Kuo Lee Chien-fu
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Kuo Lee Chien-Fu (Chinese: 郭李建夫; pinyin: Guō Lǐ Jiànfū; born March 24, 1969[1] in Taoyuan County, Taiwan (now Taoyuan City)) 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 Chinese Taipei versus Japan matches, one in the preliminary round and the other in the semifinal. The two victories helped the Chinese Taipei team win the silver medal that year. He was also a member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 1988 Olympics when baseball was a demonstration sport, but did not play in any of the tournament's matches due to his juniority at that time.
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 the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 1998 Asian Games, but was allowed 7 runs in within only 2 innings in the Chinese Taipei versus South Korea match, only could see the Chan-ho Park-led South Korean team slaughtering Taiwan. His fame accumulated since 1992 suddenly vanished: Taiwan Major League immediately announced "we do not have any plan to acquire Kuo Lee" right after this fiasco. He later sought to join CPBL's Chinatrust Whales and stayed with the team until his final retirement in late 2003. He currently coaches local college baseball team.
Career statistics
1992 Olympics:
ERA Games W L IP HR Hits Allowed K BB Runs Earned Runs 0.93 4 3 0 29 0 11 26 13 3 3
Year | Club | Games | Innings | W | L | Saves | Complete Games | Shutouts | BB | K | Earned Runs | ERA |
1993 | Hanshin Tigers | 27 | 51.333 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 48 | 21 | 3.68 |
1994 | Hanshin Tigers | 49 | 86 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 70 | 30 | 3.14 |
1995 | Hanshin Tigers | 30 | 115 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 68 | 92 | 43 | 3.37 |
1996 | Hanshin Tigers | 45 | 104.333 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 81 | 42 | 3.62 |
1997 | Hanshin Tigers | 5 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5.79 |
1998 | Hanshin Tigers | 11 | 13.667 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4.61 |
Total | 167 | 375 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 205 | 299 | 146 | 3.50 |
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Chinese Professional Baseball League:
Year | Club | W | L | ERA | Games | Complete Games | Shutouts | Saves | Innings | Hits allowed | Runs | Earned Runs | BB | K |
1999 | Chinatrust Whales | 15 | 7 | 2.889 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.7 | 125 | 60 | 49 | 62 | 134 |
2000 | Chinatrust Whales | 10 | 6 | 2.392 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 131.7 | 114 | 52 | 35 | 73 | 107 |
2001 | Chinatrust Whales | 0 | 1 | 2.362 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26.7 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
2002 | Chinatrust Whales | 4 | 5 | 2.319 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 54.3 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 54 |
2003 | Chinatrust Whales | 9 | 6 | 3.053 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 94.3 | 94 | 44 | 32 | 43 | 95 |
Total | 38 | 25 | 2.68 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 459.667 | 394 | 189 | 137 | 208 | 415 |
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- ^ other sources report his date of birth: March 21, 1969
External links
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Asian Games medalists in baseball
- Baseball coaches
- Baseball managers
- Baseball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 1990 Asian Games
- Baseball players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Baseball players from Taoyuan City
- Chinatrust Whales players
- Hakka sportspeople
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Koos Group Whales players
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Olympic baseball players of Taiwan
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Olympic silver medalists for Taiwan
- Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Taiwanese people of Hakka descent