Raymond Bo-shue Chang (born August 24, 1983) is a Chinese-American baseball infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, currently optioned to the Pirates double-A affiliate Altoona Curve of the Eastern League. Chang was a member of the China national baseball team competing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Although Chang was born in America, he is eligible to compete for Chinese national team because both of his parents were born in China.

Ray Chang is a Chinese-American baseball player who has spent time within the San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates minor league systems. He was born in Kansas City and originally signed with the Padres as a non-drafted free agent out of Rockhurst University in 2005. Chang was released in 2008, after three seasons in the Padres organization. The Pirates signed him and sent him to Double-A Altoona, where he appeared in five games. He has a minor-league line of .258/.330/.375. The infielder came to the Padres in as an undrafted free agent in 2005 after trying his luck during an open try-out.

Ray was initially scouted while playing at Rockhurst University. That year, he split time with the Arizona Fall League and Lake Elsinore. In 2006, he played 26 games with Fort Wayne, hitting .286 with 26 hits and 19 runs over 91 at-bats. He hit three home runs and drove in eight. That season he also played about a dozen games each in Double-A Mobile and Triple-A Portland.

In 2007, Chang split time between High-A Lake Elsinore where he hit .304 and Triple-A Portland, where he spent most of the season. After about 30 games split between Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Portland, the Padres released Chang. He caught on with Pittsburgh late in the season before appearing in 5 games with their Double-A affiliate in Altoona.

Ray is one of three players (Zhenwang Zhang and Kai Liu being the others) within a Major League club’s affiliation to make the China team. Ray Chang plays shortstop, which will move the Chinese team captain, Yufeng Zhang, to move to first base for the WBC. Chang homered and drove in two runs while going 3-4 with a slick play at short to help China beat Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 4-1 on Saturday, March 7, 2009 for its first win in the World Baseball Classic.

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