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Shin-Ming Tan
Shin-Ming Tan (; born 16 June 1950 in Chiayi County, Taiwan), also known as Tan Hsin-min, is a Taiwanese baseball pitcher and coach. Tan was the first player from Taiwan to play professional baseball in the United States, playing for the Fresno Giants in 1974. Early life and education Tan was born in Chiayi County to Tan Feng-chun (譚鳳君), who was an amateur baseball player and member of the Chiayi County Sports Committee. Tan attended Liu Hsin Home Economics and Commercial High School (六信家商; present-day Liu Hsin Senior High School) in Tainan and played on the varsity baseball team. Tan joined the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) as part of the Conscription in Taiwan, national compulsory military service and played on the ROCAF baseball team. He was selected to be on the Chinese Taipei national baseball team, Taiwanese national baseball team numerous times and served as captain. Playing career While on the Air Force team, Tan played on the Chinese Taipei nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresno Giants
The Fresno Giants were a Minor League Baseball, minor league baseball team that played in the California League from 1941 to 1988. The team was based in Fresno, California. First teams The city of Fresno had professional baseball as far back as 1898 when it had a team in the original California League, then considered an "outlaw" league (''i.e.'', outside the bounds of Organized Baseball). The team dropped out of the league after that year, but the California League returned in 1905 with the Fresno Tigers, joined late in the season by Fresno native and future Baseball Hall of Fame, hall of famer Frank Chance. In 1906, the Tacoma Tigers of the Pacific Coast League moved to Fresno, playing as the Fresno Raisin Eaters for one season. In 1910, Fresno rejoined the old California League, which had entered Organized Baseball as the Class "D" California State League, but the league folded during the season. When the league reorganized, Fresno rejoined it in 1913, finishing second in a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
