Yang Yao-hsun
| Yao-Hsun Yang | |||
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| Lamigo Monkeys – No. 23 | |||
| Pitcher / Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 22, 1983 Taitung City, Taiwan | |||
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| NPB debut | |||
| May 17, 2006, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Chinese Taipei
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| Men’s Baseball | ||
| Intercontinental Cup | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2006 Taichung | Team |
| Asian Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2010 Guangzhou | Team |
| Asian Baseball Championship | ||
| | 2005 Miyazaki | Team |
Yao-Hsun Yang (Chinese: 陽耀勳; pinyin: Yāng Yàoxūn; born January 22, 1983 in Taitung City, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher / Outfielder in the Lamigo Monkeys of CPBL. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Yang competed for Chinese Taipei in the 2006 and 2013 World Baseball Classic.[1]
On February 13, 2014 he signed a minor league deal with an invite to Spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was released on July 10.
He signed with the Lamigo Monkeys of CPBL in 2015.
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.[2]
References
- ↑ "World Baseball Classic: Chinese Taipei: Rosters". MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ↑ "First Look at Pirates' Taiwanese Left-Hander Yao-Hsun Yang". piratesprospects.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
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