Kuang-Sheng Chou

Kuang-Sheng Chou (周廣勝)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 6", Weight 165 lb.

• School University of Taipei‎
• High School National Taitung Junior College‎

• Born December 13, 1984 in Taitung County Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Kuang-Sheng Chou played in the CPBL for 8 years. His nephew is CPBL catcher Hsiang Chang.

Chou was drafted by the Uni-President Lions in the fifth round of the 2008 CPBL Draft, and he spent his rookie season in the CPBL minor league. He hit .308/.388/.397‎ in a league-leading 245 at-bats in 2009, and he was named the starting second baseman in 2010. Chou hit .238/.322/.308 in 69 games in 2010, and he was selected into the 2010 CPBL All-Star Game; he was 0-for-1. He improved in 2011, and he had a .296/.348/.324 batting line. Chou attended the 2011 CPBL All-Star Game, and he was 0-for-1 while drawing 2 walks. He was 5-for-17 with a triple in Game 5 of the 2011 Taiwan Series, and the Lions beat the Lamigo Monkeys in 5 games.

The Taitung native slumped to .233/.317/.256 in 2012, and he was 3-for-14 in the 2012 Taiwan Series; the Lions were beaten by the Monkeys in 5 games. Chou broke Chung-Yi Huang's CPBL record as he didn't committed an error in 271 consecutive defensive chances at second bases, extending the record in 2013 to 353 defensive chances. He hit .259/.297/.319 in 2013, then he had a .242/.300/.305 batting line in 2014. The veteran had a solid .346/.401/.465 batting line in 2015. However, although he played well in 2015, the Lions decided to go with younger players like Chih-Hsiang Lin and Chih-Chieh Su, so he only played 6 games combined in the next two seasons. Chou then announced his retirement after the 2017 season, and he became a coach. He was the fielding coach for the minor team of the Lions from 2017 to 2019, and started coaching their big club in 2020.

Overall, Chou hit .271/.332/.332 with 249 hits in 8 seasons in CPBL.