Hung Tai-shan (Chinese: 洪太山; Wade–Giles: Hung2 Tai4-shan1; 10 January 1924 – 10 June 2019) was a Taiwanese baseball catcher and outfielder who played on the Kano baseball team in the Japanese-rule era and several amateur teams after World War II.
| Hung Tai-shan | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Catcher / Outfielder | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born: January 10, 1924 Kagi, Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died: June 10, 2019 (aged 95) | ||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Taiwanese | ||||||||||||||||||
 Baseball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||
| Induction | 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
editHung was born in Kagi (present-day Chiayi), Tainan Prefecture in 1924. He attended the Kagi Agricultural and Forestry School and played on the baseball team.[1]
Playing career
editHung was a slugger who gained the nickname, “Babe Ruth of Taiwan.”[1][2] After World War II, Hung moved to Kaohsiung and competed several times in the Provincial Games, representing Penghu and Kaohsiung. In the 1946 Provincial Games, he was batting champion.[3]
Hung represented the Taiwanese national team in 3 consecutive Asian Baseball Championships, acting as team captain in 1954 and 1955.[3] He retired from his playing career following the 1959 tournament.[1]
Later life and legacy
editAfter retiring from playing, Hung served as a consultant for the Kaohsiung Baseball Committee to help develop Taiwanese baseball.[3] He was inducted into the Taiwanese Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2019. He died on 10 June 2019, at the age of 97.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "台灣棒球名人堂洪太山仙逝享壽97歲". TSNA (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 10 June 2019.
- ^ Pan, Jason (15 November 2013). "Museum in Tainan puts baseball history on show". Taipei Times.
- ^ a b c "第六屆名人票選揭曉 郭源治 洪太山等9人入堂". ETtoday (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 19 January 2019.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
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