Peng Cheng-min

Peng Cheng-min
Brother Elephants – No. 23
First Baseman
Bats: Right Throws: Right
CPBL debut
March 10, 2001, for the Brother Elephants
Career statistics (through 2011, October 8)
Batting average	.352
Home runs	137
Runs batted in	623
Stolen Base	172
Runs	652
Teams
Brother Elephants (2001-present)

Template:Chinese name Peng Cheng-min, (traditional Chinese: 彭政閔; simplified Chinese: 彭政闵; pinyin: Péng Zhēngmǐn; Wade–Giles: Peng² Cheng¹ Min³; born August 6, 1978 in Kaoshiung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays first base for the Brother Elephants of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. During the 2001-2002 seasons he was designated hitter for the team. Starting in 2003, he began his four-season tenure in right field. However, in the middle of the 2006 season Brother Elephants released then first baseman Tsai Feng-ang(蔡豐安) and Peng switched to play first base. He is known for his skill hitting inside-out. He has won five CPBL Batting Championship Awards and is the Elephants player with the most home runs (118), hits (1127)over the course of his professional career. In 2008, he hit .391, a CPBL single-season record. On September 20, 2008, Peng hit the 1000th home run in Elephant's history, and followed it up on March 28, 2009 with the CPBL's 6000th home run.

Experience

• Kaoshiung City Municipal Fu-sing Elememtary School Baseball Team
• Kaoshiung City Municipal Wu-fu Juniot High School Baseball Team
• Pintong Mei-her High School Baseball Team
• Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
• Taiwan Army Baseball Team
• CPBL Brother Elephants (2001~present)

Career statistics

Season	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	BB	SO	SLG	AVG
2001	59	136	20	43	5	1	5	65	19	5	28	33	.478	.316
2002	88	277	66	86	17	3	18	163	71	16	72	82	.588	.310
2003	100	369	83	131	25	3	18	216	83	22	70	81	.585	.355
2004	99	338	90	127	14	3	18	201	66	26	82	64	.595	.376
2005	76	274	57	93	8	3	14	149	47	13	53	49	.544	.339
2006	48	154	25	54	10	0	6	82	22	4	35	39	.532	.351
2007	97	345	80	125	17	0	21	205	64	12	60	67	.594	.362
2008	81	284	50	111	17	0	8	152	60	23	54	50	.535	.391
2009	108	361	85	132	19	0	17	202	71	25	82	62	.560	.366
2010	117	387	59	138	21	1	8	186	65	20	72	58	.482	.356
2011	80	277	37	87	18	0	4	117	55	6	48	45	0.422	.314
Total	953	3202	652	1127	172	14	137	1738	623	172	656	630	.543	.352

Red Numberis CPBL record

Awards

• 11-time CPBL All-star game(2001–2011)
• 7-time CPBL MVP of the month of hitter
• 5-time CPBL Batting Champion Award(2003–2005,2008,2010)
• 3-time CPBL Best Ten Player Award(Outfielder) (2003–2005)
• 2-time CPBL Best Ten Player Award(First baseman) (2008,2010)
• 2-time Best Golden Glove Award(First baseman) (2008,2010)
• CPBL Best Ten Player Award(Designated hitter) (2002)
• Taiwan Series Outstanding Player Award(2002)
• CPBL Most Valuable Player of Year (2010)
• CPBL Hits Champion Award(2004)
• CPBL Home Run Derby winner(2005)

Salary

Year	Team	NT/month	Converse to US/annual
2001	Brother Elephants	95,000	37,600
2002	Brother Elephants	100,000	39,600
2003	Brother Elephants	127,000	50,200
2004	Brother Elephants	200,000	79,200
2005	Brother Elephants	300,000	118,800
2006	Brother Elephants	310,000	122,800
2007	Brother Elephants	240,000	95,000
2008	Brother Elephants	320,000	126,700
2009	Brother Elephants	400,000	158,400
2010	Brother Elephants	500,000	198,000
2011	Brother Elephants	525,000	207,900
2012	Brother Elephants	550,000	217,800

• 1 NT dollar is roughly equal to 0.033 US dollar.

National team

Peng Cheng-min

Medal record
Representing Chinese Taipei
Men’s Baseball
Intercontinental Cup
	2002 Havana	Team
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
Asian Baseball Championship
	2003 Sapporo	Team
	2007 Taichung	Team

He has been selected by Chinese Taipei baseball team several times since 1998, as follows:

• 1998 Baseball World Cup
• 2000 Haarlem Baseball Week
• 2002 Busan Asian Games
• 2002 Intercontinental Cup
• 2003 Asian Baseball Championship
• 2004 Athens Olympic Games
• 2007 Baseball World Cup
• 2007 Asian Baseball Championship
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
• 2008 Beijing Olympics Games
• 2009 World Baseball Classic
• 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games

Family

Peng's parents live in Kaoshiung; in addition, he has two elder sisters and a younger brother, Peng Cheng-sin(彭政欣), who currently is a Brother Elephants administrator. On 13 December 2008, he married Lu Kuan-chi(呂冠綺), a flight attendant.

References

External links

• Player information from WikiBaseball (in Chinese)

Awards
Preceded by Chen Chien-wei(陳健偉) Chen Chin-Feng(陳金鋒)	CPBL Batting Champion Award 2003-2005 2008	Succeeded by Chen Kuan-jen(陳冠任) current
Preceded by Chen Chih-yuan(陳致遠)	CPBL Hit Champion Award 2004	Succeeded by Yang Sen(陽森)