Yankees’ Chien-Ming Wang Struggling
April 20, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Stats and Analysis
Sometimes pitchers get roughed up. However, Chien-Ming Wang of the New York Yankees is struggling at a historic level. After three starts, Wang has a 34.50 ERA. The 29-year-old from Taiwan insists that everything is okay. The numbers, though, suggest otherwise.
In his first start of the season, Wang gave up seven earned runs in 3.2 innings. In that outing, which was actually his best outing of the season so far, he gave up nine hits and walked three batters.
In his second game, Wang gave up eight earned runs in one inning. In that showing, he allowed six hits and three …read more
