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Name | Fu-Te Ni |
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Width | 220 |
Team | Detroit Tigers |
Number | 59 |
Position | Relief pitcher |
Birthdate | November 14, 1982 |
Birthplace | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
Bats | Left |
Throws | Left |
Debutdate | June 29 |
Debutyear | 2009 |
Debutteam | Detroit Tigers |
Statyear | 2010 season |
Stat1label | Win–loss record |
Stat1value | 0–1 |
Stat2label | Earned run average |
Stat2value | 4.33 |
Stat3label | Strikeouts |
Stat3value | 43 |
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Fu-Te Ni (; born November 14, 1982) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization. Before joining the Tigers, Ni was a professional baseball player from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). After his franchise, the Chinatrust Whales, disbanded in November 11, 2008, Ni signed a minor league contract with the Toledo Mud Hens, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tigers, in 2009.
Ni was called up in June 2009, becoming the sixth Taiwanese player to enter Major League Baseball. He is also the first player to transition from the CPBL to MLB. Ni made his major league debut on June 29, 2009 in relief of Rick Porcello against the Oakland Athletics. The first major league batter he faced was slugger Jason Giambi, and Ni struck him out.
CPBL fans used to call Ni Tu Di Gong, or Fu Teh Cheng Shen, because his given name is the same as the formal name for the Chinese God of the Land. Some called him Need Food because the pronunciation is similar to his name in Mandarin.
Ni began his career in professional baseball in the United States in 2009. He was assigned to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens of the International League. In 24 games with the Mud Hens, Ni went 3–0 with a 2.60 ERA, and 32 strikeouts. Ni was called up on June 28, 2009 to replace the injured Nate Robertson. After Chin-Feng Chen, Chin-hui Tsao, Chien-Ming Wang, Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-lung Hu, Ni is the sixth Taiwanese player to enter Major League Baseball, and the fourth pitcher. Ni pitched 36 games with the Tigers in 2009 and compiled no wins or losses with a 2.61 ERA and 21 strikeouts.
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