Taiwanese baseball player
Baseball player
Dai-Kang Yang
(
Chinese
:
陽岱鋼
;
pinyin
:
Yang Daig?ng
, a.k.a.
Daikan Yoh
(
Japanese
:
陽岱鋼
,
Hepburn
:
Y? Daikan
)
; born January 17, 1987,
Taitung City
,
Taitung County
,
Taiwan
; previously known as
Yang Chung-shou
or
Chung-Shou Yang
陽仲壽) is a Taiwanese
professional baseball
outfielder
for the Niigata Albirex of the
Baseball Challenge League
(BCL). He has previously played in
Nippon Professional Baseball
(NPB) for the
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
and
Yomiuri Giants
.
Early life
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Yang was born in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan on January 17, 1987. After graduating from
National Taitung University Affiliated Physical Education Senior High School
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's middle school, he attended
Fukuoka Daiichi High School
in Japan.
[1]
During his three years in high school, he hit a total of 39 home runs. This, along with his speed (running 50m in 5.9 seconds) and arm strength (capable of throwing up to 110m) earned him the nickname of "High Schools' Number One Shortstop".
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Career
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Nippon Ham Fighters
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The
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
of
Nippon Professional Baseball
selected Yang in the first round of the
2006 NPB Draft
. Yang was called up to the Fighters from the reserve team on April 19, 2007.
Yang is a two-time
Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series
Game
MVP
, winning the honour in Game 3 of 2012 and Game 2 of 2014.
Yang has won the
Nippon Professional Baseball
Gold Glove Award twice in 2012 and 2013.
2013 was the best season of Yang's career, where he batted .282 along with 18
homeruns
, 67
RBIs
, and a league-leading 47
stolen bases
.
At the end of the 2016 season after helping the Fighters to victory in the
Pacific League
and
Japan Series
, Yoh elected for free agency.
Yomiuri Giants
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On 14 December 2016 it was announced that Yang would be joining the
Yomiuri Giants
.
[3]
Lake Country DockHounds
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On February 23, 2022, Yang signed with the
Lake Country DockHounds
of the
American Association of Professional Baseball
.
[4]
He played in 79 games for the DockHounds, slashing .260/.357/.432 with 9 home runs, 35 RBI, and 7 stolen bases. On February 14, 2023, Yang was released by Lake Country.
[5]
High Point Rockers
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On March 6, 2023, Yang signed with the
High Point Rockers
of the
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
.
[6]
In 98 games for the Rockers, Yang hit .271/.384/.409 with 10 home runs, 58 RBI, and 6 stolen bases.
Niigata Albirex
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On February 3, 2024, Yang signed with the Niigata Albirex of the
Baseball Challenge League
.
[7]
International career
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Yang played for the
Chinese Taipei national baseball team
at the
2006 World Baseball Classic
. He went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts as the backup SS to
Chin-Lung Hu
.
In the
2006 Intercontinental Cup
, Yang batted .267/.371/.567 and scored 9 runs, tying
Michel Enriquez
and
Yulieski Gourriel
for the tournament lead.
Yang was 1 for 1 for Taiwan in the
2007 Asian Championship
, backing up
Tai-Shan Chang
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
. Yang was the Most Valuable Player of
Pool B
.
[8]
Yang batted 4 for 17 with a home run and three RBI during the
2015 WBSC Premier12
.
[9]
During the 2017
Asia Professional Baseball Championship
, Yang batted 2 for 7.
[10]
And also, on November 16, 2018, he was selected for the Yomiuri Giants roster at the
2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series
exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.
[11]
Personal
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Yang is the brother of
Yao-Hsun Yang
, a cousin of
Chih-Yuan Chen
and a nephew of
Tai-Shan Chang
. He is also related more distantly to
Chien-Fu Yang
,
Cheng-Wei Chang
and
Sen Yang
.
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