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Chin-Lung Hu (; born February 2, 1984) is a Taiwanese retired professional baseball shortstop. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Fubon Guardians and the Uni-President Lions. He was the fifth player — and first infielder — from Taiwan to play in MLB. His last name (along with that of fellow Taiwanese Fu-Te Ni, formerly of the Detroit Tigers) is the shortest in MLB history.
In , he played for the Double-A Jacksonville Suns. Hu played in the All-Star Futures Game during the All-Star break in both 2006 and . He won the MVP award for his performance in the 2007 game.
He was promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas on July 12, 2007, and made his major league debut on September 1, , against the San Diego Padres. In his second MLB at bat, Hu hit a solo home run against the San Diego Padres reliever Brett Tomko on September 11, 2007, against the Padres, becoming the first position player born in Taiwan to hit a home run in MLB. (Hu's teammate, pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo, had become the first Taiwanese people-born player to hit a home run in MLB earlier in 2007). On September 25, Hu hit a two-run homer against the Colorado Rockies' starting pitcher Ubaldo Jiménez and became the first Taiwanese-born player to hit two home runs. In 2008, Hu appeared in 65 games for the Dodgers, batting .181 in 116 plate appearances, with no home runs and nine runs batted in. The Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series but Hu was not included on any postseason roster.
Hu spent most of 2009 in Triple-A with the Albuquerque Isotopes and appeared in only five games with the Dodgers after a September call-up. In 2010, he again spent most of the year with the Isotopes. He appeared in 14 games with the Dodgers in 2010 and got 3 hits in 23 at-bats.
While playing in the CPBL, Hu participated in the 2019 WBSC Premier12. On April 18, 2020, Hu became the 23rd and fastest player in CPBL history to reach 1,000 hits. He was demoted to the minor leagues on June 25, as a message posted on the messaging application Line suggested that Hu advocated for the firing of field manager Hong I-chung.
Hu did not appear in another game for Fubon and was non–tendered by the team on December 21, 2021.
He missed the 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2013 World Baseball Classic editions of the event due to injury.
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