Liao Ming-hsiung
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Liao Ming-Hsiung (Chinese: 廖敏雄; pinyin: Liào Mǐnxióng; born October 18, 1968[1] in Hengchun, Pingtung, Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player (position:outfielder). 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 CPBL along with then just-established China Times Eagles. He had been gaining popularity for his excellent batting performance(Liao hit 84 home runs in within only 416 games, at a speed which was only controversially surpassed by Chia-Hsian Hsieh in the Professional baseball in Taiwan history) and handsome look, winning him the nickname Prince of Baseball. However, in June 1997 he was expelled by the CPBL after he was confirmed to be involved in the 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 also refused.
Since 2004 Liao started to coach in the China Baseball League under the introduction of 1992 Summer Olympics fellow Chiang Tai-Chuan. He returned to Taiwan one season later to coach Taiwanese high school baseball teams, as well as runs some small business.
Before CPBL'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 average Games At bat Runs Hits RBI Doubles Triples HR K BB 0.375 9 32 6 12 7 2 0 3 7 3
CPBL career:
| Year | Club | Games | At Bat | RBI | Runs | Hits | Doubles | Triples | HR | BB | K | Stolen Bases | Hitting average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | China Times Eagles | 90 | 344 | 60 | 48 | 100 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 39 | 80 | 5 | 0.291 |
| 1994 | China Times Eagles | 90 | 387 | 70 | 65 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 33 | 84 | 15 | 0.297 |
| 1995 | China Times Eagles | 98 | 403 | 66 | 58 | 100 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 49 | 65 | 4 | 0.289 |
| 1996 | China Times Eagles | 91 | 314 | 43 | 47 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 74 | 8 | 0.225 |
| 1997 | China Times Eagles | 47 | 196 | 40 | 36 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 0.32 |
| Total | 416 | 1487 | 279 | 254 | 421 | 77 | 7 | 84 | 176 | 332 | 36 | 0.283 |
- ↑ other sources report his date of birth: November 5, 1968