Lu Wen-sheng

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Lu Wen-sheng

Uni-President Lions - Retired
Second Baseman
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Chinese Professional Baseball League Debut
March 17, 1990 for Uni-President Lions
Selected CPBL statistics
(through 1998)
Games     541
Batting average     0.212
Hits     284
Home runs     1
RBIs     90
Stolen bases     10
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Lu Wen-sheng (traditional Chinese: 呂文生), born November 30, 1962 in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player and the current manager of Uni-President Lions. He has also represented Taiwan on many occasions before entering professional career, and is sometimes named the best second baseman of his time.

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[edit] Early years

Lu began his baseball career in elementary school, and has always been playing on the national team since high school. Because of his skills, he was admitted into the Hu-feng baseball team (traditional Chinese: 虎風棒球隊), the baseball team of the air force. With his solid fielding skills, he was a frequent member of the Taiwan National Baseball Team in the 1980s and won the bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics(as demonstration sport). He join Uni-President Lions in 1989 after being invited by a former coach.

[edit] Professional career

As a founding member of the Lions, Lu was well-liked by his teammates and coaches. He was praised for his stable performance on the field, but had very little achievement else where. When CPBL increased the number of foreign players on each team's roster in 1994, he eventually lost his position and has since became a backup infielder. He retired in 1998 due to age and lack of position on the team.

[edit] Coaching career

He took up the fielding coach position in the Lions after retiring, and later left for Macoto Gida, which is now Macoto Cobras, who offered him the same position but more opportunity. He returned to the Lions after the Cobras underwent major organizational restructuring, and first took up outfield fielding coach position, later the manager position when Lo Kuo-chang, the bench coach at the time, declined the offer. Despites the short notice before taking the job, Lu did fairly well by leading the Lions to victory in the 2007 Taiwan Series.

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11 Flag of the Republic of China Cheng Po-jen (鄭博壬)
13 Flag of the Republic of China Kao Lung-wei (高龍偉)
16 Flag of the Republic of China Lin Cheng-feng (林正豐)
17 Flag of the Republic of China Lin Yueh-ping (林岳平)
18 Flag of the Republic of China Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫)
19 Flag of the Republic of China Kao Chien-san (高建三)
21 Flag of the Republic of China Pan Chun-jung (潘俊榮)
22 Flag of the United States Lou Pote
23 Flag of the Republic of China Shen Po-tsang (沈柏蒼)
30 Flag of the Republic of China Yu Ching-wei (尤清韋)
33 Flag of the Republic of China Chang Chih-Chiang (張志強)
37 Flag of the Republic of China Tsai Shih-chin (蔡士勤)
38 Flag of the Republic of China Tseng Yi-cheng (曾翊誠)
43 Flag of the Republic of China Yen Chun-hao (顏淳浩)
54 Flag of the United States Ricky Stone
61 Flag of the Republic of China Wang Sheng-jung (王勝榮)

Catchers

 2 Flag of the Republic of China Chen Chun-hui (陳俊輝)
15 Flag of the Republic of China Tu Chuang-hsun (涂壯勳)
31 Flag of the Republic of China Kao Cheng-hua (高政華)
34 Flag of the Republic of China Kao Chih-kang (高志綱)
58 Flag of the Republic of China Yang Po-chao (楊博超)

Roster updated 2008-05-13

Infielders

 1 Flag of the Republic of China Hsu Sheng-chieh (許聖杰)
 6 Flag of the Republic of China Yang Sen (陽森)
 8 Flag of the Republic of China Yang Tung-yi (陽東益)
10 Flag of the Republic of China Shih Chin-tien (施金典)
20 Flag of the Dominican Republic Tilson Brito
29 Flag of the Republic of China Chuang Ching-he (莊景賀)
36 Flag of the Republic of China Cheng Nai-wen (鄭乃文)
66 Flag of the Republic of China Wang Tzu-sung (王子菘)
68 Flag of the Republic of China Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶)

Outfielders

 7 Flag of the Republic of China Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦)
24 Flag of the Republic of China Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦)
45 Flag of the Republic of China Kuo Chun-Yu (郭俊佑)
50 Flag of the Republic of China Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏)
51 Flag of the Republic of China Hsu Feng-pin (許峰賓)
53 Flag of the Republic of China Huang Kan-lin (黃甘霖)
55 Flag of the Republic of China Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄)
56 Flag of the Republic of China Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪)

Manager

70 Flag of the Republic of China Lu Wen-sheng (呂文生)

Coaches

39 Flag of the Republic of China Wu Chun-liang (吳俊良) (Pitching Coach)
52 Flag of the United States Tony Torchia (Hitting Coach)
71 Flag of the Republic of China Chang Sheng-cheng (張聲鎮) (Baserunning Coach)
78 Flag of the United States Frank Reberger (Pitching coach)
79 Flag of Japan Isshiki Yu (一色 優) (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
80 Flag of the Republic of China Wu Chia-jung (吳佳榮) (Baserunning Coach)
89 Flag of the Republic of China Lo Min-ching (羅敏卿) (Minor League Head Coach)
96 Flag of the Republic of China Lo Kuo-chang (羅國璋) (Bench Coach/Fielding Coach)

Trainees

 0 Flag of the Republic of China Wu Chih-feng (吳志峯) - P
 3 Flag of the Republic of China Liu Yu-chen (劉育辰) - IF
 9 Flag of the Republic of China Hsiao Ching-lung (蕭清龍) - P
14 Flag of the Republic of China Kuo Chien-yu (郭健瑜) - OF
25 Flag of the Republic of China Li Hung-yang (利弘揚) - P
74 Flag of the Republic of China Lee Wei-hua (李瑋華) - P

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