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Hsu Ming-chieh

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Hsu Ming-Chieh
Rakuten Monkeys – No. 70
Pitcher / Coach
Born: (1976-12-01) December 1, 1976 (age 47)
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
April 2, 2000, for the Seibu Lions
NPB statistics
(through 2013)
Win–loss record49-49
ERA4.20
Strikeouts476
Teams
As player

As coach

Career highlights and awards
In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsu.

Hsu Ming-chieh (Chinese: 許銘傑; pinyin: Xǔ Míngjié; Wade–Giles: Hsu3 Ming2-chieh2; born 1 December 1976) is a Taiwanese baseball pitcher currently serving as pitching coach for Chinese Professional Baseball League's Lamigo Monkeys. He previously played for Nippon Professional Baseball's Saitama Seibu Lions and Orix Buffaloes. He is known for his Shuuto (two-seamer).[citation needed]

Early life

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Hsu was raised in southern Taiwan and joined his school baseball team in elementary school. At the age of 12, Hsu participated in the 1989 Little League World Series while playing for Kang-Tu Little League. Kang-Tu lost the series to a team from Trumbull, Connecticut.

Professional career

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In 1998, Hsu joined Taichung Agan, a baseball club in the now-defunct Taiwan Major League. His outstanding performance with Agan in the 1998 and 1999 seasons has been compared with Daisuke Matsuzaka by the Taiwanese media.[citation needed]

In 2000, he joined the Seibu Lions of the Pacific League in Japan. In 2012, after 12 seasons with the Lions, he moved to the Orix Buffaloes, where he played 2 seasons.

In 2014, he returned to Taiwan, playing for the Lamigo Monkeys in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

International experience

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Hsu has participated in many International baseball events.

See also

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