Liao Ming-hsiung explained

Liao Ming-hsiung
Position:Outfielder
Birth Date:18 October 1968
Birth Place:Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:CPBL
Debutdate:March 12
Debutyear:1993
Debutteam:China Times Eagles
Finaldate:June 15
Finalyear:1997
Finalteam:China Times Eagles
Statleague:CPBL
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.283
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:84
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:279
Teams:As player

As coach

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Liao Ming-hsiung (; born 18 October 1968[1] in Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan), nicknamed "Prince of Baseball", is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player (position:outfielder).

Career

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

In the 1992 Olympics:

Hitting averageGamesAt batRunsHitsRBIDoublesTriplesHRKBB
0.375932612720373

CPBL career:

YearClubGamesAt BatRBIRunsHitsDoublesTriplesHRBBKStolen BasesHitting average
1993China Times Eagles90344604810019218398050.291
1994China Times Eagles903877065104162243384150.297
1995China Times Eagles98403665810018122496540.289
1996China Times Eagles9131443476213212337480.225
1997China Times Eagles471964036551108222940.32
Total416148727925442177784176332360.283
  1. other sources report his date of birth: November 5, 1968

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