Chen Chin-Feng
Chin-Feng Chen, OF
Bday: October 28, 1977 Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 6-1 Wt: 189
Signed: Taiwan, 1999 Signed by: Jack Zduriencik
1999 Club AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
San Bernardino (A) .316 510 98 161 22 10 31 123 75 129 31
Latest
Chen has a RBI single in the All Star Futures game as well as a triple, but the World Team loses to the US team 3-2. Still it was a pretty good performance by the young Dodgers prospect.
Chen Chin Feng is a baseball player from Taiwan who's presently in the minor leagues with
the LA Dodgers. He's presently playing with the San Antonion Missions of the Texas League and having a great season after raking it up last year at the San Bernandino Stampede.
1999
After he signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers in January, Chen made a spectacular professional debut for Single-A San Bernardino in 1999, earning California League Most Valuable Player honors after becoming the first player in league history to total more than 30 home runs and stolen bases in a season.
The 21-year-old Taiwanese outfielder batted .316 (161-for-510) in 131 games and led all Dodger minor leaguers with 31 home runs and 123 RBI. He also had 22 doubles, 10 triples and 31 stolen bases for the Stampede that season. Chen was named to Howe Sportsdata’s annual All-Prospect Team and played for the World team in the inaugural All-Star Futures Game, batting 1 for 3, at Fenway Park in Boston.
Chen became the second Taiwanese player to play professional baseball in the United States, joining pitcher Hsin-Min Tan, who played briefly at the Single-A level in the San Francisco Giants’ farm system from 1974-75.
Cardlist so far
News:
- Chen is #17 on Baseball America's 2000 Top Prospects list. (Baseball America)
- A very complete analysis of Chen's play, judged the Dodgers #1 prospect. (Baseball America)
- Profile of Chen in ESPN's Down on the farm series (ESPN, May 5, 2000)
- Rating the minor-league outfielders; Chen stands out well (ESPN, April 28, 2000)
- NL West minor league preview: Chen is listed as LA Dodgers Top Prospect to keep an eye on
(Sporting News, May 3, 2000)
- Chen signs with Dodgers (Sporting News, Jan 5, 1999)
- Dodger sign Taiwanese standout (Sporting News, Jan 11, 1999)
- Chen speaks Volumes with bat (Sporting News, Sept 2, 1999)
- Chin Feng will be playing in his 2nd All-Star Futures game, played before the actual All Star Game. (Minor League Baseball site, July 6, 2000)
- Chen named Dodgers Minor League player of the year (LA Dodgers Press Release, Sept 2, 1999)
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Orange Country Registrar story about Chen (Orange County Register, May 30, 1999)
- The San Antonio Missions page on My San Antonio with game updates
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