An-Hsi Li

An-Hsi Li (李安熙)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 189 lb.

• School Chinese Culture University
• High School Meiho High School

• Born November 10, 1964 in Miaoli County Taiwan

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Biographical Information

An-Hsi Li played in the TML and CPBL and coached the Chinese Taipei national baseball team.

Li represented Taiwan in the 1987 World Port Tournament. The Wei Chuan Dragons signed Li when the team was founded in 1990. Li was hot in the first half in his rookie year and led the league in batting average. Although his batting slightly slid down in the second half, he still recorded a .300/.354/.390 batting line with 40 RBI, and participated in the All-Star game. In the 1990 Taiwan Series, Li hit .214/.313/.286 and won the first Taiwan Series Title with the Dragons. Li's batting unexpectedly declined to .197/.265/.275 in 1991, and he never found back his batting performance from the rookie year. Li batted .243/.320/.398 in 1992, and .235/.305/.332 in 1993. His batting average fell down to .215 in 1994, but he won his first CPBL Gold Glove award as a first baseman in this year. Li bounced back to .267/.356/.348 in 1995, but his batting mysteriously declined again in 1996. Li only hit .172/.263/.194 with no home runs.

When the Taiwan Major League was founded in 1997, Li jumped to there and signed with the Taichung Agan. He batted .229/.279/.289 in the first year with the Agan. 1998 was the best year for Li in the TML, as he hit .280/.364/.434 with career-high 11 dingers. The veteran infielder was selected into the All-Star Game in 1999, but he only ended the season with .258/.315/.353 batting line. After hitting .232/.313/.317 in 2000, Li announced his retirement, and became a coach. He served as defense coach for the Agan from 2001 to 2002, then worked for the Macoto Cobras in the same position from 2004 to 2007. He was the bench coach for the DMedia T-Rex in 2008. When the T-Rex dissolved, Li transferred to the Taiwan national training team, and worked there until 2015. Li also coached the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in 2012 Haarlem Baseball Week, 2013 World Port Tournament, 2013 East Asian Games and 2017 World Baseball Classic. The CTBC Brothers signed Li on 2015, and he served as their bench coach from 2015 to 2016. He is a broadcaster now (2023).

Overall, Li had hit .269/.307/.343 with 175 stolen bases in ten seasons in the CPBL and TML.

Sources

• Defunct IBAF site
• CPBL Player Page
• Taiwan Baseball Wiki
• World Baseball Classic site