Chien-Wei Chen

Chien-Wei Chen (陳健偉)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 187 lb.

• School Taipei Physical Education College
• High School Taipei Physical Education College

• Born December 16, 1977 in Changhua County Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Chien-Wei Chen once hit .334 in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Chen played in the 1990 Little League World Series (won by Taiwan), 1994 Asian Junior Championship and 1995 Universiade. He was drafted by the Chinatrust Whales in the third round of the 2000 CPBL Draft, and he debuted in the CPBL in 2000; he was 3-for-21. He hit .279/.357/.386 and fielded .997 as a part-time first baseman in 2001. Moving to third base in 2002, he had a career season at .334/.434/.440 but fielded only .897. He was second in OBP (.011 behind Cheng-Min Peng), led in average (.008 ahead of Chung-Yi Huang) and tied Sung-Hsien Yang for 8th in slugging. He won the Best Ten nod as the top third baseman in the league. He played for Taiwan in the 2002 Asian Games and helped them win Bronze, delivering the game-winning RBI against Japan.

Chen slumped to .244/.351/.339 and fielded .888 in 2003. The next year, he rebounded a bit to .268/.380/.376, placing 5th in OBP and 3rd in walks (51). He also returned to first base, where his glove was much less of a liability. In 2005, Chen hit only .236/.302/.308, followed by seasons of .238/.320/.364 and .277/.357/.379. Overall, he had hit .269/.369/.360 in 8 seasons in the CPBL. In 2007, he was suspended due to suspected gambling as part of the scandal that destroyed the Whales. He was acquitted of charges in 2010.

Overall, Chen hit .269/.360/.369 with 468 hits and 88 doubles in 8 seasons in CPBL.

Sources

• CPBL Player Page
• Chinese Wiki Baseball