He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers during - season, but only sparingly. In 2005, Chen was reluctant to accept the designate for assignment back to Dodgers' Las Vegas 51s team, and try out with another major league team. In 2006, after struggling to make 25-man roster with Dodgers, Chen tried out with Japanese Professional League and eventually decided to play Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan.
Chen is the first Taiwanese baseball player to play in Major League baseball when he made his debut on on September 14, 2002. In 2005, Chen was the first Taiwanese position player to ever get a hit in Major League Baseball. However, Chin-hui Tsao became the first Taiwanese player to get a hit in the Majors with the Colorado Rockies on August 18, 2003. After his contract with the Dodgers organization expired after the 2005 season, Chen announced on December 26, 2005, that he would not return to North America for the season, but would instead enter the CPBL draft. He was promptly selected by the La New Bears. Chen had completed his first complete baseball season at the hometown Taiwan in 2006. He ranked first on many aspects such as the highest hit-rate and 81 RBI for the whole season. He also led the La New Bears team to the championship title and he also won his first MVP title for the final series matches. Later on in the second Asian baseball tournament, he showed the best performance again and gained lots of attentions from Japanese and Korean baseball Clubs, including the well-known Orix Buffaloes team. But he rejected the contract from this Japanese team and made the decision to stay in Taiwan for at least one more year with his beloved La New Bears teammates.
Chen is a Taiwanese aborigine , as is Chin-hui Tsao .
Since Chen's debut, four other Taiwanese baseball players have played in MLB: the Rockies' Tsao , the New York Yankees' Chien-Ming Wang, the Dodgers' Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-Lung Hu.
Achievements
Chin-Feng Chen hit the first in Konami Cup history during the 2006 series.
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