Peng Cheng-min

Peng Cheng-min
Right fielder/First baseman
Born: (1978-08-06) 6 August 1978 (age 46)
Kaoshiung, Taiwan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
CPBL debut
10 March, 2001, for the Brother Elephants
Last appearance
5 October, 2019, for the Chinatrust Brothers
Career statistics
Batting average.333
Hits2044
Home runs192
Runs batted in1096
Stolen Base231
Teams
As player

As coach

Career highlights and awards

Peng Cheng-min, (traditional Chinese: 彭政閔; simplified Chinese: 彭政闵; pinyin: Péng Zhēngmǐn; Wade–Giles: Peng2 Cheng1 Min3; born 6 August 1978 in Kaoshiung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese former professional baseball player and baseball coach who previously played right fielder, first base and designated hitter for the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League from 2001 to 2019.

Playing career

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During the 2001–02 seasons he was designated hitter for the team, as he was picked 1st overall in the 2001 draft. Starting in 2003, he began his four-season tenure in right field after adjusting to the role. However, in the middle of the 2006 season Brother Elephants released then first baseman Tsai Feng-an (蔡豐安) and Peng switched to play first base, late in his career, he also played as an occasional designated hitter. He also wore number 23 because his original number 6 jersey was worn by Tsai when he first entered the team, but he never reverted to the number, as there had been no notable players who wore number 23 in baseball.

He is known for his skill hitting inside-out, so he always lands the ball on the right side of the field, that falsely listed him as an opposite-field hitter. He has won five CPBL Batting Championship Awards and holds the Chinese Professional Baseball League records for career Singles(1515), walks (1126), and runs scored (1090). he was the pivotal and the only member of both generations of Three Slugging Muketeers.

However, in 2005, he had an incident similar to David Ortiz, where he hit a power box out of frustration. That caused him to inflict multiple fractures on his wrist. He missed the 2005 calendar year, and the top half of 2006 season. The break included all of the international fixtures, including Intercontinental Cup 2006.

In 2008, he hit .391, a CPBL single-season record.(Then it was broken by Wang Po-jung with .414 in 2016) On 20 September 2008, Peng hit the 1000th home run in Elephant's history, and followed it up on 28 March 2009 with the CPBL's 6000th home run. He recorded his career 1,000 hits on 18 August 2010 in Taichung Baseball Field, becoming the player reached the 1,000 hits with fewest games(844), plates (3469), at bats (2838).

In the end of 2010, when the Brother Elephants seized the championship, he gained the CPBL MVP of the Year Award, adding to the one earned in 2001, and also adding to his three consecutive titles.

On 21 November 2011, Peng signed a ten-year extension with the Brother Elephants, five-year as player and five-year as coach. The contract worth 66 million NT dollar (roughly 2.27 million US dollar), it is the largest contract for a player in CPBL history.

Since 2012, however, he was no longer a regular starter. After becoming the 4th player in CPBL history to reach 1000 hits, 100 home runs and 100 steals landmark, it wasn't until 4 May 2014, where he made his 200th stolen base, and made hit 2000th base hit on 7 July 2019. 10 days later, he became the highest ever run scorer, 1076 runs scored.

In January 2019, Peng announced his retirement from baseball, and played his final match on 29 September as a testimonial match, with his jersey number likely to be retired at the conclusion of the match. During the final week, all team members wore the jersey with 'Chia, 23' on their back. His actual final match was in the Final when the team lost 3-20, which incidentally adds to 23, his shirt number.

Coaching career

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Peng became an assistant batting coach for Chinese Taipei National Team in October, 2019.

On 10 May 2023, Peng was named the 7th manager in CTBC Brothers history, replacing Lin Wei-chu, who stepped down from the position.[1] However, on 29 December, Peng himself stepped down from the position due to health concerns.[2]

Personal life

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Chia Chia (恰恰) is Peng's nickname as he shares the surname and bears resemblance to Peng Chia-chia, a veteran Taiwanese entertainer and baseball fanatic.

Experience

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  • Kaoshiung City Municipal Fu-sing Elememtary School Baseball Team
  • Kaoshiung City Municipal Wu-fu Junior High School Baseball Team
  • Pintong Mei-he High School Baseball Team, trained as second baseman and third baseman, but excelled as a shortstop.[3]
  • Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
  • Taiwan Army Baseball Team, as a positional pitcher, armed with a 144 km/h fastball
  • CPBL Brother Elephants/Chinatrust Brother Elephants (2001~2019),
    • 4-time CPBL champion, 2001–2003, 2010 playoffs MVP, 2001, 2010, Golden Hammer Team, 2002, 2010 Regular Season League MVP
    • Franchise-matching 7-time runner-up (2014–2017, 2019)
    • Oldest ever league finals LMVP (losing team, 2016)
    • First ever player winning 5-time Batting Average Titles, 2003–2005, 2008, 2010 with .376 in 2004, a CPBL record for Taiwanese-born local players. Eclipsed by himself in 2008 (.391).
  • Chinese Taipei National Baseball Team (2001–2013)

