Wei-Yin Chen
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Chen with the Miami Marlins in 2016
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| Miami Marlins – No. 54 | |||
| Starting pitcher | |||
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Born: July 21, 1985 Kaohsiung County, Taiwan |
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| Professional debut | |||
| NPB: April 3, 2005, for the Chunichi Dragons | |||
| MLB: April 10, 2012, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| NPB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 36–30 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.59 | ||
| Strikeouts | 520 | ||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 51–37 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.90 | ||
| Strikeouts | 647 | ||
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Wei-Yin Chen (Chinese: 陳偉殷; pinyin: Chén Wěi-yīn; born July 21, 1985) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in the MLB for the Baltimore Orioles and in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons.
Wei-Yin Chen was born in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. He attended Ciao-Tou Junior High School and Kaoyuan Vocational High School, which was also attended by current Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tsao Chin-Hui, among other Chinese Professional Baseball League players.
Chen played for the Chinese Taipei National Team in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. He was a pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 2004 through 2011. Chen had Tommy John surgery at the end of 2006 season. His best season in Japan came in 2009 when he posted a 1.54 earned run average (ERA) to lead the league. When he came out of the Nippon League, FanGraphs described him as being an extreme control pitcher with poor velocity. A clause implemented into his contract with Chunichi allowed him to opt out after the 2011 season at age 26.
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