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Moving from Category:Asian Games medalists in baseball to Category:Asian Games gold medalists in baseball using Cat-a-lot

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{{short description|Taiwanese baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Shih Chih-wei
|image =石志偉 (9698050044) (cropped).jpg
|image_size =
|position = Infielder / Batting coach
|team = CTBC Brothers
|number = 36
|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|14 August 1977}}
|birth_place = [[Alishan, Chiayi|Alishan]], [[Chiayi County]], [[Taiwan]]
|bats = Right
|throws = Right
|debutdate = March 4
|debutyear = 2004
|debutteam = La New Bears
|statyear = 2014 season
|stat1label = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value = .285
|stat2label = [[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value = 876
|stat3label = [[Home run]]
|stat3value = 7
|stat4label = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value = 319
|awards =
*[[CPBL Rookie of the Year Award|CPBL Rookie of the Year]] (2004)
*[[CPBL Golden Glove Award]] (2004)
*[[CPBL Golden Glove Award]] (2006)
|teams =
*[[La New Bears]] ({{by|2004}}–{{by|2010}})
*[[Lamigo Monkeys]] ({{by|2011}}–{{by|2014}})
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport|Men's Baseball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{TPE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Baseball at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games|Team Competition]]}}
}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Shí (surname)|Shih]]|lang=Chinese}}

'''Shih Chih-wei''' ({{zh|c=石志偉|p=Shí Zhìwěi|w=Shih2 Chih4-wei3}}; born 14 August 1977 in [[Alishan, Chiayi|Alishan]], [[Chiayi County]], [[Taiwan]]) is a retired Taiwanese [[professional baseball]] player. He played for the amateur [[Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team]] before being drafted by the [[La New Bears]] (later renamed the [[Lamigo Monkeys]]) of Taiwan's [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]] (CPBL) in 2004.

==Early life==
Shih Chih-wei was born to an [[Taiwanese aborigines|aboriginal]] family of [[Tsou people|Tsou]] tribal ancestry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2007/new/dec/22/today-sp6.htm |date=December 22, 2007 |accessdate=May 28, 2008 |work=[[Liberty Times]] |script-title=zh:鄒族之光石志偉返鄉會學弟妹 |archivedate=February 24, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224114024/http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2007/new/dec/22/today-sp6.htm |url-status=live |language=Chinese}}</ref> He has been playing baseball since [[elementary school]] and graduated from the [[Taipei Physical Education College]].

A member of the [[Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team]], Shih was chosen to play in the [[2003 World Port Tournament]] as a member of the [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|national team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://210.58.102.66/2003/05/12/10889-1453503.htm|script-title=zh:荷蘭港口杯／棒協選訓會選出中華隊名單|newspaper=[[The Epoch Times]]|date=May 12, 2003|accessdate=May 28, 2008|language=Chinese}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Professional career==
Shih was drafted by [[Professional baseball in Taiwan|professional team]] [[La New Bears]] in 2004. In his professional debut, he got his first career [[Hit (baseball)|base hit]] against the [[Brother Elephants]]. He hit his first career [[home run]] in [[Chengcing Lake Baseball Field]]; it was an [[inside-the-park home run]].<ref>{{cite web |title=《全壘打》明細 |url=http://www.cpbl.com.tw/Personal_Rec/Homerun_personal.aspx?Role=1&pno=A032 |publisher=[[Chinese Professional Baseball League]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622215318/http://www.cpbl.com.tw/Personal_Rec/Homerun_personal.aspx?Role=1&pno=A032 |archivedate=June 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=May 31, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

He became the first player from the team to receive a monthly [[Most Valuable Player]] award.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/06/06/2003174024 |title=Shih Chih-wei gets honor |date=June 6, 2004 |accessdate=May 30, 2008 |newspaper=[[Taipei Times]] |author=Paul Huang |url-status=live |archivedate=August 15, 2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040815030258/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/06/06/2003174024}}</ref> Though a rookie, Shih was selected to play in the 2004 [[CPBL All-Star Game]] as starting [[third baseman]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/07/17/2003179380 |title=Jonathan Hurst to pitch for Team Red in All-Star Game |date=July 17, 2004 |accessdate=May 30, 2008 |newspaper=Taipei Times |author=Paul Huang |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201142742/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/07/17/2003179380 |url-status=live |archivedate=December 1, 2009}}</ref>

