Peng Cheng-min

Peng Cheng-min
Brother Elephants – No. 23
First baseman (present), right fielder (past)
Born: (1978-08-06) 6 August 1978 Kaoshiung, Taiwan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
CPBL debut
10 March, 2001, for the Brother Elephants
Career statistics (through 2013, 13 October)
Batting average	.345
Home runs	169
Runs batted in	833
Stolen Base	207
Runs	790
Teams
Brother Elephants/Chinatrust Brother Elephants (2001–present)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Peng.

Peng Cheng-min, (traditional Chinese: 彭政閔; simplified Chinese: 彭政闵; pinyin: Péng Zhēngmǐn; Wade–Giles: Peng2 Cheng1 Min3; born 6 August 1978 in Kaoshiung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays first base for the Brother Elephants of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. During the 2001–2002 seasons he was designated hitter for the team. Starting in 2003, he began his four-season tenure in right field. However, in the middle of the 2006 season Brother Elephants released then first baseman Tsai Feng-an (蔡豐安) and Peng switched to play first base.

He is known for his skill hitting inside-out. He has won five CPBL Batting Championship Awards and is the Elephants player with the most home runs (161), Runs batted in (785), runs (790), hits (1396), doubles (225)over the course of his professional career. He also holds the Chinese Professional Baseball League records for career walks (804).

In 2008, he hit .391, a CPBL single-season record. On 20 September 2008, Peng hit the 1000th home run in Elephant's history, and followed it up on 28 March 2009 with the CPBL's 6000th home run. He recorded his career 1,000 hits on 18 August 2010 in Taichung Baseball Field, becoming the player reached the 1,000 hits with fewest games(844), plates (3469), at bats (2838).

In the end of 2010, when the Brother Elephants seized the championship, he gained the CPBL MVP of the Year Award.

On 21 November 2011, Peng signed a ten-year extension with the Brother Elephants, five-year as player and five-year as coach. The contract worth 66 million NT dollar (roughly 2.27 million US dollar), it is the largest contract for a player in CPBL history.

Experience

• Kaoshiung City Municipal Fu-sing Elememtary School Baseball Team
• Kaoshiung City Municipal Wu-fu Junior High School Baseball Team
• Pintong Mei-her High School Baseball Team
• Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
• Taiwan Army Baseball Team
• CPBL Brother Elephants/Chinatrust Brother Elephants (2001~present)

Career statistics

Season	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	WALK	SO	SLG	AVG
2001	59	136	20	43	5	1	5	65	19	5	28	33	.478	.316
2002	88	277	66	86	17	3	18	163	71	16	72	82	.588	.310
2003	100	369	83	131	25	3	18	216	83	22	70	81	.585	.355
2004	99	338	90	127	14	3	18	201	66	26	82	64	.595	.376
2005	76	274	57	93	8	3	14	149	47	13	53	49	.544	.339
2006	48	154	25	54	10	0	6	82	22	4	35	39	.532	.351
2007	97	345	80	125	17	0	21	205	64	12	60	67	.594	.362
2008	81	284	50	111	17	0	8	152	60	23	54	50	.535	.391
2009	108	361	85	132	19	0	17	202	71	25	82	62	.560	.366
2010	117	387	59	138	21	1	8	186	65	20	72	58	.482	.356
2011	80	277	37	87	18	0	4	117	55	6	48	45	0.422	.314
2012	119	440	78	141	28	0	14	211	88	7	76	66	0.480	.320
2013	116	403	60	128	25	0	10	183	74	15	72	63	0.454	.318
Total	1188	4045	790	1396	225	14	161	2132	785	194	804	759	.527	.345

Red Numberis CPBL record

Career Statistics Rank

Item	Amount	Brother Elephants Rank	CPBL history Rank
Games Played	1188	1st	8th
Plates Appearance	4911	1st	4th
At Bats	4045	1st	7th
Hits	1396	1st	3rd
Singles	996	1st	3rd
Doubles	225	1st	5th
Triples	14	11th	T-45th
Home Runs	161	1st	4th
Total Bases	2132	1st	3rd
Runs Scored	790	1st	2nd
Runs Batted In	785	1st	2nd
Ground into Double Plays	117	1st	6th
Sacrifice Bunts	14	T-34th	T-162th
Sacrifice Flies	46	1st	3rd
Bad Balls Gained	665	1st	1st
Intentionally Bad Balls	72	1st	1st
Walks	804	1st	1st
Strike outs	759	1st	3rd
Stolen Bases	194	2nd	3rd
Caught Stealing	74	2nd	T-4th

