Lu Wen-sheng

Lu Wen-sheng , born November 30, 1962 in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player and the current manager of Uni-President Lions. He has also represented Taiwan on many occasions before entering professional career, and is sometimes named the best second baseman of his time.

Early years

Lu began his baseball career in elementary school, and has always been playing on the national team since high school. Because of his skills, he was admitted into the Hu-feng baseball team , the baseball team of the . With his solid fielding skills, he was a frequent member of the Taiwan National Baseball Team in the 1980s and won the bronze medal in the . He join Uni-President Lions in 1989 after being invited by a former coach.

Professional career

As a founding member of the Lions, Lu was well-liked by his teammates and coaches. He was praised for his stable performance on the field, but had very little achievement else where. When CPBL increased the number of foreign players on each team's roster in 1994, he eventually lost his position and has since became a backup infielder. He retired in 1998 due to age and lack of position on the team.

Coaching career

He took up the fielding coach position in the Lions after retiring, and later left for , which is now Macoto Cobras, who offered him the same position but more opportunity. He returned to the Lions after the Cobras underwent major organizational restructuring, and first took up outfield fielding coach position, later the manager position when Lo Kuo-chang, the bench coach at the time, declined the offer. Despites the short notice before taking the job, Lu did fairly well by leading the Lions to victory in the .