Along with teammate [[Lin Chih-sheng (baseball)|Lin Chih-sheng]], the two are often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection",<ref>{{cite news|date=October 15, 2004 |accessdate=May 26, 2008 |url-status=live |newspaper=Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/10/15/2003207055 |title=Bears on the rampage after lackluster start |author=Paul Huang |archivedate=May 14, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514122752/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/10/15/2003207055}}</ref> which is derived from [[glove puppet]] film ''[[Legend of the Sacred Stone]]'' ([[Wade–Giles]]: Shèng-shíh Ch'uán-shuō). The two players played in the [[CPBL Future All-Star Game]], which is a game with professional rookies playing against amateurs, and had a combined 7-for-8 performance.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 18, 2004 |accessdate=May 30, 2008 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/07/18/2003179516 |title=Rookies give amateurs a lesson in how to get hits |newspaper=Taipei Times |archivedate=December 16, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216113552/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/07/18/2003179516 |url-status=live}}</ref> As a result of his performance in 2004, he received the [[CPBL Rookie of the Year Award]], becoming the first player of the Bears to receive this honor. Shih was also given the [[CPBL Golden Glove Award]] at second base.

In 2006, Shih got the Golden Glove Award at third base. He was the first player of the Bears to receive the award twice.

==International career==
Shih has played in several international events such as the 1994 and 1995 [[World Junior Baseball Championship]]s, in which Chinese Taipei earned a bronze and a silver medal. He also played in the 2003 [[World Port Tournament]] and [[2003 Baseball World Cup]] as an amateur.

After becoming a professional, Shih participated in the [[2006 Asia Series]] as a member of the [[La New Bears]], who won the [[Taiwan Series]] that year. The team lost to the [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] in the championship round, earning the position of second place. He also played in the [[2006 Asian Games]] as a member of the national team, which won first place in the tournament.

==Career statistics==
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" width="80%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
!Season
!Team
![[Games played|G]]
![[At bat|AB]]
![[Hit (baseball)|H]]
![[Home run|HR]]
![[Run batted in|RBI]]
![[Stolen base|SB]]
![[Base on balls|BB]]
![[Strikeout|SO]]
![[Total bases|TB]]
![[Double play|GDP]]
![[Batting average (baseball)|BA]]
|-
|{{By|2004}}
|[[Lamigo Monkeys|La New Bears]]
|100
|409
|117
|1
|45
|13
|14
|49
|148
|11
|.286
|-style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|2005}}
|La New Bears
|98
|391
|102
|0
|31
|8
|14
|48
|117
|6
|.261
|-
|{{By|2006}}
|La New Bears
|100
|410
|128
|0
|46
|10
|25
|40
|152
|9
|.312
|-style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"
|[[2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season|2007]]
|La New Bears
|100
|399
|105
|2
|36
|7
|24
|33
|128
|8
|.263
|-
|[[2008 Chinese Professional Baseball League season|2008]]
|La New Bears
|99
|397
|132
|0
|46
|2
|24
|34
|161
|14
|.332
|-style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|2009}}
|La New Bears
|108
|365
|100
|3
|33
|3
|31
|42
|123
|11
|.274
|-
|{{By|2010}}
|La New Bears
|42
|109
|27
|0
|10
|0
|14
|13
|31
|2
|.248
|-style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|2011}}
|[[Lamigo Monkeys]]
|86
|290
|77
|0
|39
|1
|22
|42
|92
|5
|.266
|-
|{{By|2012}}
|Lamigo Monkeys
|85
|244
|71
|1
|29
|1
|15
|30
|84
|6
|.291
|-style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|2013}}
|Lamigo Monkeys
|31
|36
|11
|0
|4
|0
|3
|3
|13
|2
|.306
|-
|{{By|2014}}
|Lamigo Monkeys
|16
|28
|6
|0
|0
|0
|0
|5
|7
|2
|.214
|-
|colspan=2|'''Career total'''
|'''865'''
|'''3078'''
|'''876'''
|'''7'''
|'''319'''
|'''45'''
|'''186'''
|'''339'''
|'''1056'''
|'''76'''
|'''.285'''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*Career statistics from [http://www.cpbl.com.tw/players/person.html?player_id=A032&teamno= CPBL] {{in lang|zh}}
*{{WikiBaseball|石志偉}}

{{s-start}}
{{s-ach|aw}}
{{s-bef|before = [[Pan Wei-lun (baseball)|Pan Wei-lun]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = [[CPBL Rookie of the Year Award]]|years=2004}}
{{s-aft|after = [[Lin En-yu]]}}
{{s-end}}

{{Chinese Taipei roster 2003 Baseball World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shih, Chih-wei}}
[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei]]
[[Category:Asian Games baseball players for Chinese Taipei]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in baseball]]
[[Category:CTBC Brothers coaches]]
[[Category:Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:La New Bears players]]
[[Category:Lamigo Monkeys players]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Olympic baseball players for Taiwan]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Chiayi County]]
[[Category:Taiwanese baseball players]]
[[Category:Tsou people]]
[[Category:2003 Baseball World Cup players]]
[[Category:Taiwanese indigenous sportspeople]]

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