Birthplaces · Asia · 2005–2026
🇹🇼MLB Players from Taiwan
Every major leaguer born in Taiwan who took a plate appearance or threw a pitch in a published season, with what they have done since 2005 — and who is playing now.
- Players
- 19 2005–2026
- Active in 2026
- 3
- Total dbWAR
- 23.3
- Home runs
- 34
- Strikeouts
- 1,890 2,558.0 IP
- Batters / pitchers
- 7 / 12
Notable
Superlatives over the seasons published here, not over whole careers.
Chien-Ming Wang2005–2016Most home runs20
Yu Chang650 PAMost strikeouts846
Wei-Yin Chen1,064.2 IPBest season3.9 WARChien-Ming Wang2007First to the majors2002
Chin-Feng ChenHardest-hit ball112.2 mph
Hao-Yu Lee2026Youngest in 202623Hao-Yu LeeMost seasons here9Chien-Ming Wang2005–2016The All-Taiwanese Team
The best player born in Taiwan at each position since 2005, by the dbWAR he produced there. Positions nobody has filled are left open.
And on the mound
How this is picked. Each player is filed at the one position he appeared at most often — so a shortstop who spent two years at third is a shortstop, and cannot hold both slots — and the spot goes to whoever produced the most dbWAR there. The figure on a card is therefore the value at that position rather than the career total shown elsewhere on this page: they differ for anyone who moved. Starting and relieving are counted separately for the same reason, on the share of each season's appearances that were starts. A slot needs 100 plate appearances or 20 innings to be claimed at all, which keeps a September call-up from becoming a first baseman. 4 position players are eligible here, with 2 starters and 7 relievers.
In the majors now
3 Taiwanese-born players were on a major-league roster in 2026. Every column sorts.
| Hao-Yu Lee | DET | 2B | 23 | 109 | 364 | 10 | 46 | 3 | .264 | .322 | .424 | 108 | 1.7 |
| Tsung-Che Cheng | BOS | SS | 25 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .256 | .318 | .282 | 70 | -0.0 |
| Kai-Wei Teng | HOU | 28 | 30 | 10 | 73.2 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 4.76 | 4.76 | 1.38 | 0.1 |
The full 2026 leaderboards filter by birthplace too: batting · pitching — pick several countries at once there.
Since 2005
Career totals over the published seasons, ranked by dbWAR.
| Hao-Yu Lee | 2026 | 1 | 364 | 87 | 10 | 46 | 3 | .264 | 1.7 |
| Chin-Feng Chen | 2005 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | -0.1 |
| Che-Hsuan Lin | 2012 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | -0.1 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | 2017–2020 | 4 | 218 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 2 | .223 | -0.1 |
| Tsung-Che Cheng | 2025–2026 | 2 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .217 | -0.2 |
| Yu Chang | 2019–2023 | 5 | 650 | 121 | 20 | 79 | 5 | .204 | -0.6 |
| Chin-Lung Hu | 2007–2011 | 5 | 214 | 34 | 2 | 18 | 4 | .176 | -1.3 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 2005–2016 | 9 | 845.2 | 68 | 1 | 394 | 4.36 | 10.4 |
| Wei-Yin Chen | 2012–2019 | 8 | 1,064.2 | 59 | 0 | 846 | 4.18 | 8.1 |
| Hung-Chih Kuo | 2005–2011 | 7 | 292.1 | 13 | 13 | 345 | 3.73 | 6.5 |
| Kai-Wei Teng | 2024–2026 | 3 | 114.1 | 7 | 0 | 119 | 5.67 | 0.2 |
| Fu-Te Ni | 2009–2010 | 2 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.33 | 0.1 |
| Chih-Wei Hu | 2017–2018 | 2 | 23.0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3.52 | 0.1 |
| C.C. Lee | 2013–2015 | 3 | 34.0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4.50 | 0.0 |
| Wei-Chieh Huang | 2019 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.18 | -0.0 |
| Chia-Jen Lo | 2013 | 1 | 19.1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4.19 | -0.1 |
| Jen-Ho Tseng | 2017–2018 | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9.00 | -0.1 |
| Chin-hui Tsao | 2005–2016 | 4 | 44.1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 5.89 | -0.5 |
| Wei-Chung Wang | 2014–2019 | 3 | 49.2 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 6.52 | -0.9 |
By season
How many were in the majors each year, and what they produced.
| Season | Players | Batters | Pitchers | PA | HR | IP | SO | dbWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 408 | 10 | 73.2 | 73 | 1.8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 29.2 | 39 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | -0.3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 190 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | -0.1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 251 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | -0.8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 111 | 1 | 105.0 | 83 | -0.6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 115 | 1 | 148.1 | 126 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 50.1 | 44 | 0.6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 178.1 | 130 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 | 163 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 231.0 | 175 | 0.9 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 187.2 | 138 | 1.1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 225.0 | 169 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 89.1 | 61 | -0.5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 83.0 | 95 | 1.6 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 103.0 | 82 | 0.6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 146 | 0 | 175.0 | 150 | 3.3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 254.1 | 147 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 277.2 | 147 | 5.1 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 132.2 | 61 | 1.1 |
Where in Taiwan
Birth cities with more than one major leaguer, most first.
About this page
19 major-league players born in Taiwan appear in this archive, between 2005 and 2026. 3 of them were on a major-league roster in 2026, down from 4 in 2005. Together they are worth 23.3 dbWAR, on 34 home runs and 1,890 strikeouts thrown.
The most valuable of them by our own measure is Chien-Ming Wang, worth 10.4 dbWAR across 2005–2016. His best year was 2007, at 3.9 WAR. Chin-Feng Chen has been in the majors longest of anyone here, since 2002.
Yu Chang has hit the most home runs, 20. Wei-Yin Chen has thrown the most strikeouts, 846. The hardest ball anyone from here has struck came off Hao-Yu Lee's bat at 112.2 mph, in 2026. These are totals over the seasons published here rather than whole careers: a player who debuted before 2005 arrives mid-career, and his numbers start where the archive does.
Tainan City has produced 4 of them, more than anywhere else in Taiwan. In 2026 they are spread across 3 clubs, one each — among them Boston Red Sox.
Country here means country of birth, taken from each player's biographical record. It is not nationality and not who a player has represented internationally — the three disagree often enough to matter, and birthplace is the one this data actually holds. Every rate statistic and every dbWAR figure is computed from play-by-play using constants measured from each season's own data, so the numbers are era-correct without being copied from anywhere. See the derivation →
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