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Yankees sign Chien-Ming Wang to a one-year contract

The New York Yankees announced today that they have signed right-handed pitcher Chien-Ming Wang to a one-year contract for $5 million, avoiding arbitration.

Wang, 28, was 8-2 with a 4.07 ERA in 15 starts for the Yankees in 2008 before being placed on the disabled list on June 17 for the remainder of the season with a mid-foot sprain of the Lisfranc ligament and a partial tear of the peroneal longus tendon in his right foot. He began the season 6-0, including a 5-0 mark in April, and was the Yankees' Opening Day starter in the final season opener at Yankee Stadium on April 1, defeating Toronto, 3-2.

A disappointed Chien-Ming Wang talked to reporters for the first time since partially tearing the Lisfranc ligament in his right foot Sunday. Wang will be out at least 10 weeks, and possibly the whole season. "I'll try to come back early," Wang said.
Wang will wear a soft cast for at least six weeks. He must use crutches and is not permitted to put weight on his foot.

Despite missing most of the 2008 season, Wang's 46 wins since 2006 are tied for the third-most in the American League and eighth-most in the Majors. His .754 combined winning percentage over the last three seasons (2006-08) is the second-highest in the Majors behind Boston's Jon Lester (.771, 27-8). He recorded back-to-back seasons with 19 wins in 2006 and 2007, becoming the first Yankee to win as many games in each of two consecutive seasons since Tommy John in 1979-80.

On April 22, 2008, in his 85th career start, Wang became the third-fastest Major League pitcher in the last 50 years to reach 50 career wins behind Dwight Gooden (82nd start) and the Yankees' Ron Guidry (82nd start), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on May 5, 2000, Wang has won more games than any Taiwanese-born pitcher and ranks third all-time in wins by Asian-born pitchers behind Japan's Hideo Nomo (123) and South Korea's Chan Ho Park (117).

Lisfranc ligament :「右腳韌帶蹠跗關節拉傷」
peroneal longus tendon :「右腳腓骨長肌腱部分撕裂傷」

R/ Run = 得分
H/ Hit = 安打數
E/ Error = 失誤

P/ Pitcher = 投手
C/ Catcher = 捕手
1B/ First Baseman = 一壘手
2B/ Second Baseman = 二壘手
3B/ Third Baseman = 三壘手
SS/ Short Stop = 游擊手
LF/ Left Fielder = 左外野手
CF/ Center Fielder = 中外野手
RF/ Right Fielder = 右外野手
DH/ Designated Hitter = 指定打者
PH/ Pinch Hitter = 代打
PR/ Pinch Runner = 代跑
RBI/ Runner Batted In = 打點
Hit a Cycle: 完全打擊
Back to Back Homerun = 連續兩棒擊出全壘打
Grand Slam = 滿壘全壘打
Solo Homerun/ Solo Shot (美俚語) = 陽春全壘打


ERA/ Earned Run Average = 投手防禦率
IP/ Inning Pitched = 投球局數
BB/ Base Balled/ Walk/ = 四壞球
R/ Run = 失分
ER/ Earned Run = 自責分
Perfect Game = 完全比賽