Chiang Chih-hsien

Chiang Chih-hsien (Chinese: 蔣智賢; pinyin: Jiǎng Zhìxián; born 21 February 1988) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

Chih-Hsien Chiang
Chiang with the Seattle Mariners in 2012
Fubon Guardians – No. 5
Third baseman
Born: (1988-02-21) 21 February 1988
Taitung County, Taiwan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Teams

Career

Chiang signed as an infielder for the Boston Red Sox organization in 2005. He was converted to the outfield after the 2008 season. He played for the Double A Portland Sea Dogs since 2010 and has a breakthrough year in 2011. Chiang was honored as Eastern League Player of the Month for June, and was selected to participate in both the Major League Baseball Futures Game and the Eastern League All-Star Game.[1]

On 31 July 2011, Chiang was traded to the Seattle Mariners in a package deal for Érik Bédard. Chiang concluded his stats as a Sea Dog, hitting .340/.402/.648 with 18 homers, 37 doubles, 76 RBI, 25 walks, 61 strikeouts in 321 at-bats. He led the league in AVG, SLG, RBI, OPS, extra base hits at the time of trade. He collected back-to-back Eastern League player of the month for his monstrous July: .430/.500/.740, 16 doubles, 5 homers, 25 RBI.[2] Chiang played 40 games for the Tacoma Rainiers before being demoted to Double A Jackson Generals. On Jun 12, 2012, Chiang was removed from the 40-man roster to make room for Oliver Perez and designated for assignment. After the 2012 season, Chiang became a free agent[3] and signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers organization.[4] The Baltimore Orioles signed him to a minor league contract on November 18, 2013.

Chinatrust Brothers

On 24 July 2015, Chinatrust Brothers signed a NT $12.42 million contract for multi-three years contract to Chiang. On 6 November 2017, Chiang was released by Chinatrust Brothers.

Fubon Guardians

On 15 January 2018, Chiang signed a one-year contract with the Fubon Guardians.

International career

Chiang also played for the Chinese Taipei baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2013 exhibition games against Japan and 2017 World Baseball Classic.

References
  1. Chih-Hsien Chiang Honored as Eastern League Player of the Month for June minorleaguebaseball.com, July 6, 2011
  2. Chiang Collects Back-to-Back Player of the Month Honors minorleaguebaseball.com, Aug 6, 2011
  3. Stone, Larry. "A look at minor-league free agents -- Mariners' and otherwise". Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  4. Fraley, Gerry. "Rangers add Taiwanese outfielder". Dalls Morning News. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
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