Lo Ching-lung
Lo Ching-lung | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1985-08-20) 20 August 1985 (age 39) Cishan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
CPBL debut | |
March 24, 2013, for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | |
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Lo Ching-lung (Chinese: 羅錦龍; born 20 August 1985) is a Taiwanese baseball player who most recently played with the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.
Career
Lo was signed out of high school by the Colorado Rockies for $1.4 million. He debuted as a professional in 2002 with the Casper Rockies, going 5–5 with a 4.95 ERA and .290 opponent average as the young man on the staff. Baseball America rated him as the number 13 prospect in the Pioneer League, between Jonathan Broxton and Ubaldo Jiménez among pitchers. They also ranked him as the number 14 Colorado prospect entering 2003.[1][2][3][4]
In 2003, the teenager had a 3–7, 2.85 record for the Tri-City Dust Devils. He tied for the Northwest League in losses but much of that came from poor run support as his club only scored 9 runs in his 7 defeats. He was 10th in the Northwest League in ERA. Baseball America ranked him as the 10th-best Northwest League prospect.
Lo had a 4–3, 5.05 record for the 2004 Asheville Tourists. In 2005, the Tainan native returned to Asheville, where he was 7–9 with a 5.65 ERA and surrendered 23 gopher balls, the most in the South Atlantic League.
Ching-Lung improved his record to 10–5 in 2006 with the Modesto Nuts but his ERA remained elevated at 5.39. He spent 2006 in the Hawaii Winter League, going 4–3 with a 4.97 ERA for the Waikiki BeachBoys. He led the staff in wins but his ERA was fourth-highest among the five starters. It was an international rotation, featuring Dutch hurler Rick van den Hurk, Japan's Atsushi Nohmi, Mexican Marco Estrada, Taiwan's Lo and an American in the fifth slot.
Lo moved up to AA in 2007 and had an 8–8, 5.61 record for the Tulsa Drillers. He allowed a .300 average. His fastball, once timed at 95 mph, was down to the 88–90 range. He was 0–2 with a 6.75 ERA for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League. He was the fourth Taiwan native to play in the AFL, following Chin-Feng Chen, Chin-lung Hu and Yung-Chi Chen.
In 2008, he was again 8-8 for Tulsa, this time with a 5.25 ERA. One positive was his first career shutout.
International career
He represented Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
References
- ^ "Ching-Lung Lo, rhp". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Ching-Lung Lo P". milb.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "#21 Ching Lung Lo - Player Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ Ma, Lydia. "Lancaster Barnstormers' Lo Ching-lung uses his God-given baseball talent to help CJCU athletes". enews-pctpress.org. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
External links
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- CPBL
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- 1 Dai-Kang Yang
- 7 Ta-Hung Cheng
- 8 Chen Chiang-ho
- 9 Lin Yi-chuan
- 11 Lin Hung-yu
- 12 Huang Chin-chih
- 13 Chen Yung-chi
- 15 Yu-Ching Lin
- 16 Chou Szu-chi
- 17 Jen-Ho Tseng
- 18 Pan Wei-lun
- 19 Yi-Cheng Wang
- 21 Kuo Yen-wen
- 22 Wang Yao-lin
- 23 Peng Cheng-min
- 24 Lin Che-hsuan
- 31 Lin Chih-sheng
- 34 Kao Chih-kang
- 40 Chien-Ming Wang
- 41 Ching-Ming Wang
- 51 Hong-Chih Kuo
- 59 Chang Cheng-wei
- 63 Lin Yi-hao
- 66 Chang Chien-ming
- 71 Lo Ching-lung
- 91 Yang Yao-hsun
- 98 Lin Han
- 99 Chen Hung-wen
- Manager 81 Hsieh Chang-heng
- Coach 77 Cheng-Hsiun Hsieh
- Coach 6 Chen Wei-chen
- Coach 27 Chun-Chang Yeh
- Coach 76 Jung-Hua Liu
- Coach 56 Chih-Feng Chen