Yang Yao-hsun

Taiwanese baseball player

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Yang.

Baseball player

Yao-Hsun Yang

Yao-Hsun Yang pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitcher / Outfielder
Born: (1983-01-22) 22 January 1983 (age 41)
Taitung City, Taiwan

Batted: Left

Threw: Left

Professional debut
NPB: May 17, 2006, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
CPBL: September 2, 2015, for the Lamigo Monkeys
Last appearance
NPB: October 6, 2012, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
CPBL: July 19, 2022, for the Fubon Guardians
NPB statistics
Win–loss record| 5–5
Earned run average| 3.08
Strikeouts| 87
CPBL statistics
Batting average| .300
Home runs| 37
Runs batted in| 151
Teams

* Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2006–2013)
* Lamigo Monkeys/Rakuten Monkeys (2015–(2021)
* Fubon Guardians (2022)

Career highlights and awards

* 4x Taiwan Series champion (2015, 2017-2019)

Medals

Representing  Chinese Taipei
Men’s Baseball
Intercontinental Cup
|  2006 Taichung | Team
Asian Games
|  2010 Guangzhou | Team
Asian Baseball Championship
|  2005 Miyazaki | Team

Yang Yao-hsun (Chinese: 陽耀勳; pinyin: Yāng Yàoxūn; born 22 January 1983 in Taitung City, Taiwan) is a former Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher and outfielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as a pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) as an outfielder for the Lamigo Monkeys and Fubon Guardians.

## Career

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Yang played for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball from 2006 until 2013 before expressing his desire to sign in America because of his MLB dream.

On 13 February 2014 he signed a minor league deal with an invite to Spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1] He was assigned to the Altoona Curve to begin the season but was released on July 10, 2014.[2][3]

He signed with the Lamigo Monkeys (now Rakuten Monkeys) of CPBL in 2015 and played for the club through 2021. For the 2022 season he played for the Fubon Guardians, entering play in only 13 games.[4] As of May 2023 he had not played in the 2023 CPBL season.[4]

## International career

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Yang competed for Chinese Taipei in the 2005 Asian Baseball Championship, 2006 World Baseball Classic, 2006 Intercontinental Cup, 2010 Asian Games, 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualification and 2013 World Baseball Classic.[5]

## Pitching style

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Yang is a 5 ft 10 in, 190 lb left-handed pitcher. he throws a low 90s fastball, along with a slider, curveball, and a splitter. He mostly uses his fastball-slider combination in games.[1]

## Personal life

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Yang is the brother of fellow professional baseball player Yang Dai-Kang.[6] He is a member of the Amis tribe and descendant of the famous warrior Kolas Mahengheng.[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b "First Look at Pirates' Taiwanese Left-Hander Yao-Hsun Yang". piratesprospects.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
2. ^ "Yao-Hsun Yang Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
3. ^ Dreker, John (July 11, 2014). "Pirates Release Yao-Hsun Yang - Pirates Prospects".
4. ^ a b "Yao Hsun Yang Japanese, Minor & CPBL Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
5. ^ "World Baseball Classic: Chinese Taipei: Rosters". MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
6. ^ Ma Ziming (16 March 2013). "陽耀勳、陽岱鋼兄弟 從台東到日本的棒球奇幻之旅" (in Chinese). Yahoo Taiwan. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
7. ^ "陳耀昌診斷歷史》「Kolas Yotaka」見證台灣原漢史". Liberty Times Net. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

## External links

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* Biography
* Baseball
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* Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or NPB, or CPBL
* Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com

* v
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Rakuten Monkeys current roster

