Tai-Lung Huang

Tai-Lung Huang (黃泰龍)
formerly known as Shih-Hao Huang

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 176 lb.

• High School Shanhua High School

• Born March 16, 1983 in Shanua, Tainan Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Tai-Lung Huang played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League for 11 years.

Huang was on the Taiwanese squad that won the 1995 Little League World Series. He appeared in the 2001 Asian Junior Championship and 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week (4 for 17, 2B, a team-high 4 RBI, tied for third in the event with Danny Miranda, Giuseppe Mazzanti, David Francia, Dirk van 't Klooster and Yuji Iwamoto). Huang turned pro when the Macoto Cobras drafted him in the fourth round of the 2003 CPBL Draft, and he was 4 for 20 in 2005. He hit .184/.224/.206 in 2006 and .297/.320/.399 in 2007. He participated in a singing contest for CPBL players in early 2008. Macoto became the dMedia T-Rex in 2008 and Shih-Hao batted .207/.233/.296 and fielded .959 as a utility infielder.

When the T-Rex folded, Huang signed with the La New Bears. He hit .211/.281/.281 in limited action (65 plate appearances, 31 games) in 2009, then was traded to the Brother Elephants for Chih-Hsiang Huang (a former Boston Red Sox minor leaguer). In 2010, the 27-year-old hit .242/.276/.285 and fielded .955, while winning the starting job at third base. On August 20, he had a conflict with manager Rui-Chen Chen, and Chen even punched him. He hit .400/.400/.667 with a triple in the 2010 Taiwan Series, and the Brothers swept the Sinon Bulls. He also won his only Best Ten as the third baseman.

Huang improved to .300/.335/.352 with 132 hits in 2011, and he ranked 10th in hits (38 behind Cheng-Wei Chang). He was selected into the 2011 CPBL All-Star Game, and he was 1-for-1. Huang attended the 2012 CPBL All-Star Game, and he had a 2-for-3 record with 2 RBI and a triple. He ended up hitting .280/.310/.332 with 16 doubles. He hit .267/.308/.330 in 2013, then recorded a .266/.299/.356 batting line with a career-high 28 doubles in 2014. He attended the 2014 CPBL All-Star Game, and he was 2-for-5 with a run. In the 2014 Taiwan Series, Huang was 4-for-18 and the Brothers lost to the Lamigo Monkeys in 5 Games. Huang only played 68 games with a .267/.328/.308 batting line in 2015, and he stayed in the minors for the entire 2016 season. He announced his retirement after this season, and he became a coach. Huang was the fielding coach for the Brothers from 2017 to 2021, then he became the bench coach of the Fubon Guardians in 2022.

Overall, Huang hit .262/.299/.324 with 694 hits and 116 doubles in 11 seasons in the CPBL.

Sources

• CPBL Player Page
• Taiwan Baseball Wiki
• 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week