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Cheng Kai-wen

Taiwanese baseball player (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cheng Kai-wen
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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.

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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.

Chinatrust / CTBC Brothers

After the year, Cheng signed with the Chinatrust Brothers, whom he played for from 2014 to 2023. In parts of 10 seasons in the CPBL, Cheng accumulated a 76–51 record and 3.69 ERA with 718 strikeouts across 1,044+23 innings pitched.

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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

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