Chang Yi (baseball)

Chang Yi (Chinese: 張奕) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[1] Chang is of Taiwanese indigenous descent, with his father is ethnically Taroko and his mother is an ethnic Amis.[2]

Chang Yi
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 47
Pitcher
Born: (1994-02-26) February 26, 1994
Wanrong, Hualien, Taiwan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
March 16, 2019, for the Orix Buffaloes
Career statistics
(through April 5, 2022)
Win-loss record4-9
ERA5.75
Strikeouts80
Teams


Chiang played in the 2019 WBSC Premier12 for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team.[3][4] He was selected to the national team roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic,[5] but withdrew from the competition following a diagnosis of shoulder bursitis.[6]

References

  1. "Register : Cho, Yaku (Orix Buffaloes)". Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  2. "日職/太魯閣族張奕首先發 如勝投可留名青史". United Daily News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 9 November 2019.
  3. "Taiwan beats Venezuela, advances to Premier12 Super Round". Central News Agency. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. "Taiwan crushes S. Korea in Premier12, keeps Olympic hopes alive". Central News Agency. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. Yang, Chi-fang; Chao, Yen-hsiang (13 January 2023). "Former MLB infielder Yu Chang listed on Taiwan WBC team roster". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. Hsieh, Ching-wen; Chao, Yen-hsiang (6 February 2023). "Taiwan team manager makes tough decisions to finalize WBC 2023 roster". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 February 2023.


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