:Chang Tai-shan

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Chang Tai-shan

| image = TGS2007 Day4 GameStation CPBL SinonBulls TSChang.jpg

| image_size = 150

| position = Third baseman / Coach

| team =

| number =

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|October 31, 1976}}

| birth_place = Taitung, Taiwan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = CPBL

| debutdate = March 20

| debutyear = 1996

| debutteam = Wei Chuan Dragons

| statyear = 2015

| statleague = CPBL

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .307

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 289

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 1338

| stat4label = Hits

| stat4value = 2134

| awards =

CPBL Rookie of the Year (1996)
CPBL Golden Glove Award (1999, 2000, 2001)
CPBL MVP of the Year (2003)
7x Taiwan Series champion　(1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2013)

| teams =

Player

Wei Chuan Dragons (1996–1999)
Sinon Bulls (2000–2010)
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (2011–2015)

Coach

Wei Chuan Dragons (2019–2024)

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry | {{TPE}} }}

}}

Chang Tai-shan ({{zh|first=t|t=張泰山|p=Zhāng Tàishān}}; Amis name Ati Masaw; born 31 October 1976 in Taitung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese former professional baseball player and current coach.

Career

He originally drafted by the Wei Chuan Dragons in 1996, he has played for the Sinon Bulls and Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. A well-known slugger, Chang has been a frequent member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team since 1998 and holds the record of hitting the most home runs in CPBL history with 289. He also holds the career record for hits with 2,134.

He was missing from the Olympic Games as because he tested positive for a banned substance. Chang denies taking any banned drugs and thinks it may be because of medication he took. As a result of the test he may be banned for 3 years.[http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news/article/-/4896157/taiwan-win-minus-doping-test-dropout Taiwan win minus doping test dropout] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524234159/http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news/article/-/4896157/taiwan-win-minus-doping-test-dropout/ |date=2011-05-24 }} AAP - August 13, 2008, 6:05 pm. Accessed August 13, 2008

He was traded from Sinon Bulls to Uni-Lions for cash considerations of NT$2.5 Million (about US$85,000).[http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201012270034&Type=aSPT One of Taiwan's all-time baseball greats changes clubs] Taipei, Dec. 27 (CNA) His contract with the Lions expired after the {{ill|2015 Chinese Professional Baseball League season|lt=2015 CPBL season|zh|中華職棒26年}} and he signed with the Tokushima Indigo Socks of the independent Shikoku Island League in Japan for 2016.{{cite news|last1=Pan|first1=Jason|title=FEATURE: CPBL starts the year on a high|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/16/2003639505/2|accessdate=16 February 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=16 February 2016}}

Chang signed on to play in the Australian Baseball League for the 2017-18 season with the Adelaide Bite.{{Cite web |url=http://web.theabl.com.au/news/article.jsp?ymd=20170827&content_id=251037684&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t4064 |title=Bite recruits Taiwanese slugger Chang Tai-Shan | Australian Baseball League News | the Official Site of the Australian Baseball League |access-date=2017-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625021525/http://web.theabl.com.au/news/article.jsp?ymd=20170827&content_id=251037684&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t4064 |archive-date=2018-06-25 |url-status=dead }}