Chin-Lung Hu is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hu is the fifth MLB player and the first MLB infielder from Taiwan. He has the shortest last name for a player in Major League history.
Hu was signed by the Dodgers on January 31, , and began his professional career with the rookie league Ogden Raptors in 2003. He split between the Columbus Catfish in A ball and the Vero Beach Dodgers in High-A ball. In , he played the whole season at and .313 with 23 stolen bases.
In , he played for Taiwan in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and then returned to play for the Double-A Jacksonville Suns. Hu played in the All-Star Futures Game during the All-Star break in both 2006 & . He won the MVP award for his performance in the 2007 game.
He was promoted to Triple-A on July 12, 2007. Hu made his major league debut on September 1, , against the San Diego Padres. In his second MLB at bat, Hu hit a solo home run on September 1, 2007, against the , becoming the first position player born in Taiwan to hit a home run in MLB. . On September 25, Hu hit a two-run homer and became the first Taiwanese-born player to hit two home runs.
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