:Shih Chih-wei

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name = Shih Chih-wei

|image =石志偉 (9698050044) (cropped).jpg

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|position = Infielder / Batting coach

|team = CTBC Brothers

|number = 36

|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|14 August 1977}}

|birth_place = Alishan, Chiayi County, Taiwan

|bats = Right

|throws = Right

|debutdate = March 4

|debutyear = 2004

|debutteam = La New Bears

|statyear = 2014 season

|stat1label = Batting average

|stat1value = .285

|stat2label = Hits

|stat2value = 876

|stat3label = Home run

|stat3value = 7

|stat4label = Runs batted in

|stat4value = 319

|awards =

|teams =

La New Bears ({{by|2004}}–{{by|2010}})
Lamigo Monkeys ({{by|2011}}–{{by|2014}})

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry | {{TPE}}}}

}}

Shih Chih-wei ({{zh|c=石志偉|p=Shí Zhìwěi|w=Shih2 Chih4-wei3}}; born 14 August 1977 in Alishan, Chiayi County, Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player. He played for the amateur Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team before being drafted by the La New Bears (later renamed the Lamigo Monkeys) of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2004.

Early life

Shih Chih-wei was born to an aboriginal family of Tsou tribal ancestry.{{cite news|url=http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2007/new/dec/22/today-sp6.htm |date=December 22, 2007 |accessdate=May 28, 2008 |work=Liberty Times |script-title=zh:鄒族之光石志偉返鄉會學弟妹 |archivedate=February 24, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224114024/http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2007/new/dec/22/today-sp6.htm |url-status=live |language=Chinese}} He has been playing baseball since elementary school and graduated from the Taipei Physical Education College.

A member of the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team, Shih was chosen to play in the 2003 World Port Tournament as a member of the national team.{{cite news|url=http://210.58.102.66/2003/05/12/10889-1453503.htm|script-title=zh:荷蘭港口杯／棒協選訓會選出中華隊名單|newspaper=The Epoch Times|date=May 12, 2003|accessdate=May 28, 2008|language=Chinese}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Professional career

Shih was drafted by professional team La New Bears in 2004. In his professional debut, he got his first career base hit against the Brother Elephants. He hit his first career home run in Chengcing Lake Baseball Field; it was an inside-the-park home run.{{cite web |title=《全壘打》明細 |url=http://www.cpbl.com.tw/Personal_Rec/Homerun_personal.aspx?Role=1&pno=A032 |publisher=Chinese Professional Baseball League |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622215318/http://www.cpbl.com.tw/Personal_Rec/Homerun_personal.aspx?Role=1&pno=A032 |archivedate=June 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=May 31, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}

He became the first player from the team to receive a monthly Most Valuable Player award.{{cite press release|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/06/06/2003174024 |title=Shih Chih-wei gets honor |date=June 6, 2004 |accessdate=May 30, 2008 |newspaper=Taipei Times |author=Paul Huang |url-status=live |archivedate=August 15, 2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040815030258/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/06/06/2003174024}} Though a rookie, Shih was selected to play in the 2004 CPBL All-Star Game as starting third baseman.{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/07/17/2003179380 |title=Jonathan Hurst to pitch for Team Red in All-Star Game |date=July 17, 2004 |accessdate=May 30, 2008 |newspaper=Taipei Times |author=Paul Huang |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201142742/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/07/17/2003179380 |url-status=live |archivedate=December 1, 2009}}

Along with teammate Lin Chih-sheng, the two are often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection",{{cite news|date=October 15, 2004 |accessdate=May 26, 2008 |url-status=live |newspaper=Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/10/15/2003207055 |title=Bears on the rampage after lackluster start |author=Paul Huang |archivedate=May 14, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514122752/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/10/15/2003207055}} which is derived from glove puppet film Legend of the Sacred Stone (Wade–Giles: Shèng-shíh Ch'uán-shuō). The two players played in the CPBL Future All-Star Game, which is a game with professional rookies playing against amateurs, and had a combined 7-for-8 performance.{{cite news|date=July 18, 2004 |accessdate=May 30, 2008 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/07/18/2003179516 |title=Rookies give amateurs a lesson in how to get hits |newspaper=Taipei Times |archivedate=December 16, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216113552/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2004/07/18/2003179516 |url-status=live}} As a result of his performance in 2004, he received the CPBL Rookie of the Year Award, becoming the first player of the Bears to receive this honor. Shih was also given the CPBL Golden Glove Award at second base.

In 2006, Shih got the Golden Glove Award at third base. He was the first player of the Bears to receive the award twice.

International career

Shih has played in several international events such as the 1994 and 1995 World Junior Baseball Championships, in which Chinese Taipei earned a bronze and a silver medal. He also played in the 2003 World Port Tournament and 2003 Baseball World Cup as an amateur.

After becoming a professional, Shih participated in the 2006 Asia Series as a member of the La New Bears, who won the Taiwan Series that year. The team lost to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the championship round, earning the position of second place. He also played in the 2006 Asian Games as a member of the national team, which won first place in the tournament.