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Taiwan Province

Taiwan Province is one of the two administrative divisions referred to as provinces and is controlled by the Republic of China . The province covers approximately 73% of the territory controlled by the Republic of China...

, Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

), is a Taiwanese professional baseball player

Professional baseball

Baseball is a team sport which is played by several professional leagues throughout the world. In these leagues, and associated farm teams, players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system....

. Originally drafted by the Taiwan Major League

Taiwan Major League

The Taiwan Major League was a professional baseball league in Taiwan that operated from 1996 to 2003. It was established by TV tycoon Chiu Fu-sheng after a row over CPBL broadcasting rights...

's Taichung Agan

Taichung Agan

The Taichung Agan , literally the Taichung Robots was a Taiwanese professional baseball team belonging to the Taiwan Major League . It was based in Taichung and took the Taichung Baseball Field as its home throughout its history...

 in 1998, after TML's merger into CPBL he has been playing for the Chinese Professional Baseball League

Chinese Professional Baseball League

The Chinese Professional Baseball League , or CPBL, is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003...

's Macoto Gida and its successors Macoto Cobras and Dmedia T-REX

Dmedia T-REX

The dmedia T-REX was a professional baseball team belonging to the Chinese Professional Baseball League .-History:The history of the team can be traced back to early 2001 when local Macoto Bank started to sponsor Taiwan Major League's Taipei Gida, taking over from the original sponsor Sampo...

 since 2003. A left-handed outfielder

Outfielder

Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...

 and first baseman

First baseman

First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team...

, he is well known for his offensive and powerful batting. He has been a frequent member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team since 1999 and holds a controversial record of reaching career 100th home run

Home run

In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...

 fastest in the history of professional baseball in Taiwan

Professional baseball in Taiwan

Professional baseball in Taiwan started with the founding of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1989. At its 1997 peak, Taiwan had two leagues and 11 professional teams...

 in within only 454 games; CPBL did not recognize this record because his first 75 home runs were hit in the TML. He also hit CPBL's milestone 5000th home run on April 12, 2006.

He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

-Preliminary round:The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. To determine the seed ranking of teams tied in the standings, the result of the two teams' game against each other was used. Japan therefore received first place due to the win over Cuba. In the semi-finals, Japan played...

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Career Records

Season	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG
2007	Macoto Cobras	95	372	84	131	32	2	19	79	224	41	80	5	0	0.352
2006	Macoto Cobras	100	370	61	95	20	0	19	61	172	49	83	11	1	0.257
2005	Macoto Cobras	101	348	76	99	27	0	23	74	195	80	99	9	3	0.284
2004	Macoto Cobras	100	362	67	103	24	5	17	67	188	60	91	13	3	0.285
2003	Macoto Gida	100	356	50	95	23	1	18	59	174	66	91	2	2	0.267
2002	Taichung Agan	72	268	51	86	20	0	19	64	163	35	64	5	3	0.321
2001	Taichung Agan	60	199	48	49	11	1	14	46	104	52	58	10	0	0.246
2000	Taichung Agan	48	152	36	53	9	0	15	38	107	43	38	5	2	0.349
1999	Taichung Agan	76	282	58	82	16	2	15	57	147	52	61	4	3	0.291
1998	Taichung Agan	58	205	52	69	14	0	12	38	119	48	54	13	1	0.337

See also

• List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 Asian Games
• List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 World Baseball Classic
• Chinese Taipei national baseball team