Chin-Lung Hu

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Chin-Lung Hu
position=Infielder
team=Los Angeles Dodgers
number=60
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1984|2|2
birthplace=Tainan City, Taiwan
debutdate=September 1
debutyear=2007
debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
statyear=September 4, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.176
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=2
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=12
teams=
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2007-present)

Chin-Lung Hu (Traditional Chinese: 胡金龍, pinyin: "Hú Jīnlóng") (born February 2, 1984 in Tainan City, Taiwan) is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hu is the fifth MLB player and the first MLB infielder from Taiwan. He has the shortest last name for a player in Major League history.

Hu was signed by the Dodgers on January 31, by|2003, and began his professional career with the rookie league Ogden Raptors in 2003. He split by|2004 between the Columbus Catfish in A ball and the Vero Beach Dodgers in High-A ball. In by|2005, he played the whole season at Vero Beach and hit .313 with 23 stolen bases.

In by|2006, he played for Taiwan in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and then returned to play for the Double-A Jacksonville Suns. Hu played in the All-Star Futures Game during the All-Star break in both 2006 & by|2007. He won the MVP award for his performance in the 2007 game. [Singer, Tom [http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070708&content_id=2076635&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la "Dodgers prospect named Futures MVP"] ", MLB.com, 07/08/2007"]

He was promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas on July 12, 2007. Hu made his major league debut on September 1, mlby|2007, against the San Diego Padres. In his second MLB at bat, Hu hit a solo home run on September 11, 2007, against the Padres, becoming the first position player born in Taiwan to hit a home run in MLB. (Hu's teammate, pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo, had become the first Taiwanese-born player to hit a home run in MLB earlier in 2007). On September 25, Hu hit a two-run homer and became the first Taiwanese-born player to hit two home runs.

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