Kuo Lee Chien-fu explained

Kuo Lee Chien-fu
Position:Pitcher
Birth Date:24 March 1969[1]
Birth Place:Pingzhen, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:NPB
Debutdate:May 20
Debutyear:1993
Debutteam:Hanshin Tigers
Debut2league:CPBL
Debut2date:March 16
Debut2year:1999
Debut2team:Koos Group Whales
Finalleague:NPB
Finalyear:1998
Finalteam:Hanshin Tigers
Final2league:CPBL
Final2date:September 13
Final2year:2003
Final2team:Chinatrust Whales
Statleague:NPB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:27–31
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:3.50
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:299
Stat2league:CPBL
Stat21label:Win–loss record
Stat21value:38–25
Stat22label:Earned run average
Stat22value:2.68
Stat23label:Strikeouts
Stat23value:415
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Kuo Lee Chien-fu (; born March 24, 1969[2] in Taoyuan County, Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher and currently a baseball coach. He is best known for being the ace pitcher in the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 1992 Olympics where he was twice the winning pitcher in the two games against Japan, one in the preliminary round and the other in the semifinal. The two victories helped the Taiwanese national team win the silver medal that year. He was also a member of the team in the 1988 Olympics when baseball was a demonstration sport, but did not play in any of the tournament's games.

After the 1992 Olympics Kuo Lee joined the Hanshin Tigers. However, during his 6-year career with the Tigers he performed only moderately and was waived by the end of 1998. Right after the waiver Kuo Lee represented Taiwan in the 1998 Asian Games, but allowed 7 runs in within only 2 innings in game against South Korea, as the Chan-ho Park-led South Korean team routed Taiwan. His fame accumulated since 1992 suddenly vanished as Taiwan Major League immediately announced "we do not have any plan to acquire Kuo Lee" right after this fiasco. He later join CPBL's Chinatrust Whales and stayed with the team until his final retirement in late 2003. He currently coaches a college baseball team.

Career statistics

1992 Olympics:

ERAGamesWLIPHRHits AllowedKBBRunsEarned Runs
0.9343029011261333

Nippon Professional Baseball

YearClubGamesInningsWLSavesComplete GamesShutoutsBBKEarned RunsERA
1993Hanshin Tigers27 51.333 5 4 2 0 0 28 48 21 3.68
1994Hanshin Tigers49 86 7 5 2 0 0 41 70 30 3.14
1995Hanshin Tigers30 115 5 12 0 3 2 68 92 433.37
1996Hanshin Tigers45 104.333 8 9 15 1 1 51 81 42 3.62
1997Hanshin Tigers5 4.667 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 5.79
1998Hanshin Tigers11 13.667 2 1 0 0 0 13 5 7 4.61
Total167 375 27 31194 3 205 299 146 3.50

Chinese Professional Baseball League:

YearClubWLERAGamesComplete GamesShutoutsSavesInningsHits allowedRunsEarned RunsBBK
1999Chinatrust Whales15 7 2.889 23 1 0 0 152.7 125 60 49 62 134
2000Chinatrust Whales10 6 2.392 26 1 0 2 131.7 114 52 35 73 107
2001Chinatrust Whales0 1 2.362 20 0 0 11 26.7 20 10 7 7 25
2002Chinatrust Whales4 5 2.319 34 0 0 16 54.3 41 23 14 23 54
2003Chinatrust Whales9 6 3.053 31 0 0 8 94.3 94 44 32 43 95
Total38 25 2.68 134 2 0 37 459.667 394 189 137 208 415

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: KUO LI ChienFu. CPBL.com. 28 July 2022.
  2. other sources report his date of birth: March 21, 1969