C. C. Lee

Lee Chen-ch'ang, (Chinese: 李振昌; pinyin: Lǐ Zhènchāng; Wade–Giles: Li³ Chen⁴-Ch'ang¹; born October 21, 1986) is a Taiwanese professional baseball relief pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Lee throws from a sidearm slot, and his fastball sits at 92–94 MPH and max out at 97 MPH.^[1]

Career

Lee began playing baseball while a student at National Pingtung Senior High School.^[2] He competed for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 2008 Summer Olympics, and had a 2.00 earned run average (ERA) and 11 strikeouts in two appearances. After appearing in the Olympics, the Cleveland Indians signed him as a free agent.^[3]

After joining the Indians organization, Lee competed in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.^[4] He began his stateside professional career with the Kinston Indians in 2009, finishing the year with a 4–6 win-loss record and a 3.35 ERA in 45 appearances. He spent 2010 with the Akron Aeros, and had a 4–5 record and a 3.22 ERA in 44 games. The following year, Lee split the season between the Aeros and Columbus Clippers. With the Clippers, he had a 4–0 record and a 2.21 ERA in 25 appearances.^[5]

After five games with the Clippers in 2012 and 19 in 2013, Lee was called up by the Cleveland Indians from their Triple-A affiliate Columbus Clippers on July 12, 2013, and became the tenth Taiwanese player to play in the MLB.^[6] In his debut on July 14, Lee pitched 1.1 innings in relief of Ubaldo Jimenez, allowing no hits and 1 walk. He was optioned back to Columbus on July 23 and finished the season there, ending it with a 2.37 ERA.^[5] Lee started the 2014 season in Columbus, but was brought up to the majors and had several stints with the Indians during the 2014 season.^[7]

After the 2015 season, the Indians sold Lee's contract to the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball.^[8]

References

↑ Lastoria, Tony (July 18, 2013). "Getting to know your prospects: Chen-Chang Lee". FOX Sports Ohio. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
↑ Lin, Hon-hai (12 October 2013). "Strong motivation key to Taiwanese pitcher's MLB success". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 October 2013. (subscription required)
↑ "Indians sign RHP Chen-Chang Lee to Minor League free agent contract". Indians.MLB.com. September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
↑ Axisa, Mike (12 July 2013). "The Indians are calling up a pitcher named C.C. Lee – seriously". CBS Sports. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
1 2 "C.C. Lee Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
↑ Massie, Jim (July 12, 2013). "Tribe calls up Lee; options Salazar". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
↑ "Indians recall RHP CC Lee from AAA Columbus". Indians.MLB.com. August 7, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
↑ http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2015/11/cleveland_indians_add_5_player.html

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Chinese Taipei 2009 World Baseball Classic roster

4 Kao Kuo-ching 7 Kuo Yen-wen 8 Chih-Yao Chan 10 Lin Han 11 Lin Yueh-ping 12 Chen-Chang Lee 14 Wang Seng-wei 15 Kun-Sheng Lin 20 Cheng Kai-wen 21 Fu-Te Ni 22 Lin Yi-chuan 23 Peng Cheng-min 24 Kuo Dai-chi 25 Chiang Chih-hsien 31 Lin Wei-chu 34 Kao Chih-kang 36 Kuo Yi-feng 42 Tseng Sung-wei 44 Lin Che-hsuan 47 Liao Yu-cheng 48 Lo Chia-jen 51 Chi-Hung Cheng 55 Pan Wu-hsiung 62 Chia-Chun Tang 81 Po-Yu Lin 90 Po-Hsuan Keng 98 Ko-Chien Lin 99 Chen Hung-wen

Manager 3 Chih-Hsien Yeh Coach 88 Kuo Tai-yuan Coach 26 Wang Kuang-hui Coach 70 Lu Wen-sheng Coach 6 Wei-Cheng Chen Coach 65 Lin Kun-han Coach 68 Wang Cheng-hao

Saitama Seibu Lions current roster

First squad	00 Daichi Mizuguchi 0 Shogo Kimura 1 Takumi Kuriyama 2 Yuji Kaneko 5 Yuji Onizaki 6 Naotaka Takehara 8 Naoto Watanabe 10 Tomoya Mori 11 Takayuki Kishi 12 Kuo Chun-lin 14 Tatsushi Masuda 16 Yusei Kikuchi 17 Kona Takahashi 20 Ryoma Nogami 25 Takanori Hoshi 27 Ginjiro Sumitani 28 Ryohei Fujiwara 29 Hirotaka Koishi 30 Yosuke Okamoto 32 Hideto Asamura 33 Hotaka Yamakawa 34 Yasuo Sano 35 Kazuhisa Makita 37 Masatoshi Okada 41 Makoto Aiuchi 42 Esmerling Vásquez 43 Tomomi Takahashi 44 Shuta Tonosaki 47 Andy Van Hekken 48 Shota Takekuma 51 Fumikazu Kimura 54 C. C. Lee 55 Shogo Akiyama 59 Kyohei Nagae 60 Takeya Nakamura 61 Shotaro Tashiro 62 Hitoto Komazuki 63 Isamu Sato 65 Shogo Saitoh 88 Ryo Sakata 99 Ernesto Mejía

Second squad	9 Yutaro Ohsaki 15 Tatsuya Oishi 18 Shinsaburō Tawata 19 Takuya Toyoda 21 Ken Togame 23 Shogo Noda 26 Seiji Kawagoe 31 Toshihiro Iwao 36 Tadasuke Minamikawa 38 Yusuke Tamamura 39 Nien Ting Wu 40 Takayuki Yamaguchi 45 Keisuke Honda 46 Yuta Nakazaki 49 Tatsuyuki Uemoto 50 Kentaro Fukukura 52 Haruka Yamada 53 Aito Otaki 56 Kazuki Kaneko 57 Tsubasa Kokuba 58 Masato Kumashiro 64 Shota Nakata 66 Naoaki Matsumoto 67 Koki Fujita 68 Kazuki Miyata 71 Daisuke Togawa 78 Komei Fujisawa

First squad coaching	Manager: 90 Norio Tanabe Head and pitching coach: 86 Tetsuya Shiozaki Pitching coaches: 72 Yoshihiro Doi, 89 Shinji Mori Batting coaches: 73 Hideki Hashigami, 76 Masahiro Abe, 80 Shigenobu Shima Fielding/Baserunning coaches: 70 Tomoaki Satoh, 74 Hiroshi Narahara Battery coach: 82 Masanori Taguchi Training coaches: 92 Shinobu Sakamoto, 96 Tatsuya Nakano

Second squad coaching	Manager: 83 Hisanori Yokota Pitching coaches: 81 Chikara Onodera, 91 Eiji Kiyokawa Batting coaches: 75 Hiroyuki Takagi, 85 Katsuhiko Miyaji Fielding/Baserunning coaches: 87 Satoshi Kuroda, 77 Shogo Akada Battery coach: 84 Kosaku Akimoto Training coaches: 98 Takafumi Sato, 95 Haruki Kurokawa

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