Pan Wei-lun explained

Pan Wei-lun
Position:Pitcher
Team:Uni-President Lions
Number:18
Birth Place:Pingtung County, Taiwan
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:CPBL
Debutdate:March 3
Debutyear:2003
Debutteam:Uni-President Lions
Statyear:2023 season
Statleague:CPBL
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:148–103
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:3.57
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:1,179
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Pan Wei-lun (; born 5 March 1982 in Pingtung County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

Career

After brief amateur career in the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team he was drafted by the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in early 2003 and remains with this team to date. He has been considered an ace for the Lions and has also been a key member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team since 2002.

He held the CPBL record of pitcher with the longest winning streak by scoring 21 victories between March 1, 2007 and June 18, 2008. Furthermore, he scored his first career no-hitter on July 10, 2008 against Chinatrust Whales, but failed to achieve perfect game due to a fielding error by first baseman Kao Kuo-ching.

On February 14, 2024, the Lions announced that the 2024 season would be Pan's final season.[1]

International career

Pan represented Chinese Taipei in the 2004 Olympic Game. He, along with Wang Chien-Ming, were the only two Taiwanese pitchers to have wins in the tournament. He was credited with two wins.

Pan represented Chinese Taipei in the 2008 Olympic Game. He had no wins or losses in the tournament.[2]

Career statistics

YearTeamGWLSVHIPKBBHRERA
2003 28 13 8 0 0 166.1 104 42 8 2.435
2004 29 12 8 0 0 176.1 122 31 12 2.144
2005 34 12 8 0 1 171.0 130 41 8 2.789
2006 26 14 9 0 0 182.0 106 21 6 2.473
2007 21 16 2 0 0 123.1 79 24 7 2.262
2008 18 12 2 0 0 111.0 87 16 5 2.757
2009 22 10 8 0 0 133.2 81 23 6 3.299
2010 29 11 11 0 0 191.2 101 24 7 3.193
Total 177 100 56 0 1 1255.1 810 228 65 2.667
Last updated December 6, 2010

Notes and References

  1. https://x.com/gocpbl/status/1757886346872684659?s=46&t=UN5XGiNzRq3-vt33N7zCTw
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092504/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/pan-wei-lun-1.html Olympic results