Kuo Lee Chien-fu

Kuo Lee Chien-fu (Chinese: 郭李建夫; pinyin: Guō Lǐ Jiànfū; Wade–Giles: Kuo¹ Li³ Chien⁴-fu¹; born March 24, 1969^[2] in Taoyuan County, Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher and currently a baseball coach. He is best known for being the ace pitcher in the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 1992 Olympics where he was twice the winning pitcher in the two games against Japan, one in the preliminary round and the other in the semifinal. The two victories helped the Taiwanese national team win the silver medal that year. He was also a member of the team in the 1988 Olympics when baseball was a demonstration sport, but did not play in any of the tournament's games.

Win–loss record27–31

Earned run average3.50

Strikeouts299

Win–loss record38–25

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Kuo Lee Chien-fu
Pitcher
Born: (1969-03-24) 24 March 1969 (age 56)[1] Pingzhen, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: May 20, 1993, for the Hanshin Tigers
CPBL: March 16, 1999, for the Koos Group Whales
Last appearance
NPB: 1998, for the Hanshin Tigers
CPBL: September 13, 2003, for the Chinatrust Whales
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	27–31
Earned run average	3.50
Strikeouts	299
CPBL statistics
Win–loss record	38–25
Earned run average	2.68
Strikeouts	415
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Hanshin Tigers (1993–1998) Koos Group Whales/Chinatrust Whales (1999–2003)
Career highlights and awards
5x CPBL All-Star (1999–2003) CPBL saves leader (2002)
Medals Representing  Chinese Taipei Men's baseball Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team World Cup 1988 Italy Team 2001 Taiwan Team Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Team Asian Championship 1989 South Korea Team 1991 China Team

Close

After the 1992 Olympics Kuo Lee joined the Hanshin Tigers. However, during his 6-year career with the Tigers he performed only moderately and was waived by the end of 1998. Right after the waiver Kuo Lee represented Taiwan in the 1998 Asian Games, but allowed 7 runs in within only 2 innings in game against South Korea, as the Chan-ho Park-led South Korean team routed Taiwan. His fame accumulated since 1992 suddenly vanished as Taiwan Major League immediately announced "we do not have any plan to acquire Kuo Lee" right after this fiasco. He later join CPBL's Chinatrust Whales and stayed with the team until his final retirement in late 2003. He currently coaches a college baseball team.