Dai-Kang Yang (, a.k.a. ; born January 17, 1987,

Taitung City Taitung City () is a county-administered city and the county seat of Taitung County, Taiwan. It lies on the southeast coast of Taiwan facing the Pacific Ocean. Taitung City is the most populous subdivision of Taitung County and it is one of the ...

Taitung County Taitung County (; Mandarin pinyin: ''Táidōng Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tâi-tang-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Thòi-tûng-yen''; Paiwan: ''Valangaw'';lit:Eastern part of Taiwan) is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island' ...

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; previously known as ''Yang Chung-shou'' or ''Chung-Shou Yang'' 陽仲壽) is a Taiwanese

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for the

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of the

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. He previously played as an outfielder for the

Yomiuri Giants The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...

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(NPB).

Career

Nippon Ham Fighters

The

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a ...

selected Yang in the first round of the

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. Yang was called up to the Fighters from the reserve team on April 19, 2007. Yang is a two-time

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Game

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, winning the honour in Game 3 of 2012 and Game 2 of 2014. Yang has won the

Gold Glove Award twice in 2012 and 2013. 2013 was the best season of Yang's career, where he batted along with 18

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, 67 RBIs, and a league-leading 47

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. At the end of the 2016 season after helping the Fighters to victory in the

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and

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, Yoh elected for free agency.

Yomiuri Giants

On 14 December 2016 it was announced that Yang would be joining the

Lake Country DockHounds

On February 23, 2022, Yang signed with the

of the

International career

Yang played for the

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at the

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. He went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts as the backup SS to

Chin-Lung Hu Chin-Lung Hu (born February 2, 1984, Chinese 胡金龍 ''Hú Jīnlóng'') is a Taiwanese professional baseball shortstop for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He previously played in Major League Baseball ( ...

. In the

2006 Intercontinental Cup The 2006 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in Taichung, Taiwan from November 9 through the 19th. Eight countries contested the tournament, which was played at Taichung Baseball Field and the newly built Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium ...

, Yang batted and scored 9 runs, tying

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and

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for the tournament lead. Yang was 1 for 1 for Taiwan in the 2007 Asian Championship, backing up

Tai-Shan Chang Chang Tai-shan (; Amis name Ati Masaw; born 31 October 1976 in Taitung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese former professional baseball player. Career He originally drafted by the Wei Chuan Dragons in 1996, he has played for the Sinon Bulls and Uni-Pre ...

at third base. Yang batted 4-for-12 with a home run and four RBI in the first round of the

2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike ...

. Yang was the Most Valuable Player of

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. And also, on November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the

2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series The 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the twelfth edition of the MLB Japan All-Star Series, a best-of-six series between an All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) and for the second time in series history, the Japanese national team, Sa ...

exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.

Batting Stats

Personal

Yang is the brother of Yao-Hsun Yang, a cousin of

Chih-Yuan Chen Chen Chih-yuan (; born 1975) is a picture book writer and illustrator from Taiwan. Several of his books have been translated into English, including ''Guji Guji'', the story of a 'crocoduck' described in a review by ''The New York Times'' as havi ...

and a nephew of

. He is also related more distantly to Chien-Fu Yang,

Cheng-Wei Chang Chang Cheng-wei (; born 5 August 1986) is a Taiwanese baseball player for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Career He made his debut in the Chinese Professional Baseball League at age 23. Chang is the nephe ...

and Sen Yang.

References

External links

Dai-Kang Yang at NPB Official Website
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*https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/21825112.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Dai-Kang 1987 births Living people Amis people Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Place of birth missing (living people) Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan Yomiuri Giants players 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players People from Taitung County Brisbane Bandits players Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Australia