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Chinese League Baseball didn’t add any Hall of Famers in 2030. It was the first blank class since 2025, but was the fifth time in a decade with no additions. The closest to the 66% requirement was 1B Xugang Zheng at 60.2% on his third ballot. SP Rouzi Dilyar was next at 59.6% for his second go. The best debuts were 1B Bozhao Zhu at 58.7% and RF Boyu Long with 57.5%. SP Likong Zhong notably had 50.0% even on his second attempt. Everyone else was below the 50% mark.





CF Sheng-Yu Pei was dropped after ten failed ballots. He won eight Silver Sluggers in nine years with Hangzhou, but the Taiwanese switch hitter left for MLB after as a respectable starter for Winnipeg. With the Hens, Pei played 1358 games with 1544 hits, 583 runs, 229 doubles, 194 triples, 45 home runs, 449 RBI, 599 steals, .297/.322/.442 slash, 158 wRC+, and 77.8 WAR. Pei led the league thrice in hits and triples, four times in stolen bases, and once in batting average.

Pei had a combined 91.5 WAR adding his MLB results and still ranks 59^th among CLB’s position players. It’s hard for any player to make it on just nine seasons in your league and was even tougher for a leadoff guy considering the value placed on sluggers. Pei peaked at 43.1% in 2022 on his second ballot and ended at 19.9% in 2030. Had he stayed in CLB, he may have gotten the ultimate nod. Hangzhou did retire his #1 uniform for his efforts, helping them to a runner-up finish in 2013.