Chin Cheng

Chin Cheng (成晉)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 198 lb.

• High School Taoyuan Municipal Ping-Jen Senior High School

• Born November 13, 1998 in Yujing, Tainan Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Chin Cheng has played in the CPBL and for the Taiwanese national team.

Cheng was the third pick of the Lamigo Monkeys in the 2017 CPBL Draft, following Chien-Fu Liao and Li Lin, not bad company. He was only 3 for 25 with a walk as a rookie in the 2018 CPBL then played in the Asian Winter League. He was 0 for 9 in 2019 though he hit .331 on the farm.

When Lamigo became the Rakuten Monkeys in 2020, he made progress, hitting .302/.330/.425 in 35 games. His time increased in 2021, with 50 games, and he hit .287/.333/.353. At age 23, he became a starter in 2022, producing at a .316/.364/.374 clip with 23 steals in 32 tries. He only struck out 32 times in 100 games. He fielded .995 in right, with 7 assists to 1 error. He was 4th in the league in average (between Kun-Yu Chiang and Wei-Chen Wang), 3rd in steals (after Chen-Wei Chen and Tien-Hsin Kuo) and 1st with 25 sacrifice hits (11 ahead of Cheng-Hua Yueh). He batted .231/.333/.308 in the 2022 Taiwan Series, and the Monkeys were swept by the CTBC Brothers.

Cheng then made Taiwan's roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He pinch-hit for Po-Jung Wang in the 7th inning against Italy, and he singled against Joey Marciano; he was retired by Claudio Scotti in his next at-bat. Cheng then pinch-hit for Wang versus Cuba and Raidel Martinez retired him. He recorded a .290/.368/.338 batting line with 14 doubles in the 2023 season. He was 5-for-13 in the 2023 CPBL Playoff Series and helped the Monkeys eliminate the Uni-President Lions, but he only hit .083/.185/.083 in the 2023 Taiwan Series when the Monkeys were beaten by the Wei Chuan Dragons in 7 games.