Lo Ching-lung
Pitcher
Born: ( 1985-08-20 ) 20 August 1985 (age 38) Cishan , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
CPBL debut
March 24, 2013, for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
Teams
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions ( 2013 ? 2014 , 2017 , 2019 )

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 [ edit ]

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 Jimenez 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 [ edit ]

He represented Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic .

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ching-Lung Lo .

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• CPBL