Home Run in His First At-Bat: Hsu Yu-Hao
As a rookie, if you want fans to remember your name hitting a home run in your first professional at-bat in the first team is one way to go about it. That is what 許禹壕 (Hsu Yu-Hao) did on the night of October 13.
After five years in the minor league, the Lamigo Monkeys’ 許禹壕 (Hsu Yu-Hao) finally got promoted to the first team on October 12.
In an organisation that is overflowing with catching talents. 23-year-old Hsu is probably sixth or seventh in the line for the first team catcher job. And because of that, Hsu will need to do something special to prove his worth to the management team very quickly.
On Saturday night, Hsu came off the bench to pinch hit in the bottom of the eighth and ripped one over the wall on the fourth pitch he saw in the CPBL.
“I still can not believe it, I was in tears when rounding the bases,” said Hsu Yu-Hao in the post-game interview. “I waited for so long (1691 days), and I finally got the opportunity.”
Hsu was drafted in the eighth round back in 2013 right after high school. From the 2013 to 2018 season, he posted a combined record of .238/.314/.293/ with one home run in the CPBL minor league.
Other Players Homered in Their First At-Bat
With that home run, Hsu Yu-Hao became the 11th player to hit a home run in their first at-bat in 29 years of the CPBL history.
- 1996/3/19: Hector Roa, Uni-Lions
- 1997/2/25: Roberto Zambrano, Koos Group Whales
- 1997/3/5: Cris Colon, Mercuries Tigers
- 1998/3/7: Manuel Garcia, Koos Group Whales
- 2004/3/3: 劉芙豪 (Liu Fu-Hao), Uni-Lions
- 2005/4/16: Mario Encarnacion, Macoto Cobras
- 2017/8/30: 林立 (Lin Li), Lamigo Monkeys
- 2018/4/10: 黃敬瑋 (Huang Ching-Wei), Lamigo Monkeys
- 2018/4/14: 江亮緯 (
Chiang Liang-Wei), Uni-Lions - 2018/4/26: 林知譽 (Lin Chih-Yu), Lamigo Monkeys
- 2018/10/13: 許禹壕 (Hsu Yu-Hao), Lamigo Monkeys