Kuo Lee Chien-fu

Kuo Lee Chien-fu
Pitcher
Born: (1969-03-24) 24 March 1969
Pingzhen, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: May 20, 1993, for the Hanshin Tigers
CPBL: March 16, 1999, for the Koos Group Whales
Last appearance
NPB: 1998, for the Hanshin Tigers
CPBL: September 13, 2003, for the Chinatrust Whales
NPB statistics
Win–loss record27–31
Earned run average3.50
Strikeouts299
CPBL statistics
Win–loss record38–25
Earned run average2.68
Strikeouts415
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Men's Baseball
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaTeam
World Cup
1988 ItalyTeam
2001 TaiwanTeam
Asian Games
1998 BangkokTeam
Asian Championship
1989 South KoreaTeam
1991 ChinaTeam

Kuo Lee Chien-fu (Chinese: 郭李建夫; pinyin: Guō Lǐ Jiànfū; Wade–Giles: Kuo1 Li3 Chien4-fu1; born March 24, 1969 in Taoyuan County, Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher and currently a baseball coach. He is best known for being the ace pitcher in the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 1992 Olympics where he was twice the winning pitcher in the two games against Japan, one in the preliminary round and the other in the semifinal. The two victories helped the Taiwanese national team win the silver medal that year. He was also a member of the team in the 1988 Olympics when baseball was a demonstration sport, but did not play in any of the tournament's games.

After the 1992 Olympics Kuo Lee joined the Hanshin Tigers. However, during his 6-year career with the Tigers he performed only moderately and was waived by the end of 1998. Right after the waiver Kuo Lee represented Taiwan in the 1998 Asian Games, but allowed 7 runs in within only 2 innings in game against South Korea, as the Chan-ho Park-led South Korean team routed Taiwan. His fame accumulated since 1992 suddenly vanished as Taiwan Major League immediately announced "we do not have any plan to acquire Kuo Lee" right after this fiasco. He later join CPBL's Chinatrust Whales and stayed with the team until his final retirement in late 2003. He currently coaches a college baseball team.