Wang Chien-ming

Wang Chien-ming is one of those pitchers who makes you appreciate just how beautifully simple baseball can be — the guy lived and died by the sinker, and for a couple of glorious years in pinstripes he was untouchable. During his peak seasons with the Yankees in 2006 and 2007 he won 19 games each year, relying almost entirely on ground-ball outs and the kind of quiet confidence that makes hitters look foolish without any theatrics. He wasn't flashy; he was just devastatingly effective. The ankle injury he suffered running the bases in 2008 derailed what could have been a Hall of Fame trajectory, and watching him grind through comebacks with the Nationals, Blue Jays, and Royals was bittersweet — but he never quit. For Taiwan, he's a genuine national hero, and honestly, the legend is earned.

Name (English)

Wang Chien-ming

Name (Japanese)

王建民

Reading

わん・ちぇんみん

Born

March 31, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Monkey

Origin

Tainan, Taiwan

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Tainan Municipal Jiansing Junior High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chien-Ming%20Wang
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%BA%E6%B0%91
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706446

Tags

• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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