Yu-Hsiang Tsai

Yu-Hsiang Tsai (蔡昱詳)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 198 lb.

• School Chinese Culture University
• High School Meiho High School

• Born September 7, 1969 in Chiayi County Taiwan

BR Register page

Biographical Information

Yu-Hsiang Tsai played in the CPBL and for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team.

Tsai represented Taiwan in the 1990 Haarlemse Honkbalweek, 1993 Universiade, and 1995 Asian Championship. The Taipei Gida signed Tsai when the Taiwan Major League formed in 1997, and he soon became the main clean-up hitter for the Gida, tying Chin-Yi Cheng to lead the local batters in the league with home runs with six. He also won his first Gold Glove award as a first baseman. He hit the first double in TML history. Tsai improved in 1998, collected a career-high 12 dingers with a .264/.322/.443 batting line, and won his second Gold Glove award. In the 1997 TML Championship Series, Tsai had a .417 batting average with 7 RBI, recorded game-winning RBI in Game 6 and Game 7, and won the TML Championship Series MVP. The Chiayi native batted .262/.324/.427 with 9 dingers in the 1999, and was selected into the All-Star Game the first time in his career. Tsai recorded a career .347 batting average in 2000, was selected into the All-Star Game again, and won his third Gold Glove award. Tsai didn't have many appearances in 2001 and 2002 due to injuries, as he only played 92 games combined.

When the two leagues merged, Tsai was assigned to the First Financial Holdings Agan. He hit .274/.345/.403 with 6 dingers in the first year with the Agan, but only hit .230/.292/.273 in the next year. The 35-years-old slugger decided to retire after the 2004 season, and became a coach for the La New Bears. He served as fielding coach for them from 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2020. Tsai transferred to the TSG Hawks and became their first hitting coach in 2023. Tsai coached for the Taiwanese national team in the 2019 Premier 12.

Overall, Tsai hit .266/.325/.397 with 470 hits, 93 doubles and 44 homers in 8 seasons in the CPBL and TML.

Sources

• Defunct IBAF site
• CPBL Player Page
• Taiwan Baseball Wiki