Wang's career highlights from MLB.com (2006)

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Developed into one of the game's elite starters in only his second season
in the Majors, finishing second behind only Minnesota's Johan Santana in
American League CY Young Award Voting by the BBWAA...

went 19-6 with a 3.63 ERA in 34 appearances (33 games started)...

the Yankees were 22-11 in games he started...

opponents batted .277 (233-for-841, 12HR); LH .275 (103-for-375, 5HR),
RH .279 (130-for-466, 7HR)...

Tied for first in the American League with 19 wins, ranked second with
14.0 pitches per inning, tied for third with a .760 winning percentage,
tied for fourth with a 3.03 home ERA, fifth with 218.0 IP and tied for
sixth with 33 games started...

his 42 assists were most among all American League pitchers...

had the lowest HR rate in the Majors (one every 18.17IP) and hasn't allowed
two home runs in a game since 6/28/05 at Baltimore (a span of 40 starts)...

With 19 victories, surpassed Chan Ho Park (18-10 in 2000) for the most
wins in a single season by an Asian-born pitcher...

pitched at least 6.0 innings in 24 of his 33 starts...

was 9-2 with a 3.01ERA (89.2IP, 30ER) in 13 starts in 2006 that followed
a Yankee loss...

won nine straight decisions at Yankee Stadium from 4/21-8/2...
in the last five seasons, only Wang, Roger Clemens (nine straight in 2002)
and Randy Johnson (nine straight in 2005) have won as many as nine straight
games in a single season at Yankee Stadium...

Didn't strike out more than three batters in 23 consecutive starts from
4/21-8/18, the longest streak of its kind in the Majors since Kirk Rueter
had had no more than three strikeouts in 26 straight starts (2003-'04)...
according to the Elias Sports Bureau, his streak was the longest by a
Yankees' pitcher since Urban Shocker made 23 straight starts with
three-or-fewer strikeouts (1926-'27)...

Made the start in the Yankees' 2006 home opener on 4/11 vs. Kansas City,
recording no decision in a 9-7 Yankees' win...

on 5/17 vs. Texas, recorded his third straight victory in a 4-3 Yankees'
win...

had not allowed an earned run in 15 straight innings until Texas scored
two in the eighth...

equaled his single-game career high with seven runs allowed in 5/22 loss
at Boston (also allowed seven runs on 6/10/05 at St. Louis)...

recorded his shortest outing of the season as a starter (4.0IP) on 6/1
at Detroit, recording no decision in a 7-6 Tigers' win...

made first relief appearance of the season and recorded his first career
save in 6-5, 10-inning win at Baltimore on 6/3 (0.2IP, 2H)...
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first Yankee to
earn a save between his normal turns in the rotation since John Candelaria
in 1988...
prior to Wang, only three pitchers in the Majors had done it since:
Bob Walk (1990), Terry Mulholland (1999) and Daniel Cabrera (2004)...

Combined with three Yankees' relievers on a five-hit, 1-0 shutout win
on 6/13 vs. Cleveland, marking his third straight victory and sixth in
his last seven decisions...

recorded the loss in his first career compete-game on 6/18 at Washington...
allowed two-run "walk-off" home run by 3b Ryan Zimmerman in the ninth
inning, the 12th "walk-off" home run vs. the Yankees since 1996 and the
first since Toronto's Vernon Wells on 7/28/2004 in a 3-2, 10-inning loss
at Rogers Centre (off Proctor)...
was also the first "walk-off" home run vs. a Yankee starter since
7/28/95 (Minnesota's Dan Masteller off Jack McDowell) in a 5-3 loss
at the Metrodome...

allowed a first-inning run for the first time in his last 14 starts
on 7/17 vs. Seattle...

Recorded the longest outing of his career and his first complete-game
shutout on 7/28 vs. Tampa Bay, limiting the Devil Rays to two hits in
a 6-0 Yankees' win (9.0IP, 2H, 2BB, 1K)...

won a career-high five straight starts from 7/8-8/2...
during the five-game stretch, allowed just 7ER in 38.1IP (1.64 ERA)...

On 8/8 at the Chicago White Sox-in the first appearance of his career
vs. Chicago-recorded no decision in a 6-5, 11-inning White Sox win...

did not allow a run in 19.0 consecutive innings pitched (over four starts)
before allowing three runs in the second inning...
according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the longest scoreless
streak by a Yankee starter since LHP Andy Pettitte had a streak of
22.1 scoreless innings in August of 2003...

Allowed a single-game career-high 13 hits on 8/13 vs. the Los Angeles Angels
of Anaheim, suffering the loss in a 5-3 Angels' win...

had allowed only one first-inning run in his previous 18 starts before
allowing three runs in the first inning of the loss...

was 11-2 with a 2.96 ERA in his final 15 starts of the season
(from 7/8-9/27), allowing 33ER in 100.1IP (106H, 23BB, 36K)...

made the start in Game One of the Division Series vs. the Detroit Tigers
at Yankee Stadium, allowing 8H and 3ER in 6.1IP (1BB, 4K, 1HR) to earn
his first career postseason win...
(好像是6.2局)


became the first Taiwan-born pitcher to win a postseason game in the Major
Leagues.



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◆ From: 140.109.23.211
推 xiemark:What a year!
推 peterwu4:最後一句不能改成Asia-born嗎？
※ 編輯: yyhong68        來自: 140.109.23.211       (03/15 14:42)
噓 argon007:樓上的，他本來是台灣出生的，沒啥好奇怪的
→ argon007:Taiwan就是Taiwan，不要每次都是意識型態!!
推 MSme:噓啥...明明就是你誤解人家的意思....
→ MSme:寫亞洲第一個其實還滿不錯的阿= =
推 penny681028:我怎麼覺得樓樓上噓錯了
→ MSme:不說我還沒想到意識形態耶...
推 Jasonsu:argon...I think you misunderstood about the article
推 smartb:噓錯..+1
推 oldchang1205:也是有意識型態＋英文不好的鄉民...要體諒他...至於
→ oldchang1205:本文用ASIA可能比TAIWAN屌的多...
→ bryon:用Asia就是全亞洲第一個.用Taiwan就是全台灣第一個~
推 macaber:完封那場 (9.0IP, 2H, 2BB, 1K) 1K, 哈哈哈
→ macaber:應該沒人可以像他這麼猛
推 MSme:1K完封真的滿猛的XD
推 engram:唉~~噓錯
推 mayasky:3F英文不是很好...
推 amgdaaaa:老葛拉文有過9局0k完封，其實1k完封還不算真的猛
→ argon007:no, i did not misunderstand the article..
→ argon007:我只是提醒不要意識型態，像是Taiwan改成Asia
→ argon007:而且季後賽他又不是亞洲第一勝投
推 a4:不是嗎?
推 wamoeac:亞洲投手季後賽第一勝沒錯吧？　@@"
推 vulurn:有人在搞笑
推 WUPANDOW:噗...見笑轉生氣
推 tsming:怪不得去年超high外電葛拉文出來背書不會三振沒差XD
推 MSme:阿他就是拿到亞洲投手季後賽第一勝阿...