List of Major League Baseball players from Taiwan

This is a list of players from Taiwan in Major League Baseball. There have been 18 players total from Taiwan. Those players, especially star pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, became household names of Taiwanese people and induced huge followings for their games during MLB seasons. In November 2011, the inaugural MLB Taiwan All-Star Series was played in five games at three ballparks across Taiwan during the postseason. Wang and Fu-Te Ni were called up by the Chinese Taipei national baseball team against the MLB All-Star team.^[1] All Taiwanese players who have appeared in Major League Baseball began their professional baseball careers in the United States by signing with teams as an international free agent. The first Taiwanese baseball player to be selected and signed via the Major League Baseball draft process was Lyle Lin, who was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[2][3]

Active players

Included in this table are players who are on, or have been on, an active MLB roster during the current MLB season (or, during the offseason, players who were on an active MLB roster during the most recently completed MLB season). Players are ordered by the date of MLB debut.

Name	Position	MLB debut	Games	MLB team(s)	Ref.
Kai-Wei Teng	Pitcher	March 31, 2024	4	San Francisco Giants (2024–)	[4]
Tsung-Che Cheng	Infielder	April 9, 2025	3	Pittsburgh Pirates (2025–)	[5]

* Games played through the 2025 regular season.

Former players

Listed below are previous players in MLB, ordered by the date of their final MLB appearance.

Name	MLB debut	MLB final game	Games	Position	MLB team(s)	Current league/status	Team	Ref.
Chin-Feng Chen	September 14, 2002	July 23, 2005	19	Outfielder	Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2005)	Retired (Manager)	Fubon Guardians	[6]
Fu-Te Ni	June 28, 2009	June 29, 2010	58	Pitcher	Detroit Tigers (2009–2010)	Retired	—	[7]
Chin-Lung Hu	September 1, 2007	May 16, 2011	118	Infielder	Los Angeles Dodgers (2007–2010) New York Mets (2011)	CPBL	Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	[8]
Hong-Chih Kuo	September 2, 2005	September 24, 2011	218	Pitcher	Los Angeles Dodgers (2005–2011)	Retired	—	[9]
Che-Hsuan Lin	April 14, 2012	October 1, 2012	9	Outfielder	Boston Red Sox (2012)	CPBL	Fubon Guardians	[10]
Chia-Jen Lo	July 31, 2013	September 28, 2013	19	Pitcher	Houston Astros (2013)	CPBL	Wei Chuan Dragons	[11]
C. C. Lee	July 14, 2013	September 30, 2015	47	Pitcher	Cleveland Indians (2013–2015)	CPBL	CTBC Brothers	[12]
Chin-Hui Tsao	July 25, 2003	May 21, 2016	57	Pitcher	Colorado Rockies (2003–2005) Los Angeles Dodgers (2007, 2015–2016)	Retired	—	[13]
Chien-Ming Wang	April 30, 2005	August 30, 2016	174	Pitcher	New York Yankees (2005–2009) Washington Nationals (2011–2012) Toronto Blue Jays (2013) Kansas City Royals (2016)	Retired (Pitching Coach)	CTBC Brothers	[14]
Jen-Ho Tseng	September 14, 2017	May 8, 2018	3	Pitcher	Chicago Cubs (2017–2018)	CPBL	Rakuten Monkeys	[15]
Chih-Wei Hu	April 24, 2017	September 27, 2018	11	Pitcher	Tampa Bay Rays (2017–2018)	CPBL	Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	[16]
Wei-Chieh Huang	April 23, 2019	May 14, 2019	4	Pitcher	Texas Rangers (2019)	MiLB/IL	Indianapolis Indians	[17]
Wei-Chung Wang	April 14, 2014	September 17, 2019	47	Pitcher	Milwaukee Brewers (2014, 2017) Oakland Athletics (2019) Pittsburgh Pirates (2019)	CPBL	Wei Chuan Dragons	[18]
Wei-Yin Chen	April 10, 2012	September 28, 2019	219	Pitcher	Baltimore Orioles (2012–2015) Miami Marlins (2016–2019)	Retired	—	[19]
Tzu-Wei Lin	June 24, 2017	April 26, 2021	102	Infielder	Boston Red Sox (2017–2020) Minnesota Twins (2021)	CPBL	Rakuten Monkeys	[20]
Yu Chang	June 28, 2019	August 6, 2023	235	Infielder	Cleveland Guardians (2019–2022) Pittsburgh Pirates (2022) Tampa Bay Rays (2022) Boston Red Sox (2022–2023)	CPBL	Fubon Guardians	[21]

All-Star Game selections

Player	League	Selections	Year(s)	Notes
Hong-Chih Kuo	NL	1	2010	Selected in place of injured Jason Heyward.[22]

Bold indicates the player was selected to the starting roster

Postseason appearances

Player	Seasons	Positions	WC		DS		CS		World Series		Refs
			Series won	Games played	Series won	Games played	Series won	Games played	Series won	Games played
Wei-Yin Chen	2012 Baltimore Orioles 2014 Baltimore Orioles	P			L W	1 1	L	1			[23] [24][25]
Hong-Chih Kuo	2006 Los Angeles Dodgers 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers 2009 Los Angeles Dodgers	P			L W	1 1	L L	3 4			[26] [27] [28][29]
Chien-Ming Wang	2005 New York Yankees 2006 New York Yankees 2007 New York Yankees	P			L L L	1 1 2					[30] [31] [32]