Huai-Shan Chen

Huai-Shan Chen (陳懷山)

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 187 lb.

• High School Meiho High School

• Born September 18, 1974 in Tainan City Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Huai-Shan Chen played and won a Gold Glove in the CPBL.

Chen represented Taiwan in the 1989 World Youth Championship and 1991 World Junior Championship. The Brother Elephants signed him in 1996. Chen played 44 games in his rookie year, and also pitched 6 games with a 4.91 ERA in the same year. The Elephants decided to let him became a full-time hitter in 1997, and Chen hit .274/.324/.352 in 294 at-bats that year. He extended his stable performance, hitting .246/.289/.322 in 1998, them batted .261/.326/.327 in 1999. The Tainan native was selected in to the All-Star Game for the first time in his career, and also won the CPBL Gold Glove award as an outfielder. His batting line was .240/.343/.303. Chen batted .256/.337/.348 in 2001, and became the first local player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in a game, on April 5. Chen was the main utility man of the Brothers in early 2000s, and made the first triple play in his career on August 29, 2001. In the 2001 Taiwan Series, though he only hit .200/.259/.240, he had a clutch double off Jose Parra in the 2nd inning, and won his first Taiwan Series Title.

In the 2002 season, Chen participated in the All-Star Game for the third consecutive year, and recorded a .266/.320/.381 batting line. He hit .385/.385/.462 in the 2002 Taiwan Series, and the Elephants won the title again. He hit .294/.363/.390 and .236/.295/.314 respectively in the next two years, and started the second triple play on April 25, 2004. He was the first player to make two triple plays in his career. Chen recorded a career-high .324 batting line in 2005, but only played 74 games. His appearance was limited to 56 games due to a foot injury in 2006. The 34-year-old Chen played 97 games with a .279/.342/.361 batting line in 2007, and was selected into the All-Star game for the sixth and final time. The veteran utility man announced his retirement after the 2008 season. The CPBL banned Chen after 2009 because of the gambling scandal.

Overall, Chen had hit .279/.342/.361 in 13 seasons in the CPBL.

Sources

• CPBL Player Page
• Taiwan Baseball Wiki