CPBL / Zhu Yuxian Becomes the Second Person in History! A Thousand Hits Equals a Home Run, the 30th Player in the League to Achieve One Thousand Hits Debuts.
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Reporter Zhang Peijia reports that Uni-President Lions' first baseman Zhu Yuxian hit his 1,000th career hit during the CPBL season, becoming the 30th player in history to achieve this milestone. He reached this milestone with a home run in the game against Fubon Guardians on the 5th, marking his 170th career home run as well. Zhu Yuxian had previously accumulated 994 hits and had made a pact with his teammate Chen Zihao to work together to achieve this goal.
In 36 years of the Chinese Professional Baseball League, Wei Chuan Dragons' first baseman Zhu Yu-Xian achieved the milestone of 1,000 career hits with a home run.
This year, Zhu Yu-Xian officially joined the Wei Chuan Dragons and began the new season. In the preseason, he accumulated 994 hits, and Chen Tzu-Hao mentioned that the two agreed to achieve the goal of 1,000 hits together. However, Zhu Yu-Xian's performance was hot after the season started, hitting a home run in his fourth at-bat on the 5th, successfully reaching his 1,000th career hit, and this was also his 170th home run, making him the 30th player in CPBL history to achieve 1,000 hits.
During the offseason, Zhu Yu-Xian transferred to the Wei Chuan Dragons through free agency and performed well in the preseason warm-up games. Although he and his new teammate Chen Tzu-Hao had agreed to reach 1,000 hits together, Zhu Yu-Xian's pace of progress put significant pressure on Chen Tzu-Hao, as he recorded hits in the previous three games.
On the 5th, facing the Fubon Guardians, Zhu Yu-Xian hit a long ball in the second inning, bringing back the fourth run for Wei Chuan Dragons, marking his 999th career hit. Then, in the fifth inning, he blasted a home run to right field, helping the team extend the score to 8-0. This hit was both his 1,000th hit and his 170th home run, making him the 30th player in Chinese Professional Baseball to achieve 1,000 hits, the previous one being Lin Chih-Ping.
Zhu Yu-Xian became the second player in CPBL history to reach 1,000 hits with a home run, with the first being Chang Chih-Hao, who achieved this milestone on May 16, 2020.