Cheng-Wei Chang
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| Born: August 5, 1986 Taitung County, Taiwan |
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Cheng-Wei Chang(張正偉) (born August 5, 1986) is a Taiwanese baseball player who plays with the Brother Elephants in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.
He made his debut in the Chinese Professional Baseball League at age 23. Chang is the nephew of Tai-Shan Chang, a cousin of Chih-Hao Chang and is a more distant relative of Chung-Shou Yang, Yao-Hsun Yang, Chien-Fu Yang, Chih-Yuan Chen, Sen Yang and Tung-Yi Yang.
Chang was drafted by the Sinon Bulls in 2008. He led the Taiwanese minors in hits (81) and average (a record .409) in 2009. When Sinon let him go, he signed with the Brother Elephants. On March 20, he got his first CPBL hit, a single off Wei-Lun Pan. He hit .297/.360/.377 as a rookie with 15 steals (but 10 times caught). He was 8th in the 2010 CPBL in average.
He played for Taiwan in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
External links
It uses material from the BR Bullpen article "Cheng-Wei Chang".
