Liu Fu-hao (, nickname: 小破 Xiǎo Pò) born 14 November 1978, is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for

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. Originally a third baseman, he currently plays as center fielder for the Lions, although he is capable of playing other outfield positions as well as first base.

Early life

A native to the city of

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, Liu spent his youth by playing for a local elementary school baseball team. He moved to

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(now New Taipei City) and attended the junior high department of Overseas Chinese Experimental Senior High School (), whose baseball team was sponsored by RSEA Engineering Corp (). He later transferred to Hsikuen Junior High School (), a school also sponsored by RSEA, and attended Chunghua Senior High School (). After completing secondary education, he attended

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(), which is also sponsored by RSEA. After graduating from TPEC, he joined

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. He was once invited to enter the

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draft by

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, but later declined. He did, however, enter the draft in 2004.

Professional career

He was drafted by

in the first round, along with teammate

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, who has been his teammate since middle school. He saw his first at-bat on March 3, 2004, and hit a home run. He is the first Taiwanese player to hit a home run on the first at-bat of career in the history of

. He won the first Gold Glove and the Best 10 Award in 2006. In 2007, he was elected the Most Outstanding Player (of winning team) of

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that he hit 3 homers in the Series. The MVP of this series is the pitcher that won 3 games,

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. He hit 3 home runs in 2008 Asia Series. The Game 6 of the series, Uni-President Lions defeated

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by his 2 homers and entered the final. At last, Uni-President Lions were defeated by

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, they finished runners-up. In 2009, he hit 11 home runs this season. It is the first time that he hit more than 10 home runs in one season. The first Game of the championships this year, he hit 2-run homer in 4th bottom against

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/ref> the Lions won the game. He was elected the MVP in this game. The Lions won the series in Game 7 eventually, completed

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. Next year, he batted .279 with 10 home runs, 59 RBIs, and 121 hits. He is on the top of Lions the year. In addition, he stole 31 bases. But he lost the stolen base champion because of the lower stolen base percentage. He won the Gold Glove five straight years, and the first Best 10 Award after 2007. He was the main leadoff hitter of the Lions in 2011. He hit 13 homers as leadoff hitter, created a new record of local players. His five leadoff homers in this year are the most ones in single season in the history of CPBL.

References

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