# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hong-i-chung
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:09:07.510Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hong-i-chung"
name: "Hong I-Chung"
slug: "hong-i-chung"
description: "Hong I-chung, nicknamed \"Hongzhong\", is a Taiwanese former professional baseball catcher and current manager for the TSG Hawks of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He played in the CPBL from 1990 to 1996 for the Brother Elephants. He has previously served as the manager of the La New Bears, Lamigo Monkeys, and Fubon Guardians, and became the manager of the TSG Hawks in early 2023. He is the winningest manager in the CPBL, topping 1,000 wins in 2024."
tagline: "Taiwanese baseball player, coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/0320%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1%E6%8E%A5%E8%A6%8B2018%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%AD%E8%8F%AF%E8%81%B7%E6%A3%92%E7%B8%BD%E5%86%A0%E8%BB%8D(%E6%B4%AA%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AD)(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1961-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.930716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_I-chung"
    title: "Hong I-chung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%AA%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AD"
    title: "洪一中"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%99%8D%EC%9D%B4%EC%A4%91"
    title: "홍이중"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%82ng_It-tiong"
    title: "Âng It-tiong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%AA%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AD"
    title: "洪一中"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8965524"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump