Yu-Hao Cheng

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Yu-Hao Cheng (鄭祐豪) formerly known as Wei-Hao Cheng

  • Bats Right, Throws Right
  • Height 5' 11", Weight 183 lb.

Biographical Information[edit]

Yu-Hao Cheng has pitched for the Taiwanese national team. He is a cousin of former Olympic infielder Chang-Ming Cheng. [1]

The Taitung native went up for the CPBL draft in 2003, 2005 and 2006 but was never picked. [2] After attending Chiayi University, he was with Taiwan for the 2012 Haarlem Baseball Week. He pitched one scoreless inning for the team. [3] He was also with Taiwan for the 2019 Asian Championship. Starting against Hong Kong, he threw three shutout innings (2 H, 1 BB, 3 K) before Tsung-Hao Wang took over. In the Gold Medal Game, he relieved Kai-Wei Teng in the 3rd and worked 1 1/3 innings (3 H, 2 BB, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K) before Wang took over. Taiwan would come back to win the Gold. [4]

His fastball peaked at 88.9 mph. [5]

Sources[edit]

  1. https://twbsball.dils.tku.edu.tw/wiki/index.php/%E9%84%AD%E7%A5%90%E8%B1%AA Taiwan Baseball Wiki]
  2. ibid.
  3. 2012 Haarlem Baseball Week, Wayback Machine
  4. 2019 Asian Championship Final Report
  5. Taiwan Baseball Wiki