Career statistics

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Season G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB WALK SO SLG OBP AVG
2001 59 136 20 43 5 1 5 65 19 5 28 33 .478 .433 .316
2002 88 277 66 86 17 3 18 163 71 16 72 82 .588 .445 .310
2003 100 369 83 131 25 3 18 216 83 22 70 81 .585 .455 .355
2004 99 338 90 127 14 3 18 201 66 26 82 64 .595 .493 .376
2005 76 274 57 93 8 3 14 149 47 13 53 49 .544 .445 .339
2006 48 154 25 54 10 0 6 82 22 4 35 39 .532 .468 .351
2007 97 345 80 125 17 0 21 205 64 12 60 67 .594 .452 .362
2008 81 284 50 111 17 0 8 152 60 23 54 50 .535 .482 .391
2009 108 361 85 132 19 0 17 202 71 25 82 62 .560 .481 .366
2010 117 387 59 138 21 1 8 186 65 20 72 58 .482 .451 .356
2011 80 277 37 87 18 0 4 117 55 6 48 45 .422 .405 .314
2012 119 440 78 141 28 0 14 211 88 7 76 66 .480 .416 .320
2013 116 403 60 128 25 0 10 183 74 15 72 63 .454 .419 .318
2014 118 399 57 120 15 1 9 164 56 18 82 69 .411 .415 .301
2015 108 409 62 131 16 1 4 161 57 3 69 81 .394 .414 .320
2016 105 343 58 117 19 0 8 160 67 4 51 47 .466 .417 .341
2017 81 298 43 89 12 0 2 107 38 6 45 51 .359 .385 .299
2018 108 358 51 104 14 2 6 140 59 5 41 52 .391 .357 .290
2019 92 288 29 87 18 0 2 111 34 1 29 40 .385 .367 .302
Total 1800 6140 1090 2044 319 18 192 2975 1096 231 1126 1099 .485 .425 .333

Red Number is CPBL record

Career Statistics Rank

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Item Amount Brother Elephants Rank CPBL history Rank
Games Played 1800 1st 2nd
Plates Appearance 7370 1st 2nd
At Bats 6140 1st 2nd
Hits 2044 1st 2nd
Singles 1515 1st 1st
Doubles 319 1st 2nd
Triples 18 10th T-31st
Home Runs 192 1st 4th
Total Bases 2975 1st 2nd
Runs Scored 1090 1st 1st
Runs Batted In 1096 1st 2nd
Ground into Double Plays 190 1st 3rd
Sacrifice Bunts 18 T-29th T-144th
Sacrifice Flies 84 1st 1st
Bad Balls Gained 953 1st 1st
Intentionally Bad Balls 80 1st 1st
Walks 1126 1st 1st
Strike outs 1099 1st 2nd
Stolen Bases 231 1st 3rd
Caught Stealing 74 T-1st 3rd

Awards

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Awards # of Awards Years
CPBL All-star game 19 2001–2019
CPBL All-star game Highest vote-recipient 15 2005-2019
CPBL MVP of the month of hitter 7
CPBL MVP of Year 1 2010
CPBL Batting Champion Award 5 2003–05, 2008, 2010
CPBL Best Ten Player Award(Outfielder) 3 2003–05
CPBL Best Ten Player Award (First baseman) 2 2008, 2010
Best Golden Glove Award (First baseman) 3 2008, 2010, 2013
Taiwan Series Outstanding Player Award 3 2001, 2003, 2016
CPBL Most Valuable Player of Year 1 2010
CPBL Hits Champion Award 1 2004
CPBL Best Ten Player Award (Designated hitter) 1 2002
CPBL Home Run Derby winner 1 2004

Salary

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Year Club NT/month Converse to US/annual
2001 Brother Elephants 95,000 37,600
2002 Brother Elephants 100,000 39,600
2003 Brother Elephants 127,000 50,200
2004 Brother Elephants 200,000 79,200
2005 Brother Elephants 300,000 118,800
2006 Brother Elephants 310,000 122,800
2007 Brother Elephants 240,000 95,000
2008 Brother Elephants 320,000 126,700
2009 Brother Elephants 400,000 158,400
2010 Brother Elephants 500,000 198,000
2011 Brother Elephants 525,000 207,900
2012 Brother Elephants 550,000 217,800
2013 Brother Elephants 550,000 217,800
2014 Chinatrust Brothers 550,000 217,800
2015 Chinatrust Brothers 550,000 217,800
2016 Chinatrust Brothers 550,000 217,800
2016 Chinatrust Brothers 700,000 277,200
2017 Chinatrust Brothers 700,000 277,200
2018 Chinatrust Brothers 700,000 277,200
2019 Chinatrust Brothers 700,000 277,200

*1 NT dollar is roughly equal to 0.033 US dollar.

National team

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He has been selected by Chinese Taipei baseball team several times since 1998, as follows:

International game performance

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Family

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Peng's parents live in Kaoshiung; in addition, he has two elder sisters and a younger brother, Peng Cheng-sin(彭政欣), who currently is a Chinatrust Brothers administrator. On 13 December 2008, he married Lu Kuan-chi(呂冠綺), a flight attendant. Then, they gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

References

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  1. ^ "Brothers Announce Midseason Management Shakeup With 8 Coaches". cpblstats.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Peng Cheng-min steps down as Brothers manager". taipeitimes.com. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ^ 向23號致敬!! -12分鐘認識Mr.CPBL恰恰-彭政閔-MLB閒聊 [Career Retrospective of #23, Peng Cheng-min], archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved 28 September 2019
  4. ^ a b Olympic results
  5. ^ "World Baseball Classic". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
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Awards
Preceded by
Chen Chien-wei(陳健偉)
Chen Chin-Feng(陳金鋒)
Pan Wu-hsiung(潘武雄)
CPBL Batting Champion Award
2003–05
2008
2010
Succeeded by
Chen Kuan-jen(陳冠任)
Pan Wu-hsiung(潘武雄)
Chang Cheng-wei(張正偉)
Preceded by
Chen Chih-yuan(陳致遠)
CPBL Hit Champion Award
2004
Succeeded by
Yang Sen(陽森)
Preceded by
Lin Yi-chuan(林益全)
CPBL MVP of the Year Award
2010
Succeeded by
Lin Hung-yu(林泓育)