Chang-Shin Yang

Chang-Shin Yang (楊章鑫)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 176 lb.

• High School Shin Min High School

• Born July 7, 1966 in Kaohsiung City Taiwan
• Died August 2, 2015

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Biographical Information

Chang-Shin Yang played in the CPBL and for the Taiwanese national team.

Yang was with Taiwan when they won Bronze in the 1984 World Junior Championship. He was with Taiwan for the 1990 Goodwill Games. In the 1990 Baseball World Cup, he hit .217/.250/.261 with two runs and three RBI in eight games, backing up Tai-Chuan Chiang in LF, Kuei-Chang Tseng in RF and Wen-Chung Chang at DH. He was with Taiwan when they won the 1990 Asian Games; baseball was not yet a medal event.

When the China Times Eagles formed, he was one of their initial players, for the 1993 CPBL. He hit .220/.297/.324 and fielded .969 in the outfield. In 1994, he batted .180/.247/.258, fielding .982. Yang fell to .136/.203/.136 in 1995 as a backup OF/1B. In 1996, he had his best year at .266/.366/.354, fielding .937 at second base.

He was with the Chinatrust Whales in 1997 but did not play then was banned for life for his role in a game-fixing scandal. He later coached youth baseball and women's baseball and was coach of Yunlin University of Science and Technology in 2013-2014. When he died in 2015, he was the first former Eagle to pass away.