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Chin-lung Hu
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 932 of 1233 players

Chin-lung Hu
Born: February 2, 1984 at Tainan City, Taiwan
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 5.11 Weight: 190

Chin-lung Hu was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on February 2, 2014.

First Mets game: April 1, 2011
Last Mets game: May 16, 2011

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HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:

Shickhaus Franks
April 4, 2011
Probably the first major league player in history with the name of "Lung". I can see him becoming a folk hero in Flushing like George Theodore, Rusty Tillman, Turk Wendell and Ty Wiggington.

flushing flash
April 5, 2011
The puns using this fellow's name are already coming fast and furious. From Saturday night's game: "Hu was that guy who just scored for the Mets?" and (when he struck out) "Boo Hu!" But the best is when he plays the field:
Hu's on second? No, Hu is on first! I dont know. THIRD BASE!!!

Murphy
May 12, 2011
To follow up with the bad puns: Who is the worst major league hitter you've ever seen? Yes, Hu is.
Utterly putrid in every aspect at the plate. Slow bat, bad eye, clueless approach, totally overmatched...and those are his good traits. His one crowning achievement was actually putting the ball in play for a sac fly against Washington. As of today, he has 18 at bats with one hit and 11 (ELEVEN!!!!) strikeouts. He's the most automatic out I've ever seen. He makes me yearn for the comparably great bat of Rey Rey Ordonez.
I know the Mets traded for him, and he's out of options, but they simply cannot justify keeping this garbage on the roster.

Stu Baron
May 29, 2011
I just wish they'd play him at 1B at least one time so that the famous Abbott and Costello routine would finally make sense - "Hu's on first!"

MetsFan!
June 29, 2011
This guy is the weakest hitter I have ever seen.

community chest
March 18, 2012
I vaguely remember his first Mets hit. I'd have paid more attention if I'd known it was going to be his last.

Ed K
August 7, 2022
The only Mets player whose last name has only two letters. There are none with only one letter and ten with three letters.

Alex
July 19, 2023
He wasn't long for the Mets, but I fondly remember making plenty of "Hu's on first?" jokes with my dad in the short time Chin-lung Hu was with New York. That's my only real memory of Chin-lung.
I also wrote him four through-the-mail autograph requests in my day—the first in 2008 through the Dodgers and the most recent in 2017 through his home address—however he didn't respond to any of them.

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