Chang Yi | |
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Free agent | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Wanrong, Hualien, Taiwan | February 26, 1994|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
NPB debut | |
March 16, 2019, for the Orix Buffaloes | |
Career statistics (through April 5, 2022) | |
Win–loss record | 4–9 |
Earned run average | 5.75 |
Strikeouts | 80 |
Teams | |
Chang Yi (Chinese: 張奕) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes and Saitama Seibu Lions.[1] Chang is of Taiwanese indigenous descent, with his father is ethnically Taroko and his mother is an ethnic Amis.[2]
On November 22, 2023, it was confirmed that Chang would leave NPB and pursue professional opportunities in his home country of Taiwan.[3]
Chang played in the 2019 WBSC Premier12 for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team.[4][5] He was selected to the national team roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic,[6] but withdrew from the competition following a diagnosis of shoulder bursitis.[7]