Kuo Tai-yuan

Kuo Tai-yuan
Pitcher
Born: (1962-03-20) March 20, 1962 (age 62)
Tainan City, Taiwan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
8 April, 1985, for the Seibu Lions
Last NPB appearance
5 October, 1997, for the Seibu Lions
NPB statistics
Games pitched272
Win–loss record117–68
Saves18
Earned run average3.16
Strikeouts1,069
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Kuo Tai-yuan (Chinese: 郭泰源; pinyin: Guō Tàiyuán; Wade–Giles: Kuo1 Tai4 Yüan2; Japanese: かく たいげん (Kaku Taigen); born 20 March 1962) is a Taiwanese retired NPB baseball pitcher, and currently a baseball coach.

With 117 wins accumulated during his 13 seasons pitching for the Seibu Lions, Kuo set the record of being the international player who achieved the most wins in NPB history, and is widely regarded as the greatest Taiwanese pitcher before Chien-Ming Wang (Kuo, Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-Lung Hu are Tainan City natives).