Chih-Hsin Chen

Chih-Hsin Chen (陳執信)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 170 lb.

• School Taipei Physical Education College

• Born May 16, 1962 in Hualien County Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Chih-Hsin Chen is a former Olympic Silver Medal winner.

Chen played in the 1981 World Junior Championship and 1988 Haarlem Baseball Week. He hit .286/.348/.429 in the 1991 Intercontinental Cup while allowing 7 steals in 9 tries; he hit better but did not field as well as fellow backstop Kun-Hong Pai. In the 1991 Asian Championship, he went 4 for 8 with four walks and four runs for Taiwan. In the 1992 Olympics, he was 4 for 8 with a double and two walks as Pai's backup. He allowed all four baserunners who tried to steal successfully. In the round-robin match against Cuba, he had 2 hits (one double) and one walk in four trips to the plate, the only Taiwanese batter with multiple hits; the opposing starter was Orlando Hernandez. In the Gold Medal game, he replaced Pai with 1 2/3 innings to play and did not bat in a 11-1 loss to Cuba.

Chen began his pro career in 1993 with the China Times Eagles, hitting .227/.276/.342. He batted .229/.268/.367 in 1994 and .251/.286/.383 in 1995, then improved to .295/.350/.461 in 1996 (still pretty far behind Best Ten catcher Chi-Chen Tseng). He crushed the first All-Star Game pinch-hit homer, off Chao-Huang Lin in the 1994 CPBL All-Star Game. On October 6, he connected for a single off Don August for the 30,000th hit in the history of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He was at .290/.343/.419 in 1997 when he was banned for life due to his involvement in a game-fixing scandal.

Overall, Chen put up a .256/.302/.393 in five seasons in the CPBL and fielded .984. He later became a youth baseball coach.

Sources

• CPBL Player Page
• Chinese Wiki Baseball
• Defunct IBAF site