A well-known slugger since
college era in the
Chinese Culture University, Liao is best known for hitting the
game-winning RBI twice in the two
Chinese Taipei versus
Japan matches in the
1992 Summer Olympics's preliminary round and semifinal, where Chinese Taipei finally won the
silver medal. After the 1992 Olympics Liao joined
Chinese Professional Baseball League along with the just-established
China Times Eagles. He had been gaining popularity for his excellent batting performance (Liao hit 84
home runs in only 416 games, at a speed which was only controversially surpassed by
Chia-Hsian Hsieh in the
Professional baseball in Taiwan history). However, in June 1997 he was expelled by the Chinese Professional Baseball League after he was confirmed to be involved in
The Black Eagles Incident. Liao's fame immediately vanished and he was rumored only could work as a street vendor around 1999-2000. Liao later sought to join
Taiwan Major League in 2001 but was refused. In 2004 Liao started to coach in the
China Baseball League under 1992 Summer Olympics fellow
Chiang Tai-Chuan. He returned to Taiwan one season later to coach Taiwanese high school baseball teams, and runs a small business. Before the Chinese Professional Baseball League's 2007 season started, the
Uni-President Lions invited Liao to lecture, warning its current players the seriousness of cheating in the game. ==Statistics==