Several of the most successful foreign players in the history of Taiwan professional baseball will return to the island to play for their native Panama and Dominican Republic teams in next month's Baseball World Cup.
According to a report in a local paper, slugger Luis Iglesias and pitcher Enrique Burgos will play for Panama.
Iglesias is the all-time home run king in Taiwan, hitting 120 home runs with the Mercury Tigers from 1990 to 1996, before he jumped to the Taiwan Major League's Chiayi Luka where he hit another 44 from 1997 to 1998.
Burgos pitched from 1990 to 1992 with the President Lions, before playing with the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants, the first import player to make the leap from Taiwan to the big leagues.
He finished up in Taiwan with the Brother Elephants in 1996 to 1997, leading the Chinese Professional Baseball League in strikeouts four seasons overall.
Returning to Taiwan for the Dominican Republic team are pitchers Jose Nunez and Dario Perez.
Nunez set a Taiwan professional record with 22 wins in a 22-5 season in 1993 with the President Lions, finishing up 56-25 in three seasons.
After winning the ERA and strikeout titles, he went on to pitch with the Daiei Hawks in Japan.
He briefly returned to Taiwan to pitch for the Taichung Agan for the Taiwan Major League in 1998.
Perez, younger brother of major league legend Pascual Perez, went 19-16 in two seasons with the Weichuan Dragons.
Joining Nunez and Perez on the Dominican team is former China Trust Whale outfielder Julian Yan.
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