On June 18, 2007, Zhang became the first baseball player born in the People's Republic of China to sign a Major League Baseballcontract with the prior permission of the China Baseball Association, along with Liu Kai who also signed with the Yankees.[1] The first baseball player born in the People's Republic of China to sign a contract with a Major League Baseball Club was pitcher Wang Chao, who signed with the Seattle Mariners on August 9, 2001. Zhang ultimately opted to stay in China, and never played MiLB ball.
zhang, zhenwang, this, chinese, name, family, name, zhang, simplified, chinese, 张振旺, traditional, chinese, 張振旺, pinyin, zhāng, zhènwàng, born, march, 1988, tianjin, china, catcher, formerly, york, yankees, organization, zhang, began, professional, baseball, ca. In this Chinese name the family name is Zhang Zhang Zhenwang simplified Chinese 张振旺 traditional Chinese 張振旺 pinyin Zhang Zhenwang born 1 March 1988 in Tianjin China is a catcher formerly in the New York Yankees organization Zhang began his professional baseball career with the Tianjin Lions of the China Baseball League leading them to the championship series in 2002 2005 and 2006 He also was a member of the People s Republic of China National Team and participated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic On June 18 2007 Zhang became the first baseball player born in the People s Republic of China to sign a Major League Baseball contract with the prior permission of the China Baseball Association along with Liu Kai who also signed with the Yankees 1 The first baseball player born in the People s Republic of China to sign a contract with a Major League Baseball Club was pitcher Wang Chao who signed with the Seattle Mariners on August 9 2001 Zhang ultimately opted to stay in China and never played MiLB ball References edit Yankees sign two Chinese prospects nbsp nbsp This Chinese biographical article relating to a baseball figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zhang Zhenwang amp oldid 1211028429, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
