Chin-hui Tsao is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He is the second major league player of Taiwanese origin, and like the first, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Chin-Feng Chen, he is part Taiwanese aborigine .
Tsao pitched for his country in five major international competitions, including the Junior World Championships (1996-1997, 1999), the 1999 Asia Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics. He made two appearances at the Olympics, going 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA and one save. At the 1999 Asia Cup, he dominated: making three appearances (11 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 19 strikeouts), fanning 15 batters in his one start against China.
Tsao has one of Taiwan's best pitching arms. In the 2004 Olympics at Athens, he was clocked at 162km/h (101mph) at the park and 159km/h (99mph) on the TV gun.
But after 2006 Tsao hurt his arm, it let him cannot pitch his super fastball as before. Now he came back to Taiwan, help him can recover soon. And can perform well in Taiwan.
Tsao pitched for his country in five major international competitions, including the Junior World Championships (1996-1997, 1999), the 1999 Asia Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics. He made two appearances at the Olympics, going 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA and one save. At the 1999 Asia Cup, he dominated: making three appearances (11 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 19 strikeouts), fanning 15 batters in his one start against China.
Tsao has one of Taiwan's best pitching arms. In the 2004 Olympics at Athens, he was clocked at 162km/h (101mph) at the park and 159km/h (99mph) on the TV gun.
But after 2006 Tsao hurt his arm, it let him cannot pitch his super fastball as before. Now he came back to Taiwan, help him can recover soon. And can perform well in Taiwan.
