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]

Yi with the Orix Buffaloes in 2021
Chang Yi
Yi with the Saitama Seibu Lions in 2023
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
Earned run average5.75
Strikeouts80
Teams

Chang 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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