Hsu Ming-chieh
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| Born: December 1, 1976 | |||
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| Professional debut | |||
| TML: 1998, for the Taichung Agan | |||
| NPB: April 2, 2000, for the Seibu Lions | |||
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| Win–loss record | 49-49 | ||
| ERA | 4.20 | ||
| Strikeouts | 476 | ||
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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 baseball pitcher currently playing for Chinese Professional Baseball League's Lamigo Monkeys in Taiwan. He previously played for Nippon Professional Baseball's Saitama Seibu Lions and Orix Buffaloes. He is known for his Shuuto (two-seamer).[citation needed]
Early life
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.
Professional career
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.[citation needed]
In 2000, he joined the Seibu Lions of the Pacific League in Japan. In 2012, after 12 seasons with the Lions, he moved to the Orix Buffaloes, where he played 2 seasons.
In 2014, he returned to Taiwan, playing for the Lamigo Monkeys in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.
International experience
Hsu has participated in many International baseball events.
- 1989: Little League World Series
- 1995: Asian Baseball Championship
- 1995: Intercontinental Cup
- 1997: Asian Baseball Championship
- 1998: Bangkok Asian Games
- 1999: Asian Baseball Championship
- 2001: Baseball World Cup
- 2003: Asian Baseball Championship
- 2007: Baseball World Cup
- 2007: Asian Baseball Championship
See also
External links
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
- Player information from WikiBaseball (Chinese)
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text
- Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from January 2011
- Articles with Chinese-language external links
- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Kaohsiung
- Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Taichung Agan players
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Seibu Lions players
- Saitama Seibu Lions players
- Orix Buffaloes players
- Asian Games medalists in baseball
- Baseball players at the 1998 Asian Games
