Chien-Fu Liao

Chien-Fu Liao (廖健富)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 194 lb.

• High School Kao-Yuan Technical High School

• Born September 28, 1998 in Chiayi City Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Chien-Fu Liao has caught in the CPBL.

Liao was a 1st-round pick of the Lamigo Monkeys in the 2017 CPBL Draft; he was 5 for 11 in that year. The young catcher soon secured the starting catcher spot in 2018, and broke the league record for the youngest player who started in the opening day. He finished .387/.462/.575 with 10 homers and was selected into the All-Star game as a rookie. He lost the rookie of the year to the Lions' Tzu-Chien Shih. Liao continued his good performance in 2019, when he hit .291/.381/.397 with 6 homers and was selected into the All-Star game for the second year in a row. In 2020, Liao completed his second double-digit homers season with a .337/.406/.542 batting line. He won the Best Ten award as the league's top catcher.

However, Liao suffered from hip joint injuries, and only played 76 games in 2021. He still batted well, recorded a .321/.400/.489 line with 8 dingers, but the Monkeys decided to move him away from the catcher. He only played 46 games in 2022 because of the same injuries. The Monkeys announced that they will move Liao to first base in 2023. Liao had his career year in 2023, hitting .313/.388/.522 with 22 homers and 83 RBI. He led the league in RBI, ranked 2nd in homers (1 behind Giljegiljaw Kungkuan), 6th in hits (15 behind Chi-Hung Liu) and 5th in runs (8 behind Chieh-Hsien Chen). In the 2023 CPBL Playoff Series, Liao was 3-for-10 with a homer off Rui-Yang Ku Lin in Game 3, and the Monkeys swept the Uni-President Lions to advance into the 2023 Taiwan Series. He also won another Best Ten as a designated hitter.

Liao made it onto Taiwan's roster for the 2023 Asian Championship. He was 0-for-4 against South Korea in the opener, then went 1-for-1 with 2 RBI against Palestine. Liao then went 1-for-4 with a single against Shuichiro Kayo of against Japan then he was 0-for-2 against the Philippines in the next game. In the Gold Medal Game, Chiu was 0-for-4 and Taiwan still lost to Japan and won Silver.