Chang Yi (baseball)
Taiwanese baseball player (born 1994)
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Chang Yi (Chinese: 張奕; born February 26, 1994) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes and Saitama Seibu Lions.[1] Chang is of Taiwanese indigenous descent; his father is ethnically Taroko and his mother is an ethnic Amis.[2]
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Yi with the Saitama Seibu Lions in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Fubon Guardians – No. 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: February 26, 1994 Wanrong, Hualien, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: May 16, 2019, for the Orix Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
| CPBL: July 14, 2024, for the Fubon Guardians | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 4–9 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 5.32 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 101 | ||||||||||||||
| CPBL statistics (through 2025) | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 6–12 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 5.03 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 84 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Career
Nippon Professional Baseball
On November 22, 2023, it was confirmed that Chang would leave NPB and pursue professional opportunities in his home country of Taiwan.[3]
Chinese Professional Baseball League
Fubon Guardians
On June 28, 2024, Yi was selected by the Fubon Guardians with the team's second–round selection in the 2024 CPBL mid–season draft.[4]
International career
Chang played in the 2019 WBSC Premier12 for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team.[5][6] He was selected to the national team roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic,[7] but withdrew from the competition following a diagnosis of shoulder bursitis.[8]
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