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Taiwanese baseball player
Baseball player
Yang Chien-fu
(
Chinese
:
陽建福
;
pinyin
:
Yang Jianfu
;
Wade?Giles
:
Yang
2
Chien
4
Fu
2
; born 22 April 1979) is a
Taiwanese
former
professional baseball
pitcher
.
Career
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After serving in the National Training Team in 2001 and 2002 he was drafted by the
Sinon Bulls
of the
Chinese Professional Baseball League
in early 2003 and stays at that club to date. Yang is well known for his
slider
and had a fastball speed up to 152 km/h (94 mph) in his heyday in 2004, as well as being a frequent member of the
Taiwan national baseball team
since 2001. However between 2005 and 2007 his
elbow
injury and the overall poor condition of the Sinon Bulls compromised his performance. He became a
free agent
at the end of 2011 season.
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