# List of Major League Baseball players from Taiwan

This is a list of players from Taiwan in Major League Baseball. There have been 17 players total from Taiwan. Those players, especially star pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, became household names of Taiwanese people and induced huge followings for their games during MLB seasons. In November 2011, the inaugural MLB Taiwan All-Star Series was played in five games at three ballparks across Taiwan during the postseason. Wang and Fu-Te Ni were called up by the Chinese Taipei national baseball team against the MLB All-Star team. All Taiwanese players who have appeared in Major League Baseball began their professional baseball careers in the United States by signing with teams as an international free agent. The first Taiwanese baseball player to be selected and signed via the Major League Baseball draft process was Lyle Lin, who was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

## Active players

Included in this table are players who are on, or have been on, an active MLB roster during the current MLB season (or, during the offseason, players who were on an active MLB roster during the most recently completed MLB season). Players are ordered by the date of MLB debut.
| Name | Position | MLB debut | Games | MLB team(s) | Ref. |
| Kai-Wei Teng | Pitcher | March 31, 2024 | 0 | San Francisco Giants (2024–) | |
    * Games played through the 2023 regular season.

## Former players

Listed below are previous players in MLB, ordered by the date of their final MLB appearance.
| Name | MLB debut | MLB final game | Games | Position | MLB team(s) | Current league/status | Team |
| Chin-Feng Chen | September 14, 2002 | July 23, 2005 | 19 | Outfielder | Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2005) | Retired (Manager) | Fubon Guardians |
| Fu-Te Ni | June 28, 2009 | June 29, 2010 | 58 | Pitcher | Detroit Tigers (2009–2010) | Retired | — |
| Chin-Lung Hu | September 1, 2007 | May 16, 2011 | 118 | Infielder | Los Angeles Dodgers (2007–2010) New York Mets (2011) | Retired | — |
| Hong-Chih Kuo | September 2, 2005 | September 24, 2011 | 218 | Pitcher | Los Angeles Dodgers (2005–2011) | Retired | — |
| Che-Hsuan Lin | April 14, 2012 | October 1, 2012 | 9 | Outfielder | Boston Red Sox (2012) | CPBL | Fubon Guardians |
| Chia-Jen Lo | July 31, 2013 | September 28, 2013 | 19 | Pitcher | Houston Astros (2013) | CPBL | Wei Chuan Dragons |
| C. C. Lee | July 14, 2013 | September 30, 2015 | 47 | Pitcher | Cleveland Indians (2013–2015) | CPBL | CTBC Brothers |
| Chin-Hui Tsao | July 25, 2003 | May 21, 2016 | 57 | Pitcher | Colorado Rockies (2003–2005) Los Angeles Dodgers (2007, 2015–2016) | Retired | — |
| Chien-Ming Wang | April 30, 2005 | August 30, 2016 | 174 | Pitcher | New York Yankees (2005–2009) Washington Nationals (2011–2012) Toronto Blue Jays (2013) Kansas City Royals (2016) | Retired (Pitching Coach) | CTBC Brothers |
| Jen-Ho Tseng | September 14, 2017 | May 8, 2018 | 3 | Pitcher | Chicago Cubs (2017–2018) | CPBL | Rakuten Monkeys |
| Chih-Wei Hu | April 24, 2017 | September 27, 2018 | 11 | Pitcher | Tampa Bay Rays (2017–2018) | CPBL | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions |
| Wei-Chieh Huang | April 23, 2019 | May 14, 2019 | 4 | Pitcher | Texas Rangers (2019) | MiLB/IL | Indianapolis Indians |
| Wei-Chung Wang | April 14, 2014 | September 17, 2019 | 47 | Pitcher | Milwaukee Brewers (2014, 2017) Oakland Athletics (2019) Pittsburgh Pirates (2019) | CPBL | Wei Chuan Dragons |
| Wei-Yin Chen | April 10, 2012 | September 28, 2019 | 219 | Pitcher | Baltimore Orioles (2012–2015) Miami Marlins (2016–2019) | Retired | — |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | June 24, 2017 | April 26, 2021 | 102 | Infielder | Boston Red Sox (2017–2020) Minnesota Twins (2021) | CPBL | Rakuten Monkeys |
| Yu Chang | June 28, 2019 | August 6, 2023 | 235 | Infielder | Cleveland Guardians (2019–2022) Pittsburgh Pirates (2022) Tampa Bay Rays (2022) Boston Red Sox (2022–2023) | CPBL | Fubon Guardians |

## All-Star Game selections

| Player | League | Selections | Year(s) | Notes |
| Hong-Chih Kuo | NL | 1 | 2010 | Selected in place of injured Jason Heyward. |
    Bold indicates the player was selected to the starting roster

## Postseason appearances

| Player | Seasons | Positions | WC | WC | DS | DS | CS | CS | World Series | World Series | Refs |
| Player | Seasons | Positions | Series won | Games played | Series won | Games played | Series won | Games played | Series won | Games played | Refs |
| Wei-Yin Chen | 2012 Baltimore Orioles 2014 Baltimore Orioles | P | | | L W | 1 1 | L | 1 | | | [22] [23][24] |
| Hong-Chih Kuo | 2006 Los Angeles Dodgers 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers 2009 Los Angeles Dodgers | P | | | L W | 1 1 | L L | 3 4 | | | [25] [26] [27][28] |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 2005 New York Yankees 2006 New York Yankees 2007 New York Yankees | P | | | L L L | 1 1 2 | | | | | [29] [30] [31] |