List of Major League Baseball players from Taiwan


This is a list of players from Taiwan in Major League Baseball. There have been 15 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. 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.

Active players

Included in this table are players who are on, or have been on, an active MLB roster during the current MLB season. Players are ordered by the date of the MLB debut.
NamePositionMLB debutMLB teamRef.
Wei-Yin ChenPBaltimore Orioles
Miami Marlins
Seattle Mariners
Wei-Chung WangPApril 14, 2014Milwaukee Brewers
Oakland Athletics
Pittsburgh Pirates
Tzu-Wei LinINFBoston Red Sox
Wei-Chieh HuangPApril 23, 2019Texas Rangers
Yu ChangINFJune 28, 2019Cleveland Indians

Former players

Listed below are previous players in MLB, ordered by the date of their final MLB appearance.
NameMLB debutMLB final gamePositionMLB teamRef.
Chin-Feng ChenSeptember 14, 2002July 23, 2005OutfielderLos Angeles Dodgers
Fu-Te NiJune 28, 2009June 29, 2010PitcherDetroit Tigers
Chin-Lung HuSeptember 1, 2007May 16, 2011InfielderLos Angeles Dodgers
New York Mets
Hong-Chih KuoSeptember 2, 2005September 24, 2011PitcherLos Angeles Dodgers
Che-Hsuan LinApril 14, 2012October 1, 2012OutfielderBoston Red Sox
Chia-Jen LoJuly 31, 2013September 28, 2013PitcherHouston Astros
C. C. LeeJuly 14, 2013September 30, 2015PitcherCleveland Indians
Chin-Hui TsaoJuly 25, 2003May 21, 2016PitcherColorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chien-Ming WangApril 30, 2005August 30, 2016PitcherNew York Yankees
Washington Nationals
Toronto Blue Jays
Kansas City Royals
Jen-Ho TsengSeptember 14, 2017May 8, 2018PitcherChicago Cubs
Chih-Wei HuApril 24, 2017September 27, 2018PitcherTampa Bay Rays