Awards

Awards	# of Awards	Years
CPBL All-star game	13	2001–2013
CPBL MVP of the month of hitter	7
CPBL MVP of Year	1	2010
CPBL Batting Champion Award	5	2003–2005,2008,2010
CPBL Best Ten Player Award(Outfielder)	3	2003–2005
CPBL Best Ten Player Award (First baseman)	2	2008,2010
Best Golden Glove Award (First baseman)	2	2008,2010
Taiwan Series Outstanding Player Award	2	2001,2003
CPBL Most Valuable Player of Year	1	2010
CPBL Hits Champion Award	1	2004
CPBL Best Ten Player Award (Designated hitter)	1	2002
CPBL Home Run Derby winner	1	2004

Salary

Year	Team	NT/month	Converse to US/annual
2001	Brother Elephants	95,000	37,600
2002	Brother Elephants	100,000	39,600
2003	Brother Elephants	127,000	50,200
2004	Brother Elephants	200,000	79,200
2005	Brother Elephants	300,000	118,800
2006	Brother Elephants	310,000	122,800
2007	Brother Elephants	240,000	95,000
2008	Brother Elephants	320,000	126,700
2009	Brother Elephants	400,000	158,400
2010	Brother Elephants	500,000	198,000
2011	Brother Elephants	525,000	207,900
2012	Brother Elephants	550,000	217,800
2013	Brother Elephants	550,000	217,800

• 1 NT dollar is roughly equal to 0.033 US dollar.

National team

Peng Cheng-min

Peng playng for the Chinese Taipei national team in 2013 World Baseball Classic
Medal record
Representing Chinese Taipei
Men’s Baseball
Intercontinental Cup
	2002 Havana	Team
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
Asian Baseball Championship
	2003 Sapporo	Team
	2007 Taichung	Team

He has been selected by Chinese Taipei baseball team several times since 1998, as follows:

• 1998 Baseball World Cup
• 2000 Haarlem Baseball Week
• 2002 Busan Asian Games
• 2002 Intercontinental Cup
• 2003 Asian Baseball Championship
• 2004 Athens Olympic Games
• 2007 Baseball World Cup
• 2007 Asian Baseball Championship
• 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
• 2008 Beijing Olympics Games
• 2009 World Baseball Classic
• 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
• 2013 World Baseball Classic - Qualification
• 2013 World Baseball Classic

International game performance

• On 2 March 2013, Peng played for Chinese Taipei national baseball team against Australia in Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium during 2013 World Baseball Classic. In the first inning, he drove Dai-Kang Yang for first run of the tournament; besides, in the fifth inning, he smashed a right-field solo home run, it was first home run of the tournament.

Family

Peng's parents live in Kaoshiung; in addition, he has two elder sisters and a younger brother, Peng Cheng-sin(彭政欣), who currently is a Brother Elephants administrator. On 13 December 2008, he married Lu Kuan-chi(呂冠綺), a flight attendant.

External links

• Player information from WikiBaseball (Chinese)

Awards
Preceded by Chen Chien-wei(陳健偉) Chen Chin-Feng(陳金鋒) Pan Wu-hsiung(潘武雄)	CPBL Batting Champion Award 2003–2005 2008 2010	Succeeded by Chen Kuan-jen(陳冠任) Pan Wu-hsiung(潘武雄) Chang Cheng-wei(張正偉)
Preceded by Chen Chih-yuan(陳致遠)	CPBL Hit Champion Award 2004	Succeeded by Yang Sen(陽森)
Preceded by Lin Yi-chuan(林益全)	CPBL MVP of the Year Award 2010	Succeeded by Lin Hung-yu(林泓育)