| Hsu Ming-Chieh | |
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| Saitama Seibu Lions — No. 23 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: December 1, 1976 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Professional debut | |
| TML: 1998 for the Taichung Agan | |
| NPB: April 2, 2000 for the Seibu Lions | |
| NPB statistics (through 2008) |
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| Win-Loss | 36-33 |
| ERA | 4.31 |
| Strikeouts | 339 |
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Hsu Ming-Chieh (simplified Chinese: 许铭杰; traditional Chinese: 許銘傑; pinyin: Xǔ Míngjié), born December 1, 1976 in Kaohsiung County, now part of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) is a pitcher for Nippon Professional Baseball's Seibu Lions. He is known for his Shuuto (two-seamer).
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Hsu was raised in southern Taiwan and joined his school's baseball team in elementary school. At the age of 12, Hsu participated in the 1989 Little League World Series while playing for Kang-Tu Little League. Kang-Tu lost the series to a team from Trumbull, Connecticut.
In 1998, Hsu joined Taichung Agan, a baseball club in the now-defunct Taiwan Major League. His outstanding performance with Agan in the 1998 and 1999 seasons has been compared with Daisuke Matsuzaka by the Taiwanese media. In 2000, he joined the Seibu Lions of the Pacific League in Japan.
Hsu has participated in many International baseball events.
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