Peng Cheng-min
Right fielder/First baseman
Born: (1978-08-06)6 August 1978 (age 46) Kaoshiung,Taiwan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
CPBL debut
10 March, 2001, for the Brother Elephants
Last appearance
5 October, 2019, for the Chinatrust Brothers
Career statistics
Batting average	.333
Hits	2044
Home runs	192
Runs batted in	1096
Stolen Base	231
Teams
As player Brother Elephants/Chinatrust Brothers (2001–2019) As coach Chinatrust Brothers/CTBC Brothers (2020–2023)
Career highlights and awards
CPBL MVP of the Year (2010)

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 inKaoshiung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese formerprofessional baseball player and baseball coach who previously played right fielder, first base and designated hitter for theCTBC Brothers of theChinese Professional Baseball League from 2001 to 2019.

During the 2001–02 seasons he was designated hitter for the team, as he was picked 1st overall in the 2001 draft. Starting in 2003, he began his four-season tenure in right field after adjusting to the role. However, in the middle of the 2006 seasonBrother Elephants released then first basemanTsai Feng-an (蔡豐安) and Peng switched to play first base, late in his career, he also played as an occasional designated hitter. He also wore number 23 because his original number 6 jersey was worn by Tsai when he first entered the team, but he never reverted to the number, as there had been no notable players who wore number 23 in baseball.

He is known for his skill hitting inside-out, so he always lands the ball on the right side of the field, that falsely listed him as an opposite-field hitter. He has won five CPBL Batting Championship Awards and holds theChinese Professional Baseball League records for careerSingles(1515),walks (1126), and runs scored (1090). he was the pivotal and the only member of both generations of Three Slugging Muketeers.

However, in 2005, he had an incident similar toDavid Ortiz, where he hit a power box out of frustration. That caused him to inflict multiple fractures on his wrist. He missed the 2005 calendar year, and the top half of 2006 season. The break included all of the international fixtures, including Intercontinental Cup 2006.

In 2008, he hit .391, a CPBL single-season record.(Then it was broken byWang Po-jung with .414 in 2016) 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 inTaichung 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 theBrother Elephants seized the championship, he gained theCPBL MVP of the Year Award, adding to the one earned in 2001, and also adding to his three consecutive titles.

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

Since 2012, however, he was no longer a regular starter. After becoming the 4th player in CPBL history to reach 1000 hits, 100 home runs and 100 steals landmark, it wasn't until 4 May 2014, where he made his 200th stolen base, and made hit 2000th base hit on 7 July 2019. 10 days later, he became the highest ever run scorer, 1076 runs scored.

In January 2019, Peng announced his retirement from baseball, and played his final match on 29 September as a testimonial match, with his jersey number likely to be retired at the conclusion of the match. During the final week, all team members wore the jersey with 'Chia, 23' on their back. His actual final match was in the Final when the team lost 3-20, which incidentally adds to 23, his shirt number.

Peng became an assistant batting coach for Chinese Taipei National Team in October, 2019.

On 10 May 2023, Peng was named the 7th manager inCTBC Brothers history, replacingLin Wei-chu, who stepped down from the position.^[1] However, on 29 December, Peng himself stepped down from the position due to health concerns.^[2]

Chia Chia (恰恰) is Peng's nickname as he shares the surname and bears resemblance toPeng Chia-chia, a veteran Taiwanese entertainer and baseball fanatic.

• Kaoshiung City Municipal Fu-sing Elememtary School Baseball Team
• Kaoshiung City Municipal Wu-fu Junior High School Baseball Team
• Pintong Mei-he High School Baseball Team, trained as second baseman and third baseman, but excelled as a shortstop.^[3]
• Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team
• Taiwan Army Baseball Team, as a positional pitcher, armed with a 144 km/h fastball
• CPBLBrother Elephants/Chinatrust Brother Elephants (2001~2019),
  • 4-time CPBL champion, 2001–2003, 2010 playoffs MVP, 2001, 2010, Golden Hammer Team, 2002, 2010 Regular Season League MVP
  • Franchise-matching 7-time runner-up (2014–2017, 2019)
  • Oldest ever league finals LMVP (losing team, 2016)
  • First ever player winning 5-time Batting Average Titles, 2003–2005, 2008, 2010 with .376 in 2004, a CPBL record for Taiwanese-born local players. Eclipsed by himself in 2008 (.391).
• Chinese Taipei National Baseball Team (2001–2013)

Red Number is CPBL record

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

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

• 1998Baseball World Cup
• 2000 Haarlem Baseball Week
• 2002 Busan Asian Games
• 2002Intercontinental Cup
• 2003Asian Baseball Championship
• 2004 AthensOlympic Games^[4]
• 2007 Baseball World Cup
• 2007 Asian Baseball Championship
• 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
• 2008 Beijing Olympic Games^[4]
• 2009 World Baseball Classic
• 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games
• 2013 World Baseball Classic - Qualification
• 2013 World Baseball Classic

• On 2 March 2013, Peng played forChinese Taipei national baseball team againstAustralia inTaichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium during2013 World Baseball Classic. In the first inning, he droveDai-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.^[5]

Peng's parents live inKaoshiung; in addition, he has two elder sisters and a younger brother, Peng Cheng-sin(彭政欣), who currently is aChinatrust Brothers administrator. On 13 December 2008, he married Lu Kuan-chi(呂冠綺), a flight attendant. Then, they gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

• Player information fromWikiBaseball(in Chinese)

• 1978 births
• Living people
• Asian Games medalists in baseball
• Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
• Baseball players at the 2002 Asian Games
• Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games
• Brother Elephants players
• Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
• Olympic baseball players for Taiwan
• Baseball players from Kaohsiung
• 2009 World Baseball Classic players
• 2013 World Baseball Classic players

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