Chang Chien-ming (; born 27 July 1980) is a Taiwanese former

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Career

Chang debuted with the Taiwan national baseball team when he was a teenager, going 4 for 20 with a double as the starting third baseman for Chinese Taipei in the

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. He helped Taiwan win Gold in the

2001 Asian Baseball Championship The Asian Baseball Championship was the 21st installment of the tournament. The championship took place at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Republic of China (Taiwan, competing as Chinese Taipei). Chinese Taipei n ...

. In the 2001 World Port Tournament, he hit .222/.243/.250 and was thrown out stealing in both attempts. He batted .294/.294/.294 in the

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. In the 2002 World University Baseball Championship, he again played for Taiwan, hitting .286/.333/.357, stole 2 bases in 2 tries and had one outfield assist in four games. Chang hit .115/.258/.154 in the 2002 Intercontinental Cup as a regular corner outfielder. In 2004, Chang made his professional debut with the

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and hit .291/.331/.366. He batted .283/.325/.364 and stole 21 bases in 28 tries in 2005; he was with Sinon as they won the CPBL title. He appeared in the first

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. Chang made the Taiwan roster for the

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and went 4 for 11 with a walk and a double as one of their better performers. In the 2006 CPBL campaign, he hit .284/.335/.365 and only stole 3 bases; the 21 in 2005 was the only time in his first four seasons that he reached double digits in swipes. He was with Taiwan for the

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and

2006 Intercontinental Cup The 2006 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in Taichung, Taiwan from November 9 through the 19th. Eight countries contested the tournament, which was played at Taichung Baseball Field and the newly built Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium ...

. In the latter event, he hit .405/.463/.595 with 8 runs, 7 RBI and a surprising 2 home runs in nine games for Taiwan, acting as their main right fielder; Chang only has hit 8 home runs in his first 1,107 at-bats in the CPBL. He tied

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and

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for third in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup with 15 hits, trailing only

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and Yung-Chi Chen. He tied 8 others, including former major leaguer

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for second in home runs, trailing only Brad Harman. He failed to make the All-Tournament outfield as Urgellés,

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and Frederich Cepeda were chosen. In the 2007 CPBL campaign, the outfielder batted .343/.389/.582 in 21 games for Sinon, his playing time limited by left elbow surgery early in the year. He was back in action for the

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, going 2 for 11. He was one of the top hitters in the

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, batting .480/.581/.640 to help Taiwan earn a spot in the

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. He tied

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and Matt Rogelstad for third in the event with 9 runs, trailing Yong-kyu Lee and

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. He was 4th in average behind Joo-chan Kim, Jimmy Van Ostrand and Luke Hughes. As the starting Taiwan right fielder, Chang hit .154/.233/.192 in the

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and made a throwing error that allowed Wei Sun to score the winning run in Taiwan's stunning loss to

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. He also played for

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in the

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References

External links

2006 World Baseball Classic stats for Taiwan
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Harry Wedemeijer's international tournament statsCPBL Player Page (in Chinese)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Chien-Ming 1980 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games baseball players for Chinese Taipei Asian Games gold medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics EDA Rhinos players Fubon Guardians players Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Olympic baseball players for Taiwan Sportspeople from Hualien County Sinon Bulls players Taiwanese baseball players 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players Wei Chuan Dragons coaches