Active roster|

* 00 Su Chun-Chang
* 1 Su Chih-Hao
* 2 Song Jia-Xiang
* 3 Hong Min-Yang
* 4 Huang Wei-Cheng
* 5 Liang Chia-Jung
* 6 Lin Cheng-Fei
* 7 Kuo Yung-Wei
* 8 Chen Jia-Le
* 11 Lin Hung-yu
* 12 Chen Kuan-yu
* 13 Chen Hung-Wen
* 14 Su Chun-Yu
* 16 Chiu Hsin
* 17 Yu Chao-Wei
* 18 Liu Chia-Hsiang
* 19 Chen Ke-Yi
* 20 Chen Yu-Hsun
* 21 Kuo Yen-wen
* 22 Chu Chun-Hsiang
* 23 Tseng Chi
* 24 Tsai Chen-Yu
* 25 Lin Tzu-Wei
* 26 Yeh Chia-Chi
* 27 Yang Bin
* 28 Chang Min-Hsun
* 29 Chen Chun-Hsiu
* 30 Lin Chih-Yu
* 31 Tu Yu-Feng
* 33 Jake Dahlberg
* 34 Hsu Chun-Yang
* 35 Cheng Chin
* 36 Yu Te-Lung
* 37 Tseng Jen-Ho
* 38 Tung Shun-Chieh
* 39 Lin Li
* 40 Brooks Hall
* 44 Zeng Jia-Hui
* 45 Feng Chien-Ting
* 46 Chiu Chun-Wei
* 47 Hsu Yu-Hao
* 48 Lai Hung-Cheng
* 49 Pedro Fernández
* 51 Lai Chin-Chi
* 53 Yang Chia-Sheng
* 54 Lin Tzu-Wei
* 55 Li Cheng-Chen
* 58 Liao Chien-Fu
* 61 Bradin Hagens
* 62 Yen Hung-Chun
* 63 Lai Yin-Hao
* 64 Wang Chih-Hsuan
* 65 Lin Cheng-Hua
* 68 Wan Chao-Ching
* 69 Huang Tzu-Peng
* 74 Chiu Chia-Ching
* 75 Kuo Wen-Yi
* 77 Chuang Hsin-Yen
* 79 Lin Chih-Ping
* 80 Chiu Wei-Lun
* 81 Lin Hua-Wei
* 82 Huang Ching-Wei
* 83 Yang Chin-Hao
* 84 Huang Tzu-Hsuan
* 86 Chiu Tan
* 89 Mao Ying-Chieh
* 92 Fan Po-Chieh
* 93 Lin Kai-Chi
* 94 Ma Chieh-Sen
* 95 Lee Hsun-Chieh
* 97 Zhung Yu-Cheng
* 98 Chen Chen-Wei
* 168 Wen Chan-Le
* 177 Huang Chia-No

First squad
coaching|

Manager
99 Tseng Hao-Ju
Coaches
42 Hong Chuan-Yi
43 Lin Ying-chieh
44 Charles Poe
59 Liu Ping-Chen
70 Hsu Ming-chieh
73 Tsuyoshi Kawagishi
81 Wataru Nishimura
87 Kenji Furukubo
90 Lin Cheng-I
91 Chen Yen-Feng

Second squad
coaching|

Manager
75 Liu Jung-Hua
Coaches
50 Hsu Yueh-Teng
63 Tsai Yu-Hsiang
73 Tsuyoshi Kawagishi
78 Lin Ching-Min
95 Tsai Jian-Wei

* v
* t
* e

Chinese Taipei roster – 2006 World Baseball Classic

* 6 Yang Sen
* 7 Lin Chih-sheng
* 8 Chan Chih-yao
* 11 Lin En-yu
* 12 Chang Chia-hao
* 13 Chen Yung-chi
* 15 Chung-Shou Yang
* 17 Hsu Chu-chien
* 18 Pan Wei-lun
* 19 Lin Ying-chieh
* 24 Lin Wei-chu
* 27 Yeh Chun-chang
* 30 Huang Lung-yi
* 31 Cheng Chan-ming
* 32 Kevin Huang
* 34 Kao Chih-kang
* 37 Hong-Chih Kuo
* 46 Yang Chien-fu
* 49 Chang Tai-shan
* 51 Hu Chin-lung
* 55 Hsieh Chia-hsien
* 59 Chu Wei-ming
* 63 Hsu Wen-hsiung
* 69 Chang Chien-ming
* 70 Tsai Ying-feng
* 88 Keng Po-hsuan
* 91 Yang Yao-hsun
* 97 Chiang Chien-ming

* Manager 56 Lin Hua-wei
* Coach 2 Hung I-chung
* Coach 3 Yeh Chih-shien
* Coach 66 Lu Ming-tsu
* Coach 67 Wu Fu-lien
* Coach 85 Hsieh Chang-heng

* v
* t
* e

Chinese Taipei roster – 2013 World Baseball Classic

* 1 Dai-Kang Yang
* 7 Ta-Hung Cheng
* 8 Chen Chiang-ho
* 9 Lin Yi-chuan
* 11 Lin Hung-yu
* 12 Huang Chin-chih
* 13 Chen Yung-chi
* 15 Yu-Ching Lin
* 16 Chou Szu-chi
* 17 Jen-Ho Tseng
* 18 Pan Wei-lun
* 19 Yi-Cheng Wang
* 21 Kuo Yen-wen
* 22 Wang Yao-lin
* 23 Peng Cheng-min
* 24 Lin Che-hsuan
* 31 Lin Chih-sheng
* 34 Kao Chih-kang
* 40 Chien-Ming Wang
* 41 Ching-Ming Wang
* 51 Hong-Chih Kuo
* 59 Chang Cheng-wei
* 63 Lin Yi-hao
* 66 Chang Chien-ming
* 71 Lo Ching-lung
* 91 Yang Yao-hsun
* 98 Lin Han
* 99 Chen Hung-wen

* Manager 81 Hsieh Chang-heng
* Coach 77 Cheng-Hsiun Hsieh
* Coach 6 Chen Wei-chen
* Coach 27 Chun-Chang Yeh
* Coach 76 Jung-Hua Liu
* Coach 56 Chih-Feng Chen

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany

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