Ming-Chin Lee

Ming-Chin Lee (李明進)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 154 lb.

• High School Kaohsiung Municipal Chung-Cheng Industrial High School

• Born July 5, 1979 in Kaohsiung City Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Ming-Chin Lee was a reliever in Taiwan for several seasons.

Lee pitched for Taiwan in the 1994 World Youth Championship and 1996 World Junior Championship. He turned pro in 2001 with the Taichung Agan, going 5-1 with two saves and a 3.53 ERA. In 2002, he was 3-10 with a save and a 3.21 ERA. Lee moved to the Macoto Gida in 2003 when the Taiwan Major League (of which the Agan were a part) folded. He was 9-5 with 4 saves and a 3.73 ERA in 2003. He was 6-3 with four saves and a 1.87 ERA in 57 games during 2004 and he won the CPBL Most Improved Player Award.

In 2005, the right-hander posted a 5-5 record with six saves and a 2.44 ERA. Lee gave up 3 runs in 4 1/3 innings in the 2005 Taiwan Series, and the Cobras were swept by the Sinon Bulls. He improved to 7-4, 2.05 in 2006. That year, he led the Chinese Professional Baseball League with 62 appearances and 18 holds. The 62 games were a CPBL record, broken 3 years later by Chien-San Kao. In the 2007 CPBL, Lee fell to 2-5, 5.05 with a save. Macoto became the dMedia T-Rex in 2008 and Lee went 2-1 with 2 saves and a 2.79 ERA. the T-Rex folded that winter due to a gambling scandal; Lee went unclaimed in the player redistribution draft. Lee allowed two runs in 5 2/3 IP for Taiwan in the 2009 World Port Tournament. He then coached Yingge Vocational High School from 2013 to 2019.

Overall, Lee was 35-38 with 49 holds, 24 saves and a 3.02 ERA in 361 games in 8 seasons in the TML and CPBL.

Sources

• Taiwan Baseball Wiki
• CPBL page
• 2009 World Port Tournament