Peng Cheng-min

Peng Cheng-min
Chinatrust Brothers – No. 23
First baseman (present), right fielder (past)
Born: (1978-08-06) 6 August 1978 Kaoshiung, Taiwan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
CPBL debut
10 March, 2001, for the Brother Elephants
Career statistics (through 2017, 12 April)
Batting average	.340
Hits	1781
Home runs	183
Runs batted in	969
Stolen Base	221
Runs	973
Teams
Brother Elephants/Chinatrust Brother Elephants (2001–present)

Peng Cheng-min, (traditional Chinese: 彭政閔; simplified Chinese: 彭政闵; pinyin: Péng Zhēngmǐn; Wade–Giles: Peng² Cheng¹ Min³; born 6 August 1978 in Kaoshiung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays first base for the Chinatrust Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. During the 2001–02 seasons he was designated hitter for the team. Starting in 2003, he began his four-season tenure in right field. However, in the middle of the 2006 season Brother Elephants released then first baseman Tsai Feng-an (蔡豐安) and Peng switched to play first base.

He is known for his skill hitting inside-out. He has won five CPBL Batting Championship Awards and is the Elephants player with the most home runs (161), Runs batted in (785), runs (790), hits (1396), doubles (225)over the course of his professional career. He also holds the Chinese Professional Baseball League records for career walks (804).

In 2008, he hit .391, a CPBL single-season record. On 20 September 2008, Peng hit the 1000th home run in Elephant's history, and followed it up on 28 March 2009 with the CPBL's 6000th home run. He recorded his career 1,000 hits on 18 August 2010 in Taichung Baseball Field, becoming the player reached the 1,000 hits with fewest games(844), plates (3469), at bats (2838).

In the end of 2010, when the Brother Elephants seized the championship, he gained the CPBL MVP of the Year Award.

On 21 November 2011, Peng signed a ten-year extension with the Brother Elephants, five-year as player and five-year as coach. The contract worth 66 million NT dollar (roughly 2.27 million US dollar), it is the largest contract for a player in CPBL history.

Experience

• Kaoshiung City Municipal Fu-sing Elememtary School Baseball Team
• Kaoshiung City Municipal Wu-fu Junior High School Baseball Team
• Pintong Mei-her High School Baseball Team
• Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
• Taiwan Army Baseball Team
• CPBL Brother Elephants/Chinatrust Brother Elephants (2001~present)

Career statistics

Red Numberis CPBL record

Career Statistics Rank

Awards

Salary

• 1 NT dollar is roughly equal to 0.033 US dollar.

National team

Peng Cheng-min

Peng playng for the Chinese Taipei national team in 2013 World Baseball Classic
Medal record
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Men’s Baseball
Intercontinental Cup
	2002 Havana	Team
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
Asian Baseball Championship
	2003 Sapporo	Team
	2007 Taichung	Team

He has been selected by Chinese Taipei baseball team several times since 1998, as follows:

• 1998 Baseball World Cup
• 2000 Haarlem Baseball Week
• 2002 Busan Asian Games
• 2002 Intercontinental Cup
• 2003 Asian Baseball Championship
• 2004 Athens Olympic Games^[1]
• 2007 Baseball World Cup
• 2007 Asian Baseball Championship
• 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
• 2008 Beijing Olympics Games^[1]
• 2009 World Baseball Classic
• 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
• 2013 World Baseball Classic - Qualification
• 2013 World Baseball Classic

International game performance

• On 2 March 2013, Peng played for Chinese Taipei national baseball team against Australia in Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium during 2013 World Baseball Classic. In the first inning, he drove Dai-Kang Yang for first run of the tournament; besides, in the fifth inning, he smashed a right-field solo home run, it was first home run of the tournament.^[2]

Family

Peng's parents live in Kaoshiung; in addition, he has two elder sisters and a younger brother, Peng Cheng-sin(彭政欣), who currently is a Brother Elephants administrator. On 13 December 2008, he married Lu Kuan-chi(呂冠綺), a flight attendant.

References

1. 1 2 Olympic results
2. ↑

External links

• Player information from WikiBaseball (in Chinese)

Awards
Preceded by Chen Chien-wei(陳健偉) Chen Chin-Feng(陳金鋒) Pan Wu-hsiung(潘武雄)	CPBL Batting Champion Award 2003–05 2008 2010	Succeeded by Chen Kuan-jen(陳冠任) Pan Wu-hsiung(潘武雄) Chang Cheng-wei(張正偉)
Preceded by Chen Chih-yuan(陳致遠)	CPBL Hit Champion Award 2004	Succeeded by Yang Sen(陽森)
Preceded by Lin Yi-chuan(林益全)	CPBL MVP of the Year Award 2010	Succeeded by Lin Hung-yu(林泓育)