Shih Chih-wei

Background

Shih Chih-wei was born to an aboriginal family of Tsou tribal ancestry.

Education

He has been playing baseball since elementary school and graduated from the Taipei Physical Education College.

Career

He played for the amateur Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team before being drafted by the Louisiana New Bears (later renamed the Lamigo Monkeys) of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2004. Shih was drafted by professional team Louisiana New Bears in 2004. In his professional debut, he got his first career base hit against the Brother Elephants.

He hit his first career home run in Chengcing Lake Baseball Field.

lieutenant was an inside-the-park home run. Though a rookie, Shih was selected to play in the 2004 CPBL All-Star Game as starting third baseman.

Along with teammate Lin Chih-sheng, the two are often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection", 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.

Shih has played in several international events such as the 1994 and 1995 World Junior Baseball Championships, in which Chinese Taipei earned a bronze and a silver medal.

He also played in the 2003 World Portuguese Tournament and 2003 Baseball World Cup as an amateur. The team lost to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the championship round, earning the position of second place.

Achievements

• He became the first player from the team to receive a monthly Most Valuable Player award. 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. After becoming a professional, Shih participated in the 2006 Asia Series as a member of the Louisiana New Bears, who won the Taiwan Series that year. He also played in the 2006 Asian Games as a member of the national team, which won first place in the tournament.

Membership

A member of the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team, Shih was chosen to play in the 2003 World Portuguese Tournament as a member of the national team