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Authenticator Pre-Certified Learn More Authenticator: Steiner Sports Memorabilia Item's unique digital ID: WANGBAS000000 History of item: Chein-Ming Wang MLB Baseball Describe how you came to possess this item: FanTasticKtickets purchased this baseball for their personal collection. Other information about you and / or the item: FanTasticKtickets has both Memorabilia for the serious collector and the casual sports fan alike as well as a large selection of concert and sporting event tickets. Be sure to add us to your favorites list ! We have are always adding new items to our Store! Chien-Ming Wang NY Yankees Star Pitcher Signed Baseball! In 2005, Wang was called up from the Yankees' AAA affiliate, the Columbus Clippers. Wang pitched in 18 games, though an injury kept him sidelined for part of the season. He went 8-5 with an earned run average of 4.02. On September 19, 2005, Wang tied a record for assists in a game by a pitcher with nine. In the playoffs against the Angels, Wang pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed just one run. Despite his efforts, the Yankees lost the game and the series.In Wang's second season, he established himself as the Yankees' ace. Wang won 19 games (tied for the most in the majors along with Johan Santana), posted a 3.63 ERA and even picked up his first save on June 3 against the Baltimore Orioles. Wang threw two complete games, though the first, on June 18, was bittersweet: against the Washington Nationals, he allowed a 1-out, 2-run, walk-off home run by Ryan Zimmerman to lose the game 3-2. His first complete game win was on July 28, 2006, a 2-hit, 6-0 shutout of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Yankee Stadium. In his next start, he threw eight shutout innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, in which he got an outstanding 18 ground ball outs. Wang started the first game of the Division Series against the Detroit Tigers. Wang earned the win as the Yankees beat Detroit 7-4.Overall in 2006, Wang limited batters to a .211 batting average while games were tied, and a .205 batting average in games that were late and close. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays batted just .159 against him, losing three out of four games to the Yankees that Wang pitched. Wang was effective despite the lowest strikeout rate in the majors (3.14 strikeouts per nine innings and 76 strikeouts overall) [1] , thanks in part to his allowing the fewest home runs per nine innings (0.5) . Wang also led the league in ground ball percentage (62.8%) and allowed 2.84 groundouts for every fly ball out.At the end of the season, Wang finished second to Santana in voting for the Cy Young award. Wang collected 15 second-place votes, and 51 points. He also received a ninth-place vote, good for two points, in the AL MVP balloting, won by Justin Morneau. In 's This Year in Baseball Awards, he was chosen as the top starter in 2006 season with more than 47% of the fan vote. Wang began the 2007 season on the disabled list, having injured his right hamstring during spring training. He returned on April 24th against Tampa Bay. On May 5, 2007, Wang pitched 7 1/3 perfect innings before giving up a home run to Ben Broussard of the Seattle Mariners, falling five outs short of a perfect game PRE CERTIFIED Steiner COA We have 99.8% Positive Feedback on eBay so Bid/Buy with confidence!! All of our items come with a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) that we received from the original seller and/or collector. Other items we have sent to third party venders to get authenticated! All of our items are backed with a 100% money back guarantee! If you have ANY question regarding the items authenticity, please contact us within 7 days to obtain information about returning the item and getting a full refund. NO QUESTIONS ASKED!! ALL of our items are authentic! We guarantee it or your money back!! Payment: Please make payment within 72 hours of the end of auction or buy it now! We prefer Paypal. Checks must be received no more than 10 days after auction end, or item w... read more

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