Chen Chih-yuan

For the picture-book author, see Chih-Yuan Chen.

Chen Chih-yuan (Chinese: 陳致遠; Wade–Giles: Chen² Chih⁴ Yuan³; born October 27, 1976, in Taoyuan County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese aborigine (tribe: Amis) former professional baseball player (position: outfielder).

Chen Chih-yuan
Left fielder
Born: October 27, 1976 (1976-10-27) (age 48) Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
CPBL debut
July 19, 2001, for the Brother Elephants
Career statistics (through 2009)
Batting average	.303
Home runs	83
Runs batted in	400
Stolen base	125
Runs	440
Teams
Brother Elephants (2001–2009)
Career highlights and awards
CPBL Rookie of the Year (2001)
Medals Representing  Chinese Taipei Men's Baseball Baseball World Cup 2001 Taipei Team Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Team 2002 Busan Team Asian Baseball Championship 1997 Taipei Team 1999 Seoul Team 2001 Taipei Team 2003 Sapporo Team

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Career

A well-known slugger since college era in the Fu Jen Catholic University, Chen had been a frequent member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team between 1997 and 2004, participating the 2004 Summer Olympics in which he hit a home run in the match against Greece. In professional career, Chen joined the Brother Elephants of CPBL in mid-2001 and had been a bright star of the team.

After the 2009 CPBL season Chen had been under investigation for game-fixing allegations. Although Chen denied any wrongdoings,^[1] the Banqiao District Prosecutors' Office still indicted him for gambling and fraud on February 10, 2010.^[2] Chen was immediately expelled as a result, ending his professional baseball career.

Since December 2010, Chen runs a barbecue restaurant in Hualien City along with his former Brother Elephants teammate Chin-hui Tsao who was also expelled by CPBL due to game-fixing allegation.^[3] In June 2011, the Banciao District Court sentenced Chen to 30 months imprisonment for game-fixing.^[4] An appeal heard by the Taiwan High Court in 2014 reduced his prison sentence to four to six months, or a fine of NT$162,000.^[5]

Chen married local starlet Lin Hsiu-Chin (林秀琴) in 2005 and they had a daughter.

Career statistics

• Bold font indicates leading in CPBL

	Season	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
2001	30	120	25	45	11	3	6	80	30	3	9	23	.375
2002	84	308	65	89	18	4	15	160	57	2	43	58	.289
2003	100	401	84	137	20	6	18	223	97	31	37	57	.342
2004	100	393	66	113	18	7	12	181	54	20	39	78	.288
2005	60	224	39	68	14	1	1	87	18	7	25	34	.304
2006	96	360	49	91	20	1	12	149	49	11	39	70	.253
2007	30	111	20	41	11	1	4	66	27	0	5	18	.369
2008	81	334	71	101	19	3	11	159	50	17	36	36	.302
2009	32	133	20	37	6	2	4	59	18	4	4	21	.278
Total	613	2675	440	722	137	28	83	1164	400	125	237	395	.303

Awards

• 6-time CPBL All-star Game (2002–2006, 2008)
• CPBL Rookie of the Year (2001)
• CPBL RBI Champion Award (2003)
• CPBL Hits Champion Award (2003)
• 3-time CPBL Golden Glove Award (outfielder) (2002–2004)
• 3-time CPBL Best Ten Player Award (outfielder) (2002–2004)

Salary

Year	Team	NT/month
2001	Brother Elephants	120,000
2002	Brother Elephants	125,000
2003	Brother Elephants	160,000
2004	Brother Elephants	220,000
2005	Brother Elephants	280,000
2006	Brother Elephants	270,000
2007	Brother Elephants	230,000
2008	Brother Elephants	210,000
2009	Brother Elephants	240,000
2010	Brother Elephants	200,000

See also

• Chinese Professional Baseball League
• Brother Elephants