List of Major League Baseball players from Taiwan

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.
Wei-Yin Chen P April 10, 2012 Baltimore Orioles (2012–2015)
Miami Marlins (2016–2019)		 [4]
Wei-Chung Wang P April 14, 2014 Milwaukee Brewers (2014, 2017)
Oakland Athletics (2019)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2019)		 [5]
Tzu-Wei Lin INF June 24, 2017 Boston Red Sox (2017–2020) [6]
Wei-Chieh Huang P April 23, 2019 Texas Rangers (2019) [7]
Yu Chang INF June 28, 2019 Cleveland Indians (2019–present) [8]

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 ChenSeptember 14, 2002July 23, 2005OutfielderLos Angeles Dodgers (2002–2005)[9]
Fu-Te NiJune 28, 2009June 29, 2010PitcherDetroit Tigers (2009–2010)[10]
Chin-Lung HuSeptember 1, 2007May 16, 2011InfielderLos Angeles Dodgers (2007–2010)
New York Mets (2011)		[11]
Hong-Chih KuoSeptember 2, 2005September 24, 2011PitcherLos Angeles Dodgers (2005–2011)[12]
Che-Hsuan LinApril 14, 2012October 1, 2012OutfielderBoston Red Sox (2012)[13]
Chia-Jen LoJuly 31, 2013September 28, 2013PitcherHouston Astros (2013)[14]
C. C. LeeJuly 14, 2013September 30, 2015PitcherCleveland Indians (2013–2015)[15]
Chin-Hui TsaoJuly 25, 2003May 21, 2016PitcherColorado Rockies (2003–2005)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2007, 2015–2016)		[16]
Chien-Ming WangApril 30, 2005August 30, 2016PitcherNew York Yankees (2005–2009)
Washington Nationals (2011–2012)
Toronto Blue Jays (2013)
Kansas City Royals (2016)		[17]
Jen-Ho TsengSeptember 14, 2017May 8, 2018PitcherChicago Cubs (2017–2018)[18]
Chih-Wei HuApril 24, 2017September 27, 2018PitcherTampa Bay Rays (2017–2018)[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. "Wei-Yin Chen". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  5. "Wei-Chung Wang". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  6. "Tzu-Wei Lin". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  7. "Wei-Chieh Huang". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  8. "Yu Chang #2". MLB.com. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  9. "Chin-Feng Chen". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  10. "Fu-Te Ni". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  11. "Chin-Lung Hu". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  12. "Hong-Chih Kuo". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  13. "Che-Hsuan Lin". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  14. "Chia-Jen Lo". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  15. "C.C. Lee". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  16. "Chin-hui Tsao". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  17. "Chien-Ming Wang". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  18. "Jen-Ho Tseng". baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  19. "Chih-Wei Hu". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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