Cheng Kai-wen

Cheng Kai-wen
Kai-Wen with the Hanshin Tigers
CTBC Brothers – No. 19
Pitcher
Born: (1988-07-26) July 26, 1988 (age 36) 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
ERA	5.16
Strikeouts	40
WHIP	1.53
CPBL statistics (through 2024 Season)
Win–loss record	79-53
ERA	3.66
Strikeouts	743
WHIP	1.30
Teams
Hanshin Tigers (2009–2012) Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2013) Chinatrust / CTBC Brothers (2014–present)
Career highlights and awards
3x Taiwan Series champion (2021, 2022, 2024)

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.

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+2⁄3 innings pitched.

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

1. Taiwanese right-hander Cheng to join Hanshin Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. "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.