caption bats birth_place debutyear statvalue team image_size position statlabel debutdate birth_date number image article_title debutteam name throws
kuo with the los angeles dodgers left tainan , taiwan 2005 13 -- 17 3.73 345 13 uni-president 7-eleven lions 250 pitcher / designated hitter win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts saves september 2 23 july 1981 00 hong-chih kuo on july 27 , 2010.jpg hong-chih kuo
 los angeles dodgers hong-chih kuo left
hong-chih kuo

hong-chih kuo -lrb- ; born july 23 , 1981 in tainan , taiwan -rrb- is a taiwanese professional baseball pitcher .
when kuo made his debut in , he became the fourth mlb player from taiwan -lrb- after chin-feng chen , chin-hui tsao , and chien-ming wang -rrb- .
kuo pitched for taiwan in the asian games and in the inaugural world baseball classic , allowing three earned runs in two games .
