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Yasuaki Taiho
First baseman / Outfielder
Born: (1963-11-15)15 November 1963
Puli, Nantou, Taiwan
Died: 18 January 2015(2015-01-18) (aged 51)
Nagoya, Japan
Batted: Left Threw: Left
debut
9 April 1989, for the Chunichi Dragons
Last appearance
2002, for the Chunichi Dragons
Career statistics
Batting average .266
Home runs 277
Runs batted in 722
Teams
  • Chunichi Dragons (1989–1997)
  • Hanshin Tigers (1998–2000)
  • Chunichi Dragons (2001–2002)
Career highlights and awards
  • Best Nine Award (1994)
Yasuaki Taiho
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 陳大豐
Simplified Chinese 陈大丰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Chén Dàfēng
Bopomofo ㄔㄣˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄥ
Wade–Giles Chen3da4-fong1
Japanese name
Kanji 大豊泰昭
Kana たいほう やすあき
Transcriptions
Romanization Yasuaki Taiho

Yasuaki Taiho, also known by his Chinese name Chen Ta-Feng, (15 November 1963 – 18 January 2015) was a Taiwanese professional baseball player in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hanshin Tigers and Chunichi Dragons. He was picked in the second round of the 1988 draft and debuted the next year. In June 1997, Taiho was involved in an altercation with Mike DiMuro. The American umpire had arrived in March to show Japanese leagues the Major League Baseball officiating standard. Taiho disagreed with DiMuro's strike zone and was ejected. Taiho pushed DiMuro in protest, and his teammates streamed onto the field. No player was penalized for their actions. DiMuro, surprised by this show of disrespect, resigned from NPB and returned to the United States. After his retirement from baseball, Taiho worked as a scout and Little League coach. He also ran Chinese restaurants in Kaizu and Nagoya, where he died of acute myeloid leukemia on 18 January 2015.

His brother Masahiro Taijun [jp; zh] was also a professional baseball player.

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