List of Major League Baseball players from Taiwan

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This is a list of players from Taiwan in Major League Baseball. There have been 16 players total from Taiwan. Those players, especially star pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, became household names of Taiwanese people and induced huge followings for their games during MLB seasons. In November 2011, the inaugural MLB Taiwan All-Star Series was played in five games at three ballparks across Taiwan during the postseason. Wang and Fu-Te Ni were called up by the Chinese Taipei national baseball team against the MLB All-Star team.[1] All Taiwanese players who have appeared in Major League Baseball began their professional baseball careers in the United States by signing with teams as an international free agent. The first Taiwanese baseball player to be selected and signed via the Major League Baseball draft process was Lyle Lin, who was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[2][3]

Active players[]

Included in this table are players who are on, or have been on, an active MLB roster during the current MLB season (or, during the offseason, players who were on an active MLB roster during the most recently completed MLB season). Players are ordered by the date of the MLB debut.

Name Position MLB debut MLB team(s) Ref.
Yu Chang INF June 28, 2019 Cleveland Indians (2019–present) [4]
Tzu-Wei Lin INF June 24, 2017 Boston Red Sox (2017–2020)
Minnesota Twins (2021–present) 		[5]

Former players[]

Listed below are previous players in MLB, ordered by the date of their final MLB appearance.

Name MLB debut MLB final game Position MLB team(s) Ref.
Chin-Feng Chen September 14, 2002 July 23, 2005 Outfielder Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2005) [6]
Fu-Te Ni June 28, 2009 June 29, 2010 Pitcher Detroit Tigers (2009–2010) [7]
Chin-Lung Hu September 1, 2007 May 16, 2011 Infielder Los Angeles Dodgers (2007–2010)
New York Mets (2011)		 [8]
Hong-Chih Kuo September 2, 2005 September 24, 2011 Pitcher Los Angeles Dodgers (2005–2011) [9]
Che-Hsuan Lin April 14, 2012 October 1, 2012 Outfielder Boston Red Sox (2012) [10]
Chia-Jen Lo July 31, 2013 September 28, 2013 Pitcher Houston Astros (2013) [11]
C. C. Lee July 14, 2013 September 30, 2015 Pitcher Cleveland Indians (2013–2015) [12]
Chin-Hui Tsao July 25, 2003 May 21, 2016 Pitcher Colorado Rockies (2003–2005)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2007, 2015–2016)		 [13]
Chien-Ming Wang April 30, 2005 August 30, 2016 Pitcher New York Yankees (2005–2009)
Washington Nationals (2011–2012)
Toronto Blue Jays (2013)
Kansas City Royals (2016)		 [14]
Jen-Ho Tseng September 14, 2017 May 8, 2018 Pitcher Chicago Cubs (2017–2018) [15]
Chih-Wei Hu April 24, 2017 September 27, 2018 Pitcher Tampa Bay Rays (2017–2018) [16]
Wei-Chieh Huang April 23, 2019 May 14, 2019 Pitcher Texas Rangers (2019) [17]
Wei-Chung Wang April 14, 2014 September 17, 2019 Pitcher Milwaukee Brewers (2014, 2017)
Oakland Athletics (2019)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2019)		 [18]
Wei-Yin Chen April 10, 2012 September 28, 2019 Pitcher Baltimore Orioles (2012–2015)
Miami Marlins (2016–2019)		 [19]

References[]

  1. ^ "MLB Network to show Taiwan series". Nats Insider. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  2. ^ Yeh, Joseph (23 June 2019). "Lin joins D-Backs, becomes 1st Taiwanese to sign via MLB draft". Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ^ Metcalfe, Jeff (June 5, 2019). "ASU baseball finishes with five drafted players, same as 2018". Arizona Republic. Retrieved June 24, 2019. Republished as: "ASU baseball's Lyle Lin, Carter Aldrete selected in 2019 MLB draft". MSN. June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "Yu Chang #2". MLB.com. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Tzu-Wei Lin #37". MLB.com. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "Chin-Feng Chen". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  7. ^ "Fu-Te Ni". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  8. ^ "Chin-Lung Hu". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  9. ^ "Hong-Chih Kuo". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  10. ^ "Che-Hsuan Lin". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  11. ^ "Chia-Jen Lo". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  12. ^ "C.C. Lee". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  13. ^ "Chin-hui Tsao". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  14. ^ "Chien-Ming Wang". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  15. ^ "Jen-Ho Tseng". baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  16. ^ "Chih-Wei Hu". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  17. ^ "Wei-Chieh Huang". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  18. ^ "Wei-Chung Wang". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  19. ^ "Wei-Yin Chen". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
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