Kuo Tai-yuan
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Kuo Tai-yuan (Chinese: 郭泰源; pinyin: Guō Tàiyuán; Wade–Giles: Kuo1 Tai4 Yüan2; Japanese: かく たいげん (Kaku Taigen); born 20 March 1962) is a Taiwanese retired NPB baseball pitcher, and currently a baseball coach.
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Kuo Tai-yuan | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1962-03-20) March 20, 1962 (age 62) Tainan City, Taiwan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
NPB debut | |
8 April, 1985, for the Seibu Lions | |
Last NPB appearance | |
5 October, 1997, for the Seibu Lions | |
NPB statistics | |
Games pitched | 272 |
Win–loss record | 117–68 |
Saves | 18 |
Earned run average | 3.16 |
Strikeouts | 1,069 |
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With 117 wins accumulated during his 13 seasons pitching for the Seibu Lions, Kuo set the record of being the international player who achieved the most wins in NPB history, and is widely regarded as the greatest Taiwanese pitcher before Chien-Ming Wang (Kuo, Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-Lung Hu are Tainan City natives).