Jui-Chang Chen

Jui-Chang Chen (陳瑞昌)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 207 lb.

• High School Meiho High School

• Born December 30, 1973 in Chiayi County Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Catcher Jui-Chang Chen is the brother of Jui-Chen Chen, his longtime teammate on the Brother Elephants (what other team would make sense for a brother duo?).

Chen played for Taiwan in the 1991 World Junior Championship and was a teammate of his brother in the 1995 Asian Championship. He turned pro in 1996 and hit .228/.297/.335 for the Elephants. In 1997, he batted .259/.324/.316. The next year, his batting line was .262/.307/.385. He hit .258/.327/.385 in 1999 and won a CPBL Gold Glove at catcher the same year his brother won one at second base.

In 2000, Chen hit .283/.359/.376, followed by a .253/.282/.313 line in 2001. During 2002, Jui-Chang batted .356/.410/.443. In 2003, he hit .242/.318/.306 (with his second Gold Glove) followed by .215/.296/.304 in 2004, when he also served as team captain.

Chen hit .290/.361/.389 in 2005 and .243/.291/.307 in 2006. In the 2007 CPBL, his batting line was .302/.349/.354. He had another good year in 2008, batting .293/.357/.407. He was 1-for-10 in the 2008 Taiwan Series, and the Elephants was beaten by the Uni-President Lions in 7 games. Like his brother, he became a player-coach in 2009. He announced his retirement after the 2009 season, and he coached the CTBC Brothers until 2014. Chen also coached the Lions from 2018 to 2020. He also coached for Taiwan in the 2018 Asian Games and 2018 Haarlem Baseball Week.

Overall, Chen hit .262/.327/.351 with 688 hits, 116 doubles and 36 homers in 14 seasons in the CPBL.

Sources

• Chinese Wiki Baseball
• CPBL page