Chen Chih-yuan

Chen Chih-yuan (Chinese: 陳致遠; Wade–Giles: Chen2 Chih4 Yuan3; born October 27, 1976 in Taoyuan County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese aborigine (tribe: Amis) former professional baseball player (position: outfielder).

For the picture-book author, see Chih-Yuan Chen.
Chen Chih-yuan
Left fielder
Born: October 27, 1976 (1976-10-27) (age 47)
Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
CPBL debut
July 19, 2001, for the Brother Elephants
Career statistics
(through 2009)
Batting average.303
Home runs83
Runs batted in400
Stolen base125
Runs440
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Men’s Baseball
Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Taipei Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Team
Asian Baseball Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Taipei Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Seoul Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Taipei Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Sapporo Team
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Career

A well-known slugger since college era in the Fu Jen Catholic University, Chen had been a frequent member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team between 1997 and 2004, participating the 2004 Summer Olympics in which he hit a home run in the match against Greece. In professional career, Chen joined the Brother Elephants of CPBL in mid-2001 and had been a bright star of the team.

After the 2009 CPBL season Chen had been under investigation for game-fixing allegations. Although Chen denied any wrongdoings,[1] the Banqiao District Prosecutors' Office still indicted him for gambling and fraud on February 10, 2010.[2] Chen was immediately expelled as a result, ending his professional baseball career.

Since December 2010, Chen runs a barbecue restaurant in Hualien City along with his former Brother Elephants teammate Chin-hui Tsao who was also expelled by CPBL due to game-fixing allegation.[3] In June 2011, the Banciao District Court sentenced Chen to 30 months imprisonment for game-fixing.[4] An appeal heard by the Taiwan High Court in 2014 reduced his prison sentence to four to six months, or a fine of NT$162,000.[5]

Chen married local starlet Lin Hsiu-Chin (林秀琴) in 2005 and they had a daughter.

Career statistics
  • Bold font indicates leading in CPBL
SeasonGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBBBSOAVG
2001301202545113680303923.375
2002843086589184151605724358.289
2003100401841372061822397313757.342
2004100393661131871218154203978.288
20056022439681411871872534.304
20069636049912011214949113970.253
2007301112041111466270518.369
200881334711011931115950173636.302
200932133203762459184421.278
Total613267544072213728831164400125237395.303

Awards
  • 6-time CPBL All-star Game (2002–2006, 2008)
  • CPBL Rookie of the Year (2001)
  • CPBL RBI Champion Award (2003)
  • CPBL Hits Champion Award (2003)
  • 3-time CPBL Golden Glove Award (outfielder) (2002–2004)
  • 3-time CPBL Best Ten Player Award (outfielder) (2002–2004)

Salary
Year Team NT/month
2001 Brother Elephants 120,000
2002 Brother Elephants 125,000
2003 Brother Elephants 160,000
2004 Brother Elephants 220,000
2005 Brother Elephants 280,000
2006 Brother Elephants 270,000
2007 Brother Elephants 230,000
2008 Brother Elephants 210,000
2009 Brother Elephants 240,000
2010 Brother Elephants 200,000

See also

References
  1. Shan, Shelley (12 January 2010). "Baseball star denies 'Wiper' meet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. Huang, Shelley (11 February 2010). "Prosecutors indict 24 for match-fixing". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. "秀琴 球星老公花蓮賣燒烤". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  4. "Former baseball players handed prison terms, fined". Taipei Times. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. Pan, Jason (14 August 2014). "Court finds star players guilty of fixing CPBL ties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
Awards
Preceded by
Feng Sheng-hsien (馮勝賢)
 CPBL Rookie of the Year Award
2001		 Succeeded by
Tsai Chung-nan (蔡仲南)
Preceded by
Tsai Feng-ang (蔡豐安)
 CPBL RBI Champion Award
2003		 Succeeded by
Chang Tai-shan (張泰山)
Preceded by
Huang Chung-yi (黃忠義)
 CPBL Hit Champion Award
2003		 Succeeded by
Peng Cheng-min (彭政閔)


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