Chen Chih-yuan

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Chen Chih-yuan

| image = 2007KobeAsiaTourTaipei CYChen.jpg|

| image_size = 180

| caption =

| position = Left fielder

| team =

| number =

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|October 27, 1976}}

| birth_place = Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = CPBL

| debutdate = July 19

| debutyear = 2001

| debutteam = Brother Elephants

| statyear = 2009

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .303

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 83

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 400

| stat4label = Stolen base

| stat4value = 125

| stat5label = Runs

| stat5value = 440

| teams =

Brother Elephants (2001–2009)

| awards =

CPBL Rookie of the Year (2001)

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry | {{TPE}} }}

}}

Chen Chih-yuan ({{zh|first=t|t=陳致遠|w=Chen2 Chih4 Yuan3}}; born October 27, 1976, in Taoyuan County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese aborigine (tribe: Amis) former professional baseball player (position: outfielder).

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,{{cite news |last1=Shan |first1=Shelley |title=Baseball star denies 'Wiper' meet |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/01/12/2003463234 |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=12 January 2010}} the Banqiao District Prosecutors' Office still indicted him for gambling and fraud on February 10, 2010.{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Shelley |title=Prosecutors indict 24 for match-fixing |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/02/11/2003465723 |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=11 February 2010}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/33057417/IssueID/20101223 |title=秀琴球星老公花蓮賣燒烤 |access-date=2011-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311211410/http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/33057417/IssueID/20101223 |archive-date=2012-03-11 |url-status=dead }} In June 2011, the Banciao District Court sentenced Chen to 30 months imprisonment for game-fixing.{{cite news |title=Former baseball players handed prison terms, fined |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/07/01/2003507147 |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=1 July 2011}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Pan |first1=Jason |title=Court finds star players guilty of fixing CPBL ties |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/08/14/2003597367 |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 August 2014}}

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

Career statistics

Bold font indicates leading in CPBL

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