Hong-Chih Kuo

Hong-Chih Kuo 郭泓志
Kuo with the Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres – No. 17
Pitcher / Designated hitter
Born: (1981-07-23) July 23, 1981 (age 35) Tainan, Taiwan
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 2, 2005, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	13–17
Earned run average	3.73
Strikeouts	345
Saves	13
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (2005–2011) Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (2014–2015)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2010)

Hong-Chih Kuo

Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Team
Asian Games
	2006 Doha	Team

Hong-Chih Kuo (Chinese: 郭泓志; pinyin: Guō Hóngzhì; Wade–Giles: Kuo¹ Hung² Chih⁴; born July 23, 1981 in Tainan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization. He had previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). When Kuo made his debut in 2005, he became the fourth MLB player from Taiwan (after Chin-Feng Chen, Chin-hui Tsao, and Chien-Ming Wang).

Kuo pitched for Taiwan in the Asian Games and in the inaugural World Baseball Classic, allowing three earned runs in two games.

Kuo was signed as a free agent by the Dodgers on June 19, 1999, for a bonus of $1.25 million, but elbow problems prevented him from participating with the team. He underwent two Tommy John surgeries in 2000 and 2003, respectively. It wasn't until 2005 that Kuo was able to pitch again on a consistent basis. That year, he pitched 11 games for the Vero Beach Dodgers and 17 games for the Jacksonville Suns before coming out of the bullpen for his Major League debut on September 2, 2005, against the Colorado Rockies.