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{{Short description|Taiwanese baseball player and coach}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name          = Hsu Ming-Chieh
| image         = IMG 1897 Ming-Chieh Hsu.jpg
| image_size    = 250px
| team          = 
| number        = 
| position      = [[Pitcher]] / Coach
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1976|12|1}}
| bats          = Right
| throws        = Right
| debutleague  = [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]]
| debutdate    = April 2
| debutyear    = 2000
| debutteam    = Seibu Lions
| statyear      = 2013
| statleague    = NPB
| stat1label    = [[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
| stat1value    = 49-49
| stat2label    = [[Earned run average|ERA]]
| stat2value    = 4.20
| stat3label    = [[Strikeout]]s
| stat3value    = 476
| teams         =
'''As player'''
* [[Taichung Agan]] ({{baseball year|1998}}–{{baseball year|1999}})
* [[Seibu Lions|Seibu Lions/Saitama Seibu Lions]] ({{baseball year|2000}}–{{baseball year|2011}})
* [[Orix Buffaloes]] ({{baseball year|2012}}–{{baseball year|2013}})
* [[Lamigo Monkeys]] ({{baseball year|2014}}–{{baseball year|2015}})
* [[Chinatrust Brothers]] ({{baseball year|2016}})
'''As coach'''
* [[Chinatrust Brothers]] ({{baseball year|2017}})
* [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] ({{baseball year|2018}}–{{baseball year|2020}})
* [[Rakuten Monkeys]] ({{baseball year|2021}}–{{baseball year|2024}})
| highlights    = 
*1× [[Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series|NPB All-Star]] ({{npby|2001}})
}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Xǔ (surname)|Hsu]]|lang=Chinese}}
'''Hsu Ming-chieh''' ({{zh|t=許銘傑|p=Xǔ Míngjié|w=Hsu3 Ming2-chieh2}}; born 1 December 1976) is a Taiwanese former professional [[baseball]] [[pitcher]]. He previously played for [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]'s [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] and [[Orix Buffaloes]]. He is known for his [[Shuuto]] (two-seamer).{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}

==Early life==
Hsu was raised in southern [[Taiwan]] and joined his school baseball team in elementary school. At the age of 12, he participated in the [[1989 Little League World Series]] while playing for Kang-Tu Little League. Kang-Tu lost the series to a team from [[Trumbull, Connecticut]].

==Professional career==
In 1998, Hsu joined [[Taichung Agan]], a baseball club in the now-defunct [[Taiwan Major League]]. His outstanding performance with Agan in the 1998 and 1999 seasons has been compared with [[Daisuke Matsuzaka]] by the [[Media in Taiwan|Taiwanese media]].{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}

In 2000, he joined the [[Seibu Lions]] of the [[Pacific League]] in Japan. In 2012, after 12 seasons with the Lions, he moved to the [[Orix Buffaloes]], where he played 2 seasons.

In 2014, he returned to Taiwan, playing for the [[Lamigo Monkeys]] in the [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]].

==International experience==
Hsu has participated in many International baseball events.
* 1989: [[1989 Little League World Series|Little League World Series]]
* 1995: [[Asian Baseball Championship]]
* 1995: [[Intercontinental Cup (baseball)|Intercontinental Cup]]
* 1997: [[Asian Baseball Championship]]
* 1998: [[1998 Asian Games|Bangkok Asian Games]]
* 1999: [[Asian Baseball Championship]]
* 2001: [[2001 Baseball World Cup|Baseball World Cup]]
* 2003: [[Asian Baseball Championship]]
* 2007: [[2007 Baseball World Cup|Baseball World Cup]]
* 2007: [[Asian Baseball Championship]]

==See also==
* [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team]]

==External links==
* {{Japanesebaseball|id=1174}}
* {{WikiBaseball|許銘傑|Ming-Chieh Hsu}}

{{Saitama Seibu Lions roster navbox}}
{{Chinese Taipei roster 2001 Baseball World Cup}}
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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in baseball]]
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[[Category:Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei]]
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[[Category:CTBC Brothers players]]
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[[Category:2001 Baseball World Cup players]]