Shih Chih-wei

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**Shih Chih-wei**
Chinese Professional Baseball League Debut
La New Bears - 6
Infielder
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
March 4, 2004 for La New Bears
Selected CPBL statistics (through May 2008)
Batting average	.287
Hits	512
Home run	3
Runs batted in	173
Awards
CPBL Rookie of the Year (2004) CPBL Golden Glove Award (2004) CPBL Golden Glove Award (2006)
Teams
La New Bears (2004 – )

Shih Chih-wei (traditional Chinese: 石志偉; pinyin: Shí Zhìwěi; Wade-Giles: Shíh Chìh-wěi; born August 14, 1977) is a Taiwanese baseball player for the La New Bears. He played for the amateur Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team before being drafted by the La New Bears of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

1 Early life
2 Professional career
3 Career statistics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Early life

Shih Chih-wei was born in Alishan, Chiayi County, to a aboriginal family of Tsou tribal ancestry.^[1] He has been playing baseball since elementary school and graduated from the Taipei Physical Education College.

A member of the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team, Shih was chosen to play in the 2003 World Port Tournament as a member of the national team.^[2]

[edit] Professional career

Shih was drafted by professional team La New Bears in 2004. In his professional debut, he got his first career base hit against the Brother Elephants. His first career home run took place in Chengching Lake Baseball Field and was an inside-the-park home run.^[3]

He became the first player from the team to receive a monthly Most Valuable Player award.^[4] Though a rookie, Shih was selected to play in the 2004 CPBL All-Star Game as starting third baseman.^[5]

Along with teammate Lin Chih-sheng, the two are often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection,"^[6] 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.^[7] 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.

[edit] Career statistics

Season	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	TB	GDP	BA
2004	La New Bears	100	409	117	1	45	13	20	49	148	11	.286
2005	La New Bears	98	391	102	0	31	8	18	48	117	6	.261
2006	La New Bears	100	410	128	0	46	10	32	40	152	9	.312
2007	La New Bears	100	399	105	2	36	7	31	33	128	8	.263
2008	La New Bears	42	190	60	0	15	0	8	16	74	7	.337
Career total		440	1934	512	3	173	38	109	186	619	41	.287