Fu-Te Ni
| Fu-Te Ni | |
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Ni with the Detroit Tigers in 2010 | |
| ANYO Fresh – No. 36 | |
| Pitching coach | |
| Born: 14 November 1982 Pingtung County, Taiwan | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| Professional debut | |
| CPBL: March 18, 2007, for the Chinatrust Whales | |
| MLB: June 29, 2009, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last appearance | |
| CPBL: May 22, 2021, for the CTBC Brothers | |
| MLB: June 29, 2010, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0–1 |
| Earned run average | 4.33 |
| Strikeouts | 43 |
| CPBL statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 25-40 |
| ERA | 4.00 |
| Strikeouts | 482 |
| WHIP | 1.34 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ni pitching for the Chinese Taipei national team in 2015 WBSC Premier12 warm-up game | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 倪福德 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Ní Fúdé | ||||||||||||||
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Fu-Te Ni (born 14 November 1982), nicknamed "Tudigong", is a former Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher, who is currently the pitching coach for ANYO Fresh, an amateur team in Taiwan. He played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Chinatrust Brothers, EDA Rhinos/Fubon Guardians, and CTBC Brothers, and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers.
Drafted by the Whales, Ni played the 2007 and 2008 seasons until the team was disbanded on November 11, 2008. He signed a minor league contract with the Tigers in 2009. Ni was called up to the Major Leagues in June 2009, becoming the sixth Taiwanese player to enter Major League Baseball. He is also the first player to transition from the CPBL to MLB. Ni made his major league debut on June 29, 2009, against the Oakland Athletics.