Cheng-Yu Chung

Cheng-Yu Chung (鍾承佑)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

• School National Taiwan Sport University
• High School Kao-Yuan Technical High School

• Born January 31, 1985 in Kaohsiung County Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Cheng-Yu Chung played in the CPBL for 12 years.

Chung played for Taiwan in the 2001 World Youth Championship, 2004 World University Championship (a team-high .387 average) and 2005 Asian Championship. He was a backup in the 2005 Baseball World Cup, going 0 for 3 with a walk and a run as a substitute for RF Chih-Yao Chan and CF Chun-Yu Kuo. Chung made Taiwan's preliminary roster for the 2006 World Baseball Classic but missed the final cut. He hit .294/.400/.353 in the 2006 Haarlem Baseball Week and appeared in the 2006 World University Championship.

The La New Bears drafted Chung in the third round of the 2007 CPBL Draft. He played for Taiwan in the 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, going 0 for 2 with a walk while backing up Chien-Ming Chang in right; his only appearance was in a win over South Africa. He made his [CPBL debut in 2008, hitting .252/.315/.389. He improved to .287/.329/.448 in 2009 and hit for the cycle on May 23 (the 6th player in league annals to do so). Chung was selected into the 2009 CPBL All-Star Game, and he was 1-for-2 with a solo shot against Hao-Jen Lee. He then batted .288/.314/.446 with 28 doubles, 8 triples and 10 homers in 2010 as La New's #3 hitter and right fielder. The free-swinger (20 BB, 80 K) was 5th in the league in slugging, was 5th in RBI (64), tied Fu-Hao Liu for third in home runs, tied Cheng-Wei Chang for second in triples and was one double behind leader Szu-Chi Chou. He won his first [[Best Ten] as an outfielder.

Chung made Taiwan's roster for the 2010 Intercontinental Cup, but he was 0-for-11 in that event. He hit .318/.378/.498 with a career-high 15 homers in 2010, ranking 9th in hits (29 behind Cheng-Wei Chang) and 4th in homers (7 behind Hung-Yu Lin). In the 2011 CPBL All-Star Game, Chung was 1-for-2 with a double and also won the home run derby. He was only 2-for-15 in the 2011 Taiwan Series, and the Monkeys were beaten by the Uni-President Lions in 5 games. Chung won his first CPBL Gold Glove and another Best Nine.

The Kaohsiung native was still solid in 2012, and he hit .304/.349/.465 with 9 homers. He ranked 7th in hits (38 behind Cheng-Wei Chang) and 10th in batting (.084 behind [[Wu-Hsiung Pan). In the 2012 Taiwan Series, Chung hit .214/.267/.286 and he won his first Taiwan Series title as the Lions beat the Monkeys in 5 games. He won both Gold Glove and Best Ten honors again. Chung slumped in 2013 as he hit .258/.288/.374, and his batting line fell to .222/.302/.373 in 2014.

Chung suffered from injuries, so he only played 57 games while he hit .276/.345/.435 in 2015. He was plunked by Robert Morey and fractured his left hand, which made him miss most of the 2016 season; he only played 27 games. Chung didn't have many chances after that as the Monkeys had plenty of talented outfielders, and he never played more than 40 games in the next three seasons. Chung announced his retirement after the 2019 season, and he became a coach. He coached the Monkeys in 2020, and he jumped to the Fubon Guardians. After coaching for Fubon for 2 seasons, Chung went back to the Monkeys again as their batting coach in 2023.

Overall, Chung hit .28/.327/.430 with 762 hits, 158 doubles and 59 homers in 12 seasons in the CPBL.

Sources

• CPBL Player Page
• Taiwan Baseball Wiki
• Defunct IBAF site
• Honkbalweek.nl
• 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament Final Report