Hsieh Chia-hsien (Chinese: 謝佳賢; pinyin: Xiè Jiaxián; Wade–Giles: Hsieh⁴ Chia⁵ Hsien²; born 8 April 1976 in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player. Originally drafted by the Taiwan Major League's Taichung Agan in 1998, after TML's merger into CPBL he has been playing for the Chinese Professional Baseball League's Macoto Gida and its successors Macoto Cobras and Dmedia T-REX since 2003. A left-handed outfielder and first baseman, he is well known for his offensive and powerful batting. He has been a frequent member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team since 1999 and holds a controversial record of reaching career 100th home run fastest in the history of professional baseball in Taiwan in within only 454 games; CPBL did not recognize this record because his first 75 home runs were hit in the TML. He also hit CPBL's milestone 5000th home run on April 12, 2006.^{[citation needed]}

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Hsieh Chia-hsien
Center fielder
Born: 8 April 1976 (1976-04-08) (age 46) Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan
Batted: Left Threw: Left
CPBL debut
March 13, 2003, for the Macoto Gida
Last CPBL appearance
October 12, 2009, for the Sinon Bulls
Career statistics (through 2009)
Games	665
Batting average	0.288
Hits	686
Home runs	127
RBIs	444
Stolen bases	49
Teams
Taichung Agan (1998–2002) Macoto Gida/ Macoto Cobras/ dmedia T-REX (2003–2008) Sinon Bulls (2009)
Career highlights and awards
3× TML home run champion (2000–2002) 4× CPBL Best Ten (2003–2005, 2007) CPBL Gold Glove Award (2004) CPBL Silver Slugger Award (2005) CPBL home run champion (2005) CPBL RBI leader (2005)
Medals Men’s Baseball Representing  Chinese Taipei Intercontinental Cup 2006 Taichung Team Asian Games 2002 Busan Team 2006 Doha Team Asian Baseball Championship 1999 Seoul Team 2003 Sapporo Team 2007 Taichung Team

He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]

Basic Information

• Number: 55
• Height: 176 cm
• Weight: 87 kg
• Bats: Left

Career Records

See also

• List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 Asian Games
• List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 World Baseball Classic
• Chinese Taipei national baseball team

References