Chih-Hsien Chiang

Chih-Hsien Chiang
Seattle Mariners
Infielder
Born: February 21, 1988 (1988-02-21) (age 23) Taichung County, Taiwan
Bats: Left	Throws: Right

Chih-Hsien Chiang (Chinese: 蔣智賢; pinyin: Jiǎng Zhìxián; born February 21, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player.

Chiang is signed as an infielder for the Boston Red Sox organization in 2005, from Taiwan and has played in various levels in its minor league baseball system since. 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 July 31, 2011 Chiang was traded to the Seattle Mariners in a package deal for Erik Bedard. 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 monsterous July: .430/.500/.740, 16 doubles, 5 homers, 25 RBI. ^[2] He currently played for the Double A Jackson Generals.

Chiang also plays for the Chinese Taipei baseball team in the 2009 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

External links

• Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Name	Chiang, Chih-Hsien
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Date of birth	February 21, 1988
Place of birth	Taichung County, Taiwan
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