Hsiao-Mei Chen

Hsiao-Mei Chen (陳曉梅)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 6", Weight 139 lb.

• School Taipei City University
• High School Xiufeng High School

• Born January 29, 1993

Biographical Information

Hsiao-Mei Chen has played for the Taiwanese women's national team.

Chen hit .455/.519/.591 with 6 RBI in 9 games in the 2012 Women's Baseball World Cup; the 19-year-old DH/RF had five putouts and no errors. She was 4-for-4 with 3 runs, 3 RBI and a double in a win over the Netherlands. In a rematch with them, her sacrifice fly off Donna Hartman scored Shih-Yun Lee with the winner. She tied Yung-Hsin Chen for the team lead in hits and average and was second to Yung-Hsin Chen in slugging. She joined Iori Miura and Jenna Flannigan as the All-Star outfielders, the only Taiwanese player to be picked for the All-Star squad.

She remained hot in the 2014 Women's Baseball World Cup with a .471/.409/.647 batting line, driving in 13 runs in six games and having 7 putouts, 3 assists and no errors in right field. She had 3 RBI against Canada, was 3 for 3 with 3 runs and 4 RBI versus Hong Kong and had four RBI against Venezuela. In the 5th/6th place game, she drove in two more against Venezuela in a 4-0 victory. She tied Christina Kreppold for second in the event in doubles (one behind teammate Chu-Yu Pan), easily led in RBI (five ahead of runners-up Yukiko Kon and Tahnee Lovering), tied Shae Lillywhite for 2nd in total bases (11, 4 behind Pan), was 6th in slugging among those with 10+ AB (between Sarah Hudek and Yu-Chen Hsu) and ranked 10th in OPS (between Jade Gortarez and Bradi Wall). She repeated as an All-Star outfielder, joining Miura and Akiko Shimura.

After missing the 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup, she started in center and backed up at 1B in the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup. She hit .324/.467/.348 with 8 runs, 6 walks and 3 steals (not caught) in 9 games, handling 20 putouts error-free. She tied for 10th in the Cup in runs. Hitting 3rd in the Gold Medal Game, she was 1 for 3 off Japan's Ayami Sato in a 6-0 loss; it was still Taiwan's best finish in a Women's Baseball World Cup.

Chen played for the Hyogo Dione in the Japanese Women's Baseball League in 2020.