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Chien-Ming Wang    \wong\

Chien-Ming Wang

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Nationals 2005-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.159, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 22, 2013 7:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #928. Todd Jones… #929. Mickey Haefner… #930. Jeff Brantley… #931. CHIEN-MING WANG… #932. Chuck Taylor… #933. Lary Sorensen… #934. Scott Garrelts… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 0 402 108 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 48 2.024 14.1 1.5 4.1 6.2 1.53
2011 31 WSN NL 4 3 .571 4.04 11 11 0 0 0 0 62.1 67 35 28 8 13 0 25 1 0 2 264 95 1.283 9.7 1.2 1.9 3.6 1.92
2012 32 WSN NL 2 3 .400 6.68 10 5 0 0 0 0 32.1 50 24 24 5 15 0 15 3 0 5 158 59 2.010 13.9 1.4 4.2 4.2 1.00
7 Yrs 61 32 .656 4.26 130 120 3 4 1 1 765.1 818 383 362 54 225 10 350 25 2 28 3239 103 1.363 9.6 0.6 2.6 4.1 1.56
162 Game Avg. 17 9 .656 4.26 35 33 1 1 0 0 208 222 104 98 15 61 3 95 7 1 8 881 103 1.363 9.6 0.6 2.6 4.1 1.56
NYY (5 yrs) 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
WSN (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.94 21 16 0 0 0 0 94.2 117 59 52 13 28 0 40 4 0 7 422 78 1.532 11.1 1.2 2.7 3.8 1.43
AL (5 yrs) 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
NL (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.94 21 16 0 0 0 0 94.2 117 59 52 13 28 0 40 4 0 7 422 78 1.532 11.1 1.2 2.7 3.8 1.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 25 NYY AL 116.1 18 17 58 4.49 4.77 -0.73 0.15 96.6 5.46 12 1.2 .5 -0.1 2.3 25 .567 .507
2006 26 NYY AL 218.0 34 33 92 3.80 4.93 -0.38 0.19 99.3 5.45 37 3.9 2.8 -0.1 6.0 65 .615 .524 $353,175 CYA-2,MVP-26
2007 27 NYY AL 199.1 30 30 84 3.79 4.84 -0.09 0.19 101.8 5.21 30 3.1 -0.1 5.0 54 .604 .519 $489,500
2008 28 NYY AL 95.0 15 15 44 4.17 4.77 -0.25 0.18 102.1 5.32 10 1.1 -0.1 2.0 22 .573 .507 $4,000,000
2009 29 NYY AL 42.0 12 9 46 9.86 4.82 -0.18 0.08 102.1 5.19 -22 -1.9 .3 0.1 -1.4 -17 .343 .488 $5,000,000
2011 31 WSN NL 62.1 11 11 35 5.05 4.18 0.02 0.16 100.1 4.32 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .447 .496 $1,200,000
2012 32 WSN NL 32.1 10 5 24 6.68 4.28 -0.10 0.00 103.0 4.52 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .419 .495 $4,000,000
7 Seasons 765.1 130 120 383 4.50 4.76 -0.29 0.17 100.3 5.23 53 6.1 .9 -0.4 13.3 144 .547 .505 $15,042,675
NYY (5 yrs) 670.2 109 104 324 4.35 4.84 -0.32 0.17 100.1 5.34 67 7.4 .9 -0.3 14.0 149 .568 .509 $9,842,675
WSN (2 yrs) 94.2 21 16 59 5.61 4.21 -0.02 0.10 101.1 4.38 -14 -1.4 .9 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .434 .496 $5,200,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2005 25 NYY AL 18 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 34 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 30 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 15 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 12 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
2011 31 WSN NL 11 20 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 32 WSN NL 10 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .333 .619 69 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 130 42 39 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 21 .051 .098 .077 .174 -52 3 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 52 49 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 26 .051 .098 .077 .174 -52 4 1 0 1 0 0
NYY (5 yrs) 109 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
WSN (2 yrs) 21 27 25 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .080 .148 .120 .268 -25 3 0 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 109 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 21 27 25 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .080 .148 .120 .268 -25 3 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 25 NYY AL 18 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
2006 26 NYY AL 34 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $353,175 1 CYA-2,MVP-26
2007 27 NYY AL 30 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $489,500 1
2008 28 NYY AL 15 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 $4,000,000 1
2009 29 NYY AL 12 4 -1 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .493 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $5,000,000 1
2011 31 WSN NL 11 20 -4 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $1,200,000 1
2012 32 WSN NL 10 7 -0 -0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $4,000,000 1
7 Seasons 130 42 -9 -0 0 0 6 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .498 .500 -0.3 0.1 -1 $15,042,675
NYY (5 yrs) 109 15 -4 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $9,842,675
WSN (2 yrs) 21 27 -4 -0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $5,200,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 25 NYY AL ALDS LAA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 NYY AL ALDS DET L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2005 NYY AL 25 P 18 17 0 116.1 43 4 38 1 3 .977 5 9 3.25 2.33 .954 1.70 1.68 9 4 31% 30% 0
2006 NYY AL 26 P 34 33 2 218.0 58 15 42 1 4 .983 3 3 2.35 1.68 .958 1.56 1.54 9 11 55% 30% 0 CYA-2,MVP-26
2007 NYY AL 27 P 30 30 1 199.1 45 11 34 0 3 1.000 5 5 2.03 1.50 .955 1.60 1.59 14 7 33% 27% 0
2008 NYY AL 28 P 15 15 1 95.0 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 1.89 1.33 .952 1.60 1.59 8 3 27% 27% 0
2009 NYY AL 29 P 12 9 0 42.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 -3 -14 2.14 0.83 .953 1.52 1.51 10 3 23% 26% 0
2011 WSN NL 31 P 11 11 0 62.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 0 0 1.30 0.82 .955 1.80 1.79 4 3 43% 28% 0
2012 WSN NL 32 P 10 5 0 32.1 10 2 8 0 2 1.000 2 12 2.78 1.00 .950 1.78 1.75 4 3 43% 27% 0
7 Seasons P 130 120 4 765.1 196 45 148 3 13 .985 11 2 2.27 1.48 .955 1.62 1.61 58 34 37% 28% 0
7 Seasons TOT 130 120 4 765.1 196 45 148 3 13 .985 11 17 2.27 1.48 .955 1.62 1.61 58 34 37% 28% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1521st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (2, 36%)
0.36 Career Shares (128th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2006 AL  6.0 (4th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2006 AL  6.0 (2nd)
2007 AL  5.0 (10th)

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  0.495 (1st)
2007 AL  0.406 (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)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.35 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2006 AL  1.68 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2007 AL  1.000 (1st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (475), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (947), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (797), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (408), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (727th), 13.1 career WAR/13.1 7yr-peak WAR/13.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Fred Klobedanz (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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.
  • December 2, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 16, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 4, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
  • October 29, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
  • March 22, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
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
201131Washington Nationals$1,200,000
201232Washington Nationals$4,000,000contracts
Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,042,675
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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