Shih Chih-wei
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Shih Chih-wei is a Taiwanese baseball
player for the Lamigo Monkeys. He played for the amateur
Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
before being drafted by the La New Bears of the Chinese Professional Baseball League
(CPBL) in 2004. In January 2011, the La New relocated to Taoyuan County
and changed its name to the Lamigo Monkeys.
family of Tsou
tribal ancestry. He has been playing baseball since elementary school
and graduated from the Taipei Physical Education College
.
A member of the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
, Shih was chosen to play in the 2003 World Port Tournament as a member of the national team.
La New Bears
in 2004. In his professional debut, he got his first career base hit
against the Brother Elephants
. He hit his first career home run
in Chengching Lake Baseball Field
; it was an inside-the-park home run
.
He became the first player from the team to receive a monthly Most Valuable Player
award. Though a rookie, Shih was selected to play in the 2004 CPBL All-Star Game
as starting third baseman
.
Along with teammate Lin Chih-sheng
, the two are often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection," which is derived from glove puppet film Legend of the Sacred Stone
(Wade-Giles
: Shèng-shíh Ch'uán-shuō). The two players played in the CPBL Future All-Star Game, which is a game with professional rookies playing against amateurs, and had a combined 7-for-8 performance. As a result of his performance in 2004, he received the CPBL Rookie of the Year Award
, becoming the first player of the Bears to receive this honor. Shih was also given the CPBL Golden Glove Award at second base.
In 2006, Shih got the Golden Glove Award at third base. He was the first player of the Bears to receive the award twice.
s, in which Chinese Taipei earned a bronze and a silver medal. He also played in the 2003 World Port Tournament
and 2003 Baseball World Cup
as an amateur.
After becoming a professional, Shih participated in the 2006 Asia Series
as a member of the La New Bears
, who won the Taiwan Series
that year. The team lost to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
in the championship round, earning the position of second place. He also played in the 2006 Asian Games
as a member of the national team, which won first place in the tournament.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player for the Lamigo Monkeys. He played for the amateur
Amateur sports
Amateur sports are sports in which participants engage largely or entirely without remuneration. Sporting amateurism was a zealously guarded ideal in the 19th century, especially among the upper classes, but faced steady erosion throughout the 20th century with the continuing growth of pro sports...
Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
The Taiwan Cooperative Bank Baseball Team , also known as TCB Baseball Team , is one of the two amateur baseball teams in Taiwan's First Division amateur baseball league that are owned by government sponsored corporation. The team is owned by Taiwan Cooperative Bank....
before being drafted by the La New Bears of the Chinese Professional Baseball League
Chinese Professional Baseball League
The Chinese Professional Baseball League , or CPBL, is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003...
(CPBL) in 2004. In January 2011, the La New relocated to Taoyuan County
Taoyuan County
"Taoyuan County" may refer to:*Taoyuan County, Taiwan, a county in northern Taiwan Province, *Taoyuan County, Hunan, a county in Hunan Province,...
and changed its name to the Lamigo Monkeys.
Early life
Shih Chih-wei was born to an aboriginalTaiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myths, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8,000 years before major Han...
family of Tsou
Tsou people
The Tsou are an indigenous people of central southern Republic of China . They are spread across three administrative entities of the Republic of China — Nantou County, Chiayi County and Kaohsiung City....
tribal ancestry. He has been playing baseball since elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
and graduated from the Taipei Physical Education College
Taipei Physical Education College
Taipei Physical Education College is a municipal college on Dunhua North Road, in Songshan District, Taipei, Republic of China . It was founded in 1968.- Current squad :- External links :* *...
.
A member of the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
The Taiwan Cooperative Bank Baseball Team , also known as TCB Baseball Team , is one of the two amateur baseball teams in Taiwan's First Division amateur baseball league that are owned by government sponsored corporation. The team is owned by Taiwan Cooperative Bank....
, Shih was chosen to play in the 2003 World Port Tournament as a member of the national team.
Professional career
Shih was drafted by professional teamProfessional baseball in Taiwan
Professional baseball in Taiwan started with the founding of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1989. At its 1997 peak, Taiwan had two leagues and 11 professional teams...
La New Bears
La New Bears
The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
in 2004. In his professional debut, he got his first career base hit
Hit (baseball)
In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....
against the Brother Elephants
Brother Elephants
The Brother Elephants are a professional baseball team in Taiwan. It was originally established as an amateur team in 1984 by the Brother Hotel located in Taipei City, and later joined the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1989...
. He hit his first career home run
Home run
In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...
in Chengching Lake Baseball Field
Chengching Lake Baseball Field
Chengcing Lake Baseball Field , officially the Kaohsiung County Municipal Chengcing Lake Baseball Field , is a multi-use stadium located in Niaosong District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, on the lakeside of Chengcing Lake. The stadium was opened in 1999...
; it was an inside-the-park home run
Inside-the-park home run
In baseball parlance, an inside-the-park home run, "leg home run", or "quadruple", is a play where a batter hits a home run without hitting the ball out of play.-Discussion:...
.
He became the first player from the team to receive a monthly Most Valuable Player
Most Valuable Player
In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...
award. Though a rookie, Shih was selected to play in the 2004 CPBL All-Star Game
CPBL All-Star Game
The CPBL All-Star Game , alternatively known as Red v. White All-Star Game , is an annual baseball game held by the Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan...
as starting third baseman
Third baseman
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run...
