Cheng-Wei Chang

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Cheng-Wei Chang
Brother Elephants
Outfielder
Born: (1986-08-05) August 5, 1986 Taitung County, Taiwan
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
Teams
Brother Elephants (2010–present)

Cheng-Wei Chang(張正偉) (born August 5, 1986) is a Taiwanese baseball player who plays with the Brother Elephants in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

He made his debut in the Chinese Professional Baseball League at age 23. Chang is the nephew of Tai-Shan Chang, a cousin of Chih-Hao Chang and is a more distant relative of Chung-Shou Yang, Yao-Hsun Yang, Chien-Fu Yang, Chih-Yuan Chen, Sen Yang and Tung-Yi Yang.

Chang was drafted by the Sinon Bulls in 2008. He led the Taiwanese minors in hits (81) and average (a record .409) in 2009. When Sinon let him go, he signed with the Brother Elephants. On March 20, he got his first CPBL hit, a single off Wei-Lun Pan. He hit .297/.360/.377 as a rookie with 15 steals (but 10 times caught). He was 8th in the 2010 CPBL in average.

He played for Taiwan in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

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Chinese Taipei 2013 World Baseball Classic roster

Manager 81 Chang-Heng Hsieh
Coach 77 Cheng-Hsiun Hsieh
Coach 6 Wei-Cheng Chen
Coach 27 Chun-Chang Yeh
Coach 76 Jung-Hua Liu
Coach 56 Chih-Feng Chen

Persondata
Name	Chang, Cheng-Wei
Alternative names
Short description	Taiwanese baseball player
Date of birth	August 5, 1986
Place of birth	Taitung County, Taiwan
Date of death
Place of death

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