Namoh Iyang

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Namoh Iyang (拿莫·伊漾)
formerly known as Hsiang-Lin Chu

  • Bats Right, Throws Right
  • Height 6' 1", Weight 187 lb.

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Biographical Information[edit]

Namoh Iyang has played in the CPBL and for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team.

Iyang represented Taiwan in the 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup and the 2018 World University Baseball Championship (hitting .250/.308/.500). The Wei-Chuan Dragons drafted him in the second round of the 2019 CPBL Draft; he received a 3.7 million NT dollars signing bonus. He hit .185/.263/.300 in his rookie year, then improved to .231/.274/.332 with 5 homers in 2022. He was selected into the 2022 CPBL All-Star Game, and he went 1-for-3, with a single against Kuan-Yu Chen in Game 1. Iyang was then named the starting first baseman in Game 2, and he blasted a go-ahead solo shot off Yun-Wen Chen and won the MVP.

The Taichung native was selected into the 2023 CPBL All-Star Games, but he only went 1-for-5; the only hit was a single against Ke-Yi Chen in Game 2. He ended up hitting .235/.308/.347 with 6 homers, and the Dragons advanced to the 2023 Taiwan Series. Iyang drew 2 walks with 3 strikeouts in Game 1, but went 1-for-12 in the rest of the series. The Dragons still beat the Rakuten Monkeys in 7 games, and he won his first Taiwan Series title.

Iyang made it onto Taiwan's roster for the 2023 Asian Championship, and he was named the captain. He was 2-for-3, with a double against Kang-hoon Woo of South Korea in the opener, then went 1-for-3 with 2 walks and 3 runs scored against Palestine. Iyang extended his solid batting as he had a 2-for-2 record with 2 runs scored against Hong Kong, but he was then 0-for-3 against Japan. He drove in the game-winning run in the 6th inning against the Philippines, and helped Taiwan advance to the Gold Medal game. He was 2-for-4, with a double in the first inning against Mizuki Kato, but Japan still shut out Taiwan and won the Gold. He only committed one error in 55 chances as a first baseman in 6 games. He tied Seung-yeup Na for 4th in runs (6), tied Hsiao-Yun Chen and Chen-Fei Lin for second in hits (8) and tied Lin and Ren Onishi for the most doubles (3). His .471 average was second to Tsz-Yin Jordan Wen and he was 4th in OBP (.545, between Ryosuke Aizawa and Ju-chan Park) and second to Wen in slugging (.765, .021 shy). He was named the tourney's All-Star first baseman, the MVP going to Motoki Mukoyama.

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