Chiang Collects Back-to-Back Player of the Month Honors
Chiang hits .430 to capture Eastern League Player of the Month Award
Portland Sea Dogs08/05/2011 12:58 PM ET
Portland, Maine- The Eastern League of Professional Baseball Clubs has
selected Portland Sea Dogs' outfielder Chih-Hsien Chiang as the Eastern
League Player of the Month for July 2011. Chiang batted .430 (43-for-100)
with 16 doubles, five home runs, 27 runs scored, 25 RBI, seven walks, three
stolen bases and a .740 slugging percentage in 26 games to earn the honor.
This marks the second consecutive month that Chiang has been named the
Eastern League Player of the Month as he also won the award in the month of
June.
Chiang hit safely in 23 of the 26 games he appeared during the month of July,
leading the Eastern League in average (.430), hits (43), doubles (16), runs
(27), on-base percentage (.500), and slugging percentage (.740). He also
ranked among the league leaders in home runs (5- tied 3rd) and RBI (25- tied
4th). Chiang hit safely in 16 straight games from July 15th through July
31st, the longest hit streak for the Sea Dogs this season and the fourth
longest in the league in 2011. The 23 year-old established franchise records
for most doubles (16) and total bases (74) in a single month. His .430
average and 27 runs scored set new franchise records for the month of July.
Additionally, Chiang participated in both the Major League Baseball Futures
Game on July 10th in Phoenix, Arizona and the Eastern League All-Star Game on
July 13th in Manchester, New Hampshire. The 6'2", 170 lb slugger went 0-for-3
with a walk and a run scored in the Futures Game and was 0-for-1 in the
Eastern League All-Star Game.
On July 31st, Chiang was dealt at the Major League Baseball trade deadline to
the Seattle Mariners in the trade that sent right-handed pitcher Erik Bedard
to the Boston Red Sox. In three games with Seattle's Double-A team; the
Jackson Generals he is hitting .231 (3-for-13).
When Chiang was traded, he was leading the Eastern League in batting average
(.340, 109-for-321), RBI (76), doubles (37), extra-base hits (59), runs
scored (68) and slugging percentage (.648) and had tallied four triples and
18 home runs in 88 games on the year with the Sea Dogs.
The torrid July of Chiang helped the team establish franchise best marks for
the month of July in wins (17), runs (175), and RBI (158). The Sea Dogs also
set the franchise record for doubles (76) in any month, mostly due to
Chiang's personal input of 16.
Chiang who began his Sea Dog career in 2010 holds the franchise record for
career doubles (72) and ranks fourth all-time in slugging percentage (.524),
seventh in home runs (29) and eighth in RBI (141) and total bases (398). He
hold the Sea Dogs franchise record with three grand slams. Chiang also joins
Josh Reddick as the only Sea Dogs to homer in four straight games.
A native of Taitung, Taiwan, Chiang was signed by the Red Sox as an
international free agent on October 20, 2005. Chiang is the eighth different
Sea Dog to earn an Eastern League Player of the Month selection in franchise
history and the first to win the award twice.
The Sea Dogs return to Hadlock Field for a six game homestand against the
Akron Aeros, the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians and the Erie
SeaWolves, the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers starting Tuesday,
August 9th at 7:00 PM. Tuesday's game will feature the ZOOperstars. Tickets
are available and can be purchased by calling the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at
207-879-9500 or order online at www.seadogs.com.
Chih-Hsien Chiang's Stats- July 2011
G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R SB BB SLG OBP
26 .430 100 43 16 0 5 25 27 3 7 .740 .500
Chih-Hsien Chiang's Stats - 2011 Season
G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R SB BB SLG OBP
88 .340 321 109 37 4 18 76 68 6 25 .648 .402
Sea Dogs' Eastern League Player of the Month Award Winners:
John Roskos June 1997
Cesar Crespo April 2000
Josh Beckett August 2001
Jacoby Ellsbur April 2007
Justin Masterson July 2007
Zach Daeges May 2008
Aaron Bates May 2009
Chih-Hsien Chiang June 2011
Chih-Hsien Chiang July 2011
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