词条 | Liu Kai (baseball) |
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Liu Kai ({{zh|s=刘恺|t=劉愷|p=Líu Kǎi|}}; born 11 October 1987 in Tianjin, China[1]) is a left-handed pitcher in the New York Yankees organization. Liu Kai was later released by the New York Yankees minor league system along with his Chinese teammate Zhang Zhenwang.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} Liu began playing organized baseball at the age of 12, when he was enrolled in a sports school in China. At age 16, he became a professional baseball player when he began playing for the Guangdong Leopards of the China Baseball League. He has also participated as a member of the People's Republic of China National Team.[2] Liu's best pitch is his fastball, topping out at 84 miles per hour.[3] On June 18, 2007, 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 Zhang Zhenwang, who also signed with the Yankees.[4] The first baseball player born in the People's Republic of China to sign with a Major League Baseball club was pitcher Wang Chao, who signed with the Seattle Mariners on August 9, 2001. References1. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20080909084758/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/206844.shtml Athlete Biography - The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 8-24, 2008] {{China baseball roster 2008 Summer Olympics}}{{China 2009 World Baseball Classic roster}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu Kai}}2. ^[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aLAfzhCTNfUc&refer=asiaLiu Yankees' 84-MPH Pitcher May Spur Baseball Renaissance in China Cheng, Wing-Gar and Grant Clark, Bloomberg Asia, July 18, 2007] 3. ^[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aLAfzhCTNfUc&refer=asiaLiu Yankees' 84-MPH Pitcher May Spur Baseball Renaissance in China, Cheng, Wing-Gar and Grant Clark, Bloomberg Asia, July 18, 2007] 4. ^Yankees sign two Chinese prospects 9 : 1987 births|2009 World Baseball Classic players|Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Baseball players from Tianjin|Chinese baseball players|Chinese expatriate baseball players in the United States|Guangdong Leopards players|Living people|Olympic baseball players of China |
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