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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] DiMuro, surprised by this show of disrespect, resigned from NPB and returned to the United States.[4] 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.[5]
yasuaki, taiho, also, known, chinese, name, chen, feng, november, 1963, january, 2015, taiwanese, professional, baseball, player, nippon, professional, baseball, hanshin, tigers, chunichi, dragons, picked, second, round, 1988, draft, debuted, next, year, june,. 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 1 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 2 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 3 DiMuro surprised by this show of disrespect resigned from NPB and returned to the United States 4 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 5 Yasuaki TaihoFirst baseman OutfielderBorn 1963 11 15 15 November 1963Puli Nantou TaiwanDied 18 January 2015 2015 01 18 aged 51 Nagoya JapanBatted LeftThrew LeftNPB debut9 April 1989 for the Chunichi DragonsLast appearance2002 for the Chunichi DragonsCareer statisticsBatting average 266Home runs277Runs batted in722TeamsChunichi Dragons 1989 1997 Hanshin Tigers 1998 2000 Chunichi Dragons 2001 2002 Career highlights and awardsBest Nine Award 1994 Yasuaki TaihoChinese nameTraditional Chinese陳大豐Simplified Chinese陈大丰TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinChen DafengBopomofoㄔㄣˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄥWade GilesChen3da4 fong1Japanese nameKanji大豊泰昭Kanaたいほう やすあきTranscriptionsRomanizationYasuaki Taiho In this Chinese name the family name is Chen His brother Masahiro Taijun jp zh was also a professional baseball player References edit Taiwan born ballplayer Taiho dies of leukemia Japan Times 19 January 2015 Retrieved 21 January 2015 Getting Rough In The Diamond Newsweek 22 June 1997 Retrieved 21 January 2015 Lone American umpire quits Japanese baseball Augusta Chronicle Associated Press 11 June 1997 Retrieved 21 January 2015 Graczyk Wayne 19 July 2014 DiMuro has witnessed umpire challenges changes over the years Japan Times Retrieved 21 January 2015 Taiwanese born ballplayer Taiho dies of leukemia at age 51 Mainichi Shimbun 20 January 2015 Archived from the original on 20 January 2015 Retrieved 21 January 2015 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference Minors Player information from WikiBaseball in Chinese nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Taiwanese baseball figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yasuaki Taiho amp oldid 1192083906, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
