Top Yankee Moments Of 2008: Chien-Ming Wang Injury

Posted by admin on January 4, 2009 under Top Yankee Moments Of 2008 | Be the First to Comment

Chien-Ming Wang has been the Yankees ace in 2006, with two years of 19 win seasons. However, in 2008 his season was cut short with just 8 wins.

On June 15th, in an interleague game against Houston, Wang suffered a season ending injury while running the bases. Never had interleague play seemed like such a bad thing.

According to Wikipedia, Wang was diagnosed with a torn Lisfranc ligament of the right foot and a partial tear of the peroneus longus of the right foot.

I don’t know exactly what that means, but it does sound painful.

It didn’t require any surgery, but he did have a cast on his foot until the end of July. However, rehab would keep him out for the rest of the season. It may have been a fatal blow to the struggling Yankees.

On a more positive note. On April 22, Wang recorded a win against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. The victory, in Wang’s 85th career start, made him the fastest Major Leaguer to record 50 wins as a starter since Dwight Gooden, who won his 50th game in his 82nd start on June 29, 1986, at Chicago for the New York Mets. Wang also became the quickest Yankee to 50 wins since Ron Guidry who accomplished this in his 82nd start.