Chung-Wei Pan

Chung-Wei Pan (潘忠韋) (Trumpet)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 220 lb.

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

• Born August 10, 1976 in Wanluan, Pingtung Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Chung-Wei Pan played for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team and the CPBL.

Pan made Taiwan’s roster for 1991 World Youth Championship as Taiwan won the Gold Medal. He also represented Taiwan in the 1994 World Junior Championship, 1997 Asian Championship, 1998 Asian Games, 1999 Intercontinental Cup, 1999 Asian Championship, 1999 World Port Tournament and 2000 Haarlemse Honkbalweek. Pan batted .261/.250/.304 and fielded .982 as Taiwan's starting first baseman in the 1998 World Cup. He hit .296/.310/.556 in the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, and blasted a monster dinger off Byung-Hyun Kim in the 1998 Asian Games.

The Kaoping Fala drafted Pan in the first round of 2001 TML draft. He had an elite .343/.403/.459 batting line, and won the Gold Glove with just 47 game played in 2001. Pan didn’t extended his strong performance in the next year, and only hit .211/.261/.279. When the TML and the CPBL merged, Pan was assigned to the First Financial Holdings Agan

In the only season with the Agan, Pan took back his outstanding contact skills, batting .278/.324/.330 and was selected into the All-Star game for the first time in his career. The Pingtung native didn’t lose his step, batted .253/.303/.409 with 8 homers in the 2004, and hit a career-best .308/.353/.469 batting line with 12 homers in 2005. He also set a team record for most doubles in a game with four. Pan finally won his first CPBL Gold Glove and Best Ten award as a 1st baseman in 2006. He recorded a .276/.318/.392 batting line with 8 home runs, and also participated in the All-Star game. He was 5 for 18 in the 2006 Taiwan Series, and won his first Taiwan Series Title with the Bears.

The All-Star infielder faced a serious knee injury in 2007, which limited him into 43 game played. He came back the next year, hitting .288/.333/.425, and was selected into his 7th All-Star game. Pan extended his good condition, played a career-high 110 games with a .277/.344/.392 batting line, and was selected into the All-Star game again. He was named the captain of the Bears, but the veteran only had a .224/.252/.273 with 1 dinger. Pan then decided to retired after this season, and turned into a coach in the minor league of the CPBL. Pan only coached the Bears' minor team for a year, and became a broadcaster.

Overall, Pan hit .274/.321/.383 with 667 hits, 99 doubles and 51 homers in 10 seasons in the CPBL and the TML.

Sources

• Defunct IBAF site
• CPBL stats
• Chinese Wikipedia
• Taiwan Baseball Wiki