.
Along with teammate Lin Chih-sheng
Lin Chih-sheng
Lin Chih-sheng, , is a Taiwanese baseball player for the La New Bears.Along with teammate Shih Chih-wei, the two are often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection," a reference to the glove puppet film Legend of the Sacred Stone....
, the two are often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection," which is derived from glove puppet film Legend of the Sacred Stone
Legend of the Sacred Stone
Legend of the Sacred Stone is a 2000 Taiwanese puppetry feature film written and directed by Chris Huang, a spin-off from the glove puppetry wuxia television series Pili...
(Wade-Giles
Wade-Giles
Wade–Giles , sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a romanization system for the Mandarin Chinese language. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade during the mid-19th century , and was given completed form with Herbert Giles' Chinese–English dictionary of 1892.Wade–Giles was the most...
: Shèng-shíh Ch'uán-shuō). The two players played in the CPBL Future All-Star Game, which is a game with professional rookies playing against amateurs, and had a combined 7-for-8 performance. As a result of his performance in 2004, he received the CPBL Rookie of the Year Award
CPBL Rookie of the Year Award
The CPBL Rookie of the Year is awarded to the rookie who performs best in a particular Chinese Professional Baseball League season. The award has been given since 1993, the rookie qualification: No games played in Nippon Professional Baseball, or Minor League above AA.-List of winners:-See...
, becoming the first player of the Bears to receive this honor. Shih was also given the CPBL Golden Glove Award at second base.
In 2006, Shih got the Golden Glove Award at third base. He was the first player of the Bears to receive the award twice.
International career
Shih has played in several international events such as the 1994 and 1995 World Junior Baseball ChampionshipWorld Junior Baseball Championship
The IBAF AAA World Junior Championships is an under-18 international baseball competition sponsored by the International Baseball Federation , which was first held in 1981 in United States...
s, in which Chinese Taipei earned a bronze and a silver medal. He also played in the 2003 World Port Tournament
World Port Tournament
The World Port Tournament is an international baseball tournament held at the Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament has been held every other year in uneven-numbered years since , alternating with the Haarlem Baseball Week....
and 2003 Baseball World Cup
2003 Baseball World Cup
The XXXV Baseball World Cup was in Cuba from 12 to 25 October 2003. Participating countries were split in two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals.-First round:Results for Group A:# # # # # # #...
as an amateur.
After becoming a professional, Shih participated in the 2006 Asia Series
2006 Asia Series
The second annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2006 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competition. All games were held in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The...
as a member of the La New Bears
La New Bears
The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
, who won the Taiwan Series
Taiwan Series
Taiwan Series is the championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. It is usually played in October, after the regular season. It was formerly known as the CPBL Seasonal Championship Series , and was renamed the Taiwan Series after the merger of the Chinese Professional Baseball...
that year. The team lost to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at the Sapporo Dome. The Fighters also host a select number of regional home games in cities across Hokkaidō,...
in the championship round, earning the position of second place. He also played in the 2006 Asian Games
2006 Asian Games
The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...
as a member of the national team, which won first place in the tournament.
Career statistics
| Season | Team | G Games played Games played is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated ; the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.-Baseball:In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game,... |
AB At bat In baseball, an at bat or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. It is a more restricted definition of a plate appearance... |
H Hit (baseball) In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice.... |
HR Home run In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process... |
RBI Run batted in Runs batted in or RBIs is a statistic used in baseball and softball to credit a batter when the outcome of his at-bat results in a run being scored, except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play. The first team to track RBI was the Buffalo Bisons.Common nicknames for an RBI... |
SB Stolen base In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the pitcher is delivering the ball to home plate... |
BB Base on balls A base on balls is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08... |
SO Strikeout In baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters.... |
TB Total bases In baseball statistics, total bases refers to the number of bases a player has gained with hits, i.e., the sum of his hits weighted by 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run.Only bases attained from hits count toward this total.... |
GDP Double play In baseball, a double play for a team or a fielder is the act of making two outs during the same continuous playing action. In baseball slang, making a double play is referred to as "turning two".... |
BA Batting average Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La New Bears | 100 | 409 | 117 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 20 | 49 | 148 | 11 | .286 | |
| La New Bears | 98 | 391 | 102 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 117 | 6 | .261 | |
| La New Bears | 100 | 410 | 128 | 0 | 46 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 152 | 9 | .312 | |
| 2007 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season The 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season began on March 17 in Kaohsiung County when the defending champion La New Bears played host to the Uni-President Lions... |
La New Bears | 100 | 399 | 105 | 2 | 36 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 128 | 8 | .263 |
| 2008 2008 Chinese Professional Baseball League season The Chinese Professional Baseball League season began on March 16 when the defending champion Uni-President Lions played against the La New Bears in Tainan and concludes in October.-Season:... |
La New Bears | 99 | 397 | 132 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 29 | 34 | 161 | 14 | .332 |
| La New Bears | 108 | 412 | 100 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 38 | 42 | 123 | 11 | .274 | |
| La New Bears | 42 | 125 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 31 | 2 | .248 | |
| Lamigo Monkeys | 53 | 211 | 55 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 64 | 3 | .282 | |
| Career total | 700 | 2923 | 766 | 6 | 277 | 44 | 198 | 284 | 924 | 64 | .345 | |
External links
- Career statistics from CPBL