Chang Chih-chiang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.
Chang Chih-chiang
Uni-President Lions – No. 33
Starting pitcher
Born: October 22, 1978 (1978-10-22) (age 46)
Taiwan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
debut
September 21, 2003, for the Uni-President Lions
Career statistics
(through June 3, 2008)
Record11-16
Saves2
Holds3
ERA4.172
Strikeouts180
Teams

Chang Chih-chiang (Chinese: 張志強; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìqiáng, born 22 October 1978 in Taiwan) is a Taiwanese baseball pitcher for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He got his first career win on 7 July 2005.[1] He is a starting pitcher for the Lions. Because of his resemblance to Kuo Yuen-chih, a famous Taiwanese baseball player who had a successful baseball career in Japan before retiring, he was assigned the number 33, the same number Kuo wore during almost his entire career. He is nicknamed by fans as Ban-chang (Chinese: 班長, literally "squad leader") due to his experience in the army. Teammate Wang Tzu-sung also served in his squad while in the army.

Career statistics

Year Team G W L SV H IP K BB HR ERA
2003 Uni-President 3 0 0 1 0 5.0 3 4 0 1.800
2004 Uni-President 8 0 0 0 0 7.2 6 3 0 3.552
2005 Uni-President 18 3 6 0 1 55.2 48 28 4 4.365
2006 Uni-President 24 0 3 0 1 52.1 43 30 1 5.159
2007 Uni-President 22 3 5 0 0 78.2 47 46 6 5.263
2008 Uni-President 12 5 2 1 1 66.0 33 17 1 2.182
Total 87 11 16 2 3 265.1 180 128 12 4.172

Last updated June 3, 2008

See also

References

  1. ^ 狂獅逆轉剋象 張志強獲得職棒生涯首勝 (in Chinese). CPBL. 7 July 2005. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. Retrieved 11 May 2011.