List of Major League Baseball players from Taiwan

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Template:Short description This is a list of players from Taiwan in Major League Baseball. There have been 18 players total from Taiwan. Those players, especially star pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, became household names of Taiwanese people and induced huge followings for their games during MLB seasons. In November 2011, the inaugural MLB Taiwan All-Star Series was played in five games at three ballparks across Taiwan during the postseason. Wang and Fu-Te Ni were called up by the Chinese Taipei national baseball team against the MLB All-Star team.[1] All Taiwanese players who have appeared in Major League Baseball began their professional baseball careers in the United States by signing with teams as an international free agent. The first Taiwanese baseball player to be selected and signed via the Major League Baseball draft process was Lyle Lin, who was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[2][3]

Active players

Included in this table are players who are on, or have been on, an active MLB roster during the current MLB season (or, during the offseason, players who were on an active MLB roster during the most recently completed MLB season). Players are ordered by the date of MLB debut.

Name Position MLB debut Games MLB team(s) Ref.
Kai-Wei Teng Pitcher March 31, 2024 4 San Francisco Giants (2024–) [4]
Tsung-Che Cheng Infielder April 9, 2025 3 Pittsburgh Pirates (2025–) [5]
* Games played through the 2025 regular season.

Former players

Listed below are previous players in MLB, ordered by the date of their final MLB appearance.

Name MLB debut MLB final game Games Position MLB team(s) Current league/status Team Ref.
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 19 Outfielder Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2005) Retired
(Manager)		 Fubon Guardians [6]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 58 Pitcher Detroit Tigers (2009–2010) Retired — [7]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 118 Infielder Los Angeles Dodgers (2007–2010)
New York Mets (2011)		 CPBL Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions [8]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 218 Pitcher Los Angeles Dodgers (2005–2011) Retired — [9]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 9 Outfielder Boston Red Sox (2012) CPBL Fubon Guardians [10]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 19 Pitcher Houston Astros (2013) CPBL Wei Chuan Dragons [11]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 47 Pitcher Cleveland Indians (2013–2015) CPBL CTBC Brothers [12]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 57 Pitcher Colorado Rockies (2003–2005)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2007, 2015–2016)		 Retired — [13]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 174 Pitcher New York Yankees (2005–2009)
Washington Nationals (2011–2012)
Toronto Blue Jays (2013)
Kansas City Royals (2016)		 Retired
(Pitching Coach)		 CTBC Brothers [14]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 3 Pitcher Chicago Cubs (2017–2018) CPBL Rakuten Monkeys [15]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 11 Pitcher Tampa Bay Rays (2017–2018) CPBL Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions [16]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 4 Pitcher Texas Rangers (2019) MiLB/IL Indianapolis Indians [17]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 47 Pitcher Milwaukee Brewers (2014, 2017)
Oakland Athletics (2019)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2019)		 CPBL Wei Chuan Dragons [18]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 219 Pitcher Baltimore Orioles (2012–2015)
Miami Marlins (2016–2019)		 Retired — [19]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 102 Infielder Boston Red Sox (2017–2020)
Minnesota Twins (2021)		 CPBL Rakuten Monkeys [20]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dts Template:Dts 235 Infielder Cleveland Guardians (2019–2022)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2022)
Tampa Bay Rays (2022)
Boston Red Sox (2022–2023)		 CPBL Fubon Guardians [21]

All-Star Game selections

Player League Selections Year(s) Notes
Script error: No such module "Sort". NL 1 2010 Selected in place of injured Jason Heyward.[22]
Bold indicates the player was selected to the starting roster

Postseason appearances

Player Seasons Positions WC DS CS World Series Refs
Series
won 		Games
played 		Series
won 		Games
played 		Series
won 		Games
played 		Series
won 		Games
played
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2014 Baltimore Orioles 		P L
W		 1
1
L
1 		[23]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". 2006 Los Angeles Dodgers
2008 Los Angeles Dodgers
2009 Los Angeles Dodgers 		P L

W		 1

1
L
L
3
4 		[26]
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[28][29]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 2005 New York Yankees
2006 New York Yankees
2007 New York Yankees 		P L
L
L		 1
1
2 		[30]
[31]
[32]

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