Liao Ming-hsiung
Liao Ming-hsiung (Chinese: 廖敏雄; pinyin: Liào Mǐnxióng; born 18 October 1968[1] in Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan), nicknamed "Prince of Baseball", is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player (position:outfielder).
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Baseball | ||
| 1992 Barcelona | Team | |
Career edit
A well-known slugger since college era in the Chinese Culture University, Liao is best known for hitting the game-winning RBI twice in the two Chinese Taipei versus Japan matches in the 1992 Summer Olympics's preliminary round and semifinal, where Chinese Taipei finally won the silver medal.
After the 1992 Olympics Liao joined Chinese Professional Baseball League along with the just-established China Times Eagles. He had been gaining popularity for his excellent batting performance (Liao hit 84 home runs in only 416 games, at a speed which was only controversially surpassed by Chia-Hsian Hsieh in the Professional baseball in Taiwan history). However, in June 1997 he was expelled by the Chinese Professional Baseball League after he was confirmed to be involved in The Black Eagles Incident. Liao's fame immediately vanished and he was rumored only could work as a street vendor around 1999-2000. Liao later sought to join Taiwan Major League in 2001 but was refused.
In 2004 Liao started to coach in the China Baseball League under 1992 Summer Olympics fellow Chiang Tai-Chuan. He returned to Taiwan one season later to coach Taiwanese high school baseball teams, and runs a small business.
Before the Chinese Professional Baseball League's 2007 season started, the Uni-President Lions invited Liao to lecture, warning its current players the seriousness of cheating in the game.
Statistics edit
In the 1992 Olympics:
Hitting average Games At bat Runs Hits RBI Doubles Triples HR K BB 0.375 9 32 6 12 7 2 0 3 7 3
CPBL career:
| Year | Club | Games | At Bat | RBI | Runs | Hits | Doubles | Triples | HR | BB | K | Stolen Bases | Hitting average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | China Times Eagles | 90 | 344 | 60 | 48 | 100 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 39 | 80 | 5 | 0.291 |
| 1994 | China Times Eagles | 90 | 387 | 70 | 65 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 33 | 84 | 15 | 0.297 |
| 1995 | China Times Eagles | 98 | 403 | 66 | 58 | 100 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 49 | 65 | 4 | 0.289 |
| 1996 | China Times Eagles | 91 | 314 | 43 | 47 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 74 | 8 | 0.225 |
| 1997 | China Times Eagles | 47 | 196 | 40 | 36 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 0.32 |
| Total | 416 | 1487 | 279 | 254 | 421 | 77 | 7 | 84 | 176 | 332 | 36 | 0.283 |
- ^ other sources report his date of birth: November 5, 1968