Chuang-Chen Chueh

Chuang-Chen Chueh (闕壯鎮)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 6", Weight 169 lb.

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

• Born April 15, 1972 in Taipei County Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Chuang-Chen Chueh played in the TML, CPBL and for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team.

Chueh represented Taiwan in the 1993 Asian Championship, 1993 Universiade, and 1998 Asian Games. The Chinatrust Whales signed Chueh when the team was founded in 1997, and the speedy outfielder soon became a superstar for the Whales. Chueh hit .263/.317/.348 with a league-leading 5 triples and 31 stolen bases. He also won the CPBL Rookie of the Year Award. Chueh extended his elite performance in 1998, as he broke the record among local players for most triples (8, later broken by Ming-Hsien Lin in 2001), and most stolen bases in a season (53, topped by Kan-Lin Huang in 1999). He was the first local player to enter the 50 stolen bases club, and also won his first CPBL Gold Glove award. He ranked 2nd in stolen bases (18 behind Bernardo Tatis), 8th in hits (120) and 5th in runs (71).

The Taipei native hit .243/.274/.319 and stole 51 bases in 1999, and became the first and the only local player to stole more than 50 bases multiple times. However, Kan-Lin Huang broke his record with 54 stolen bases, and blocked Chueh from leading the league in stolen bases for the first time in his career. Chueh recorded .281/.309/.380 with 25 stolen bases in 2000, his last year with the CPBL, and set the record for fastest to reach 150 career stolen bases.

Chueh jumped to the Taiwan Major League and joined the Chianan Luka in 2001. Although he only played 23 games in that year, the veteran outfielder bounced back in 2002. He recorded a .279/.317/.330 batting line with 12 stolen bases, and won the Gold Glove award. When two leagues merged, Chueh decided to retire instead of joining the CPBL again. He is a junior high school coach now.

Overall, Chueh had hit .269/.307/.343 with 175 stolen bases in ten seasons in the CPBL and TML. He ranked 6th in career stolen bases in CPBL history (as of 2023), behind Kan-Lin Huang, I-Tseng Lin, Cheng-Min Peng, Tien-Lin Chang and Sheng-Wei Wang.

Sources

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