Cheng Kai-wen
{{short description|Taiwanese baseball player (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Cheng Kai-wen
| image = Cheng Kai-Wen.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Kai-Wen with the Hanshin Tigers
| team = CTBC Brothers
| number = 19
| position = Pitcher
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|7|26}}
| birth_place = Tainan, Taiwan
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| debutleague = NPB
| debutdate = April 26
| debutyear = 2009
| debutteam = Hanshin Tigers
| debut2league = CPBL
| debut2date = March 25
| debut2year = 2014
| debut2team = Chinatrust Brothers
| statleague = NPB
| statyear = 2013 season
| stat1label = Win–loss record
| stat1value = 2–3
| stat2label = Earned run average
| stat2value = 5.16
| stat3label = Strikeouts
| stat3value = 40
| stat2league = CPBL
| stat2year = April 22, 2025
| stat21label = Win–loss record
| stat21value = 80–54
| stat22label = Earned run average
| stat22value = 3.72
| stat23label = Strikeouts
| stat23value = 750
| teams =
- Hanshin Tigers ({{npby|2009}}–{{npby|2012}})
- Yokohama DeNA BayStars ({{npby|2013}})
- Chinatrust Brothers / CTBC Brothers ({{by|2014}}–present)
| awards =
- 3x Taiwan Series champion ({{by|2021}}, {{by|2022}}, {{by|2024}})
}}
Cheng Kai-wen ({{zh|c=鄭凱文}}; using "{{nihongo|Cheng|ジェン||}}" as his registration until 2010, born July 26, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers and Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Career
=Hanshin Tigers=
Cheng was signed to a one-year contract with the Hanshin Tigers in 2009.[http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=13838 Taiwanese right-hander Cheng to join Hanshin] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713090412/http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=13838 |date=July 13, 2011 }} Cheng played with the Tigers through the 2012 season.
=Yokohama DeNA BayStars=
Cheng signed with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2013 season.
=Chinatrust / CTBC Brothers=
After the year, Cheng signed with the Chinatrust Brothers, whom he played for from 2014 to 2023. In parts of 10 seasons in the CPBL, Cheng accumulated a 76–51 record and 3.69 ERA with 718 strikeouts across {{fraction|1,044|2|3}} innings pitched.
International career
He was selected Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against Japan{{cite web | url=http://www.cpbl.com.tw/news/view/18417.html?&news=18417&prev_id=18415&next_id=18419 | title=台日交流賽名單公布 中職好手征戰日本福岡 | work=中華職棒大聯盟全球資訊網 The Official Site of CPBL | language=zh-TW | date=October 15, 2018 | accessdate=December 5, 2018 }}
References
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{{Chinese Taipei 2009 World Baseball Classic roster}}
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Category:Asian Games silver medalists in baseball
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
Category:Asian Games baseball players for Chinese Taipei
Category:Baseball players at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Hanshin Tigers players
Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Category:Olympic baseball players for Taiwan
Category:Baseball players from Tainan
Category:Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan
Category:Yokohama DeNA BayStars players
Category:CTBC Brothers players
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