Sheng-Chieh Hsu

Sheng-Chieh Hsu (許聖杰)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 172 lb.

• High School Shin Min High School

• Born May 16, 1975 in Tamsui, New Taipei Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Sheng-Chieh Hsu has played over a decade in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Hsu played for Taiwan in the 1992 World Junior Championship. In the 1994 Baseball World Cup, he hit just .174/.240/.261 and fielded .893 as Taiwan's main third baseman. He was with Taiwan for the 1994 Asian Games and 1995 Asian Championship. In the 1995 Intercontinental Cup, he was only 1 for 16 with 3 walks and a double, but fielded perfectly at the hot corner. Hsu played in the 1997 Asian Championship and 1997 World Port Tournament (.304/.333/.348).

Turning pro in 1998 with the Wei Chuan Dragons, Hsu batted only .198/.258/.299. He hit .542/.607/.833 in the 1998 Taiwan Series, though, winning MVP honors as the Dragons won it all. In 1999, Hsu had a fine year at .279/.359/.418 with 18 steals. He played in the 1999 Asian Championship. Sheng-Chieh fell to .222/.273/.339 in 2000, moving to the Uni-President Lions after the Dragons folded. He won the CPBL Gold Glove at short. In 2001, the 26-year-old produced at a .272/.318/.398 rate and won his second Gold Glove after fielding .963. He was 2 for 12 as a utility infielder in the 2001 Baseball World Cup, primarily backing up Chang-Ming Cheng at short.

Hsu hit .242/.292/.365 in 2002. In spring training of 2003, he joined the Yakult Swallows of Japan. Just two months later, he was badly injured in a car crash (the driver Chi-Hsien Ho had been drunk). He batted .252/.295/.407 in 45 games that year while healthy. The Lions then traded him to the Macoto Cobras for Sen Yang. In 2004, Hsu hit .204/.261/.283 for the, followed by .264/.289/.354 in 2005, when he was team captain. On July 30, he had the 70,000th hit in CPBL history. In '06, the veteran infielder was just 7 for 47. He also pitched that year, tossing two shutout innings and fanning one.

Returning to the Lions in 2007, he hit .274/.313/.306, followed by .225/.277/.268 in 2008. In 2009, Hsu was 12 for 47 with two doubles and a homer. The veteran infielder hit .279/.333/.303 in 2010, and .288/.321/.333 in 2011. In the end of 2011 season, 36-year-old Hsu announced his retirement, and became a coach for the Lions. Hsu served as defense coach from 2013 to 2017, and became the bench coach from 2017 to 2019.

Overall, Hsu had hit .244/.298/.343 with 578 hits and 96 doubles in 14 seasons in the CPBL.

Sources

• Taiwan Baseball Wiki
• CPBL Player Page
• Defunct IBAF site
• 1997 World Port Tournament stats