Hsiao-Chang Yen

Hsiao-Chang Yen (嚴孝章) (The Father of Adult Baseball)

• Born June 27, 1921 in Houguan County Republic of China
• Died August 2, 1986 in Vienna Austria

Biographical Information

Hsiao-Chang Yen was a Taiwanese baseball official. He traveled around the world to promote baseball, helping restart the Asian Championship and develop baseball in Guam among other accomplishments. He was chair of the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association, vice president of the Baseball Federation of Asia and was on the finance committee of the International Baseball Association. He was part of the inaugural class of the Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Source: Taiwan Baseball Wiki