Chin-Feng Chen
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| La New Bears — No. -- | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: October 28, 1977 | |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| September 14, 2002 for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2005) |
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| Batting average | .091 |
| Runs batted in | 2 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Teams | |
| La New Bears - 52 | |
| Left Fielder | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Chinese Professional Baseball League Debut | |
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| March 21, 2006 for La New Bears | |
| Selected CPBL statistics (through 2007) |
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| Games | 179 |
| Batting average | 0.347 |
| Hits | 224 |
| Home runs | 47 |
| Runs batted in | 147 |
| Stolen bases | 31 |
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Chin-Feng Chen (born October 28, 1977, in Tainan City, Taiwan) (Traditional Chinese: 陳金鋒; pinyin: Chén Jīnfēng) is a baseball outfielder who was the first player born in Taiwan to play in Major League Baseball.
He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers during 2002-2005 season, but only sparingly. In 2005, Chen was reluctant to accept the designate for assignment back to Dodgers' Las Vegas 51s AAA team, and try out with another major league team. In 2006, after struggling to make 25-man roster with Dodgers, Chen tried out with Japanese Professional League and eventually decided to play Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan.
Chen was the first Taiwanese player to ever get a hit in the Major Leagues. After his contract with the Dodgers organization expired after the 2005 season, Chen announced on December 26, 2005, that he would not return to North America for the 2006 season, but would instead enter the CPBL draft. He was promptly selected by the La New Bears. Chen had completed his first complete baseball season at the hometown Taiwan in 2006. He ranked first on many aspects such as the highest hit-rate and 81 RBI for the whole season. He also led the La New Bears team to the championship title and he also won his first MVP title for the final series matches. Later on in the second Asian baseball tournament, he showed the best performance again and gained lots of attentions from Japanese and Korean baseball Clubs, including the well-known Orix Buffaloes team. But he rejected the contract from this Japanese team and made the decision to stay in Taiwan for at least one more year with his beloved La New Bears teammates.
Chen is a Taiwanese aborigine (Siraya tribal ancestry), as is Chin-hui Tsao (Amei tribal).[1]
Since Chen's debut, four other Taiwanese baseball players have played in MLB: the Rockies' Tsao (now with the Kansas City Royals), the New York Yankees' Chien-Ming Wang, the Dodgers' Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-Lung Hu.
[edit] Achievements
Chin-Feng Chen hit the first grand slam in Konami Cup history during the 2006 series.
[edit] See also
- Taiwan national baseball team
- List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 Asian Games
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Chin-Feng Chen at ESPN.com
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