With his solid fielding skills, he was a frequent member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 1980s and won the bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics(as demonstration sport).
When CPBL increased the number of foreign players on each team's roster in 1994, he eventually lost his position and became a backup infielder.
Despite the short notice before taking the job, Lu did fairly well by leading the Lions to victory in the 2007 Taiwan Series.
Since Lu is no longer able to coach baseball in Taiwan, in March 2012 he moved to New Zealand to help former CPBL, Japanese and MILB professional player Yeh Ming-Huang coach the New Zealand U17 team who will be competing in the 2012 Asia-Pacific Senior League Baseball championships, that runs from 4–9 July in Agana, Guam, in the hope of qualifying for the World Series, held in Bangor, Maine, USA.
On his personal Facebook page, he stated that he was 'very optimistic' for the team and its players, stating that he thought the combination of himself and Coach Yeh as the coaching staff, along with the young talent in the team, could take New Zealand to its maiden World Championship Series at any age-group level.