Pan Wei-lun

Pan Wei-lun
Pitcher
Born: 5 March 1982 (1982-03-05) (age 42)
Pingtung County, Taiwan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
CPBL debut
March 3, 2003, for the Uni-President Lions
Last CPBL appearance
September 28, 2024, for the Uni-President Lions
CPBL statistics
Win–loss record149–109
Earned run average3.61
Strikeouts1,187
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Men's Baseball
Intercontinental Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Taichung Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Asian Baseball Championship
Silver medal – second place 2003 Sapporo Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Sapporo Team
In this Chinese name, the family name is Pan.

Pan Wei-lun (Chinese: 潘威倫; pinyin: Pān Wēilún; Wade–Giles: Pan1 Wei1 Lun2; born 5 March 1982) is a Taiwanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President Lions from 2003 to 2024.

Career

After brief amateur career in the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team he was drafted by the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in early 2003 and remains with this team to date. He has been considered an ace for the Lions and has also been a key member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team since 2002.

He held the CPBL record of pitcher with the longest winning streak by scoring 21 victories between March 1, 2007 and June 18, 2008. Furthermore, he scored his first career no-hitter on July 10, 2008 against Chinatrust Whales, but failed to achieve perfect game due to a fielding error by first baseman Kao Kuo-ching.[citation needed]

On February 14, 2024, the Lions announced that the 2024 season would be Pan's final season.[1] In 11 games (4 starts) for the Lions, he struggled to a 1–6 record and 6.83 ERA with 8 strikeouts across 29 innings. Pan played in his final game on September 28, after which he officially retired from professional baseball.[2]

International career

Pan represented Chinese Taipei in the 2004 Olympic Game. He, along with Wang Chien-Ming, were the only two Taiwanese pitchers to have wins in the tournament. He was credited with two wins.

Pan represented Chinese Taipei in the 2008 Olympic Game. He had no wins or losses in the tournament.[3]

Career statistics

Year Team G W L SV H IP K BB HR ERA
2003 Uni-President 28 13 8 0 0 166.1 104 42 8 2.435
2004 Uni-President 29 12 8 0 0 176.1 122 31 12 2.144
2005 Uni-President 34 12 8 0 1 171.0 130 41 8 2.789
2006 Uni-President 26 14 9 0 0 182.0 106 21 6 2.473
2007 Uni-President 21 16 2 0 0 123.1 79 24 7 2.262
2008 Uni-President 18 12 2 0 0 111.0 87 16 5 2.757
2009 Uni-President 22 10 8 0 0 133.2 81 23 6 3.299
2010 Uni-President 29 11 11 0 0 191.2 101 24 7 3.193
Total 177 100 56 0 1 1255.1 810 228 65 2.667

Last updated December 6, 2010

References

  1. ^ https://x.com/gocpbl/status/1757886346872684659?s=46&t=UN5XGiNzRq3-vt33N7zCTw [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Bid farewell to veteran Uni-President hurler at Taipei Dome". focustaiwan.tw. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Olympic results
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