.176 22.2 4.8 6.4 3.2 0.50
3 Seasons (3 Series) 1 3 .250 7.58 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.0 28 19 16 5 5 0 7 3 0 0 90 1.737 13.3 2.4 2.4 3.3 1.40
3 ALDS 1 3 .250 7.58 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.0 28 19 16 5 5 0 7 3 0 0 90 1.737 13.3 2.4 2.4 3.3 1.40

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 25 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 26 NYY AL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-26
2007 27 NYY AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 28 NYY AL 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 29 NYY AL 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
5 Seasons 6 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 405 378 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 216 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 27 0 27 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 25 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
2006 26 NYY AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $353,175 1 CYA-2,MVP-26
2007 27 NYY AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $489,500 1
2008 28 NYY AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $4,000,000 1
2009 29 NYY AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $5,000,000 1
5 Seasons 15 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 $9,842,675

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 NYY AL 25 P 18 17 116.1 43 4 38 1 3 .977 4 41 3.25 2.33 .953 1.70 1.68
2006 NYY AL 26 P 34 33 218.0 58 15 42 1 4 .983 3 17 2.35 1.68 .957 1.56 1.54 CYA-2,MVP-26
2007 NYY AL 27 P 30 30 199.1 45 11 34 0 3 1.000 5 30 2.03 1.50 .953 1.60 1.59
2008 NYY AL 28 P 15 15 95.0 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.89 1.33 .950 1.60 1.59
2009 NYY AL 29 P 12 9 42.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 -3 -86 2.14 0.83 .950 1.52 1.51
5 Seasons P 109 104 670.2 176 40 134 2 11 .989 9 16 2.33 1.60 .954 1.60 1.58
5 Seasons TOT 109 104 670.2 176 40 134 2 11 .989 9 16 2.33 1.60 .954 1.60 1.58

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (26, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (2, 36%)
0.36 Career Shares (121st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.4 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.4 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2006 AL  3.63 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  19 (1st)
2007 AL  19 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2006 AL  .760 (2nd)
2007 AL  .731 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2006 AL  218.0 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
2006 AL  33 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2006 AL  2 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 AL  1 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
2006 AL  233 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  .495 (1st)
2007 AL  .406 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 AL  9 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL  8 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2006 AL  900 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2006 AL  125 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  23 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  2.3 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.9 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
2005 AL  38 (4th)
2006 AL  42 (1st)
2007 AL  34 (3rd)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (926), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (764), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (325), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Joe Saunders (966)
  2. Fred Klobedanz (965)
  3. Jered Weaver (957)
  4. Johnny Broaca (951)
  5. Steve Sundra (948)
  6. Scott Baker (944)
  7. Emil Yde (944)
  8. Zeke Wilson (940)
  9. Tommy Greene (940)
  10. Dickey Kerr (937)
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  1. Andy Replogle (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Oral Hildebrand (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick McBride (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Jansen (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fred Klobedanz (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May 5, 2000: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 12, 2009: Granted Free Agency.

February 16, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200626New York Yankees$353,175
200727New York Yankees$489,500
200828New York Yankees$4,000,000
200929New York Yankees$5,000,000
201030Washington Nationals$2,000,000
2011 Status4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2011, Earliest Free Agent: 2012
Career to date (may be incomplete)$11,842,675
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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