Tsao Chun-yang explained

Tsao Chun-yang
Position:	Closer
Birth Place:	Tainan, Taiwan
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Debutleague:	CPBL
Debutdate:	March 9
Debutyear:	1999
Debutteam:	Uni-President Lions
Statyear:	2008
Stat1label:	Record
Stat1value:	27-29
Stat2label:	Saves
Stat2value:	28
Stat3label:	Holds
Stat3value:	7
Stat4label:	ERA
Stat4value:	3.03
Stat5label:	Strikeouts
Stat5value:	330
Teams:	Uni-President Lions (1999) Chunichi Dragons (2000–2002) Uni-President Lions (2003–2008) Brother Elephants (2008–2009)
Awards:	CPBL MVP of the Year (1999) CPBL Rookie of the Year (1999)

Tsao Chun-yang (^[1] born 29 March 1976 in Tainan, Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese baseball player.^[2]

He is the only person in CPBL history to have won Rookie of the Year award and Most Valuable Player award in the same year, in the 1999 season. He was waived by the Uni-President Lions in the middle of 2008 season, and his contract was picked up by the Elephants.

Career statistics

CPBL

Season	Team	G	W	L	HD	SV	CG	SHO	BB	SO	ER	INN	ERA
1999	Uni-President Lions	23	11	5	0	0	6	4	44	116	39	141.1	2.48
2003	Uni-President Lions	47	2	3	0	16	0	0	27	48	21	70.2	2.68
2004	Uni-President Lions	38	6	3	0	1	1	0	26	60	27	93.1	2.60
2005	Uni-President Lions	22	1	4	3	0	0	0	14	19	18	29.2	5.46
2006	Uni-President Lions	25	3	7	2	1	1	0	20	50	31	82.0	3.40
2007	Uni-President Lions	44	4	7	0	8	0	0	21	31	28	68.2	3.67
2008	Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1.1	20.25
2008	Brother Elephants	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	8.2	0.00
Total	7 years	208	27	29	7	28	8	4	155	330	167	495.2	3.03

NPB

Season	Team	G	W	L	HD	SV	CG	SHO	BB	SO	ER	INN	ERA
2000	Chunichi Dragons	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	5	6	5.2	9.53
Total	1 year	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	5	6	5.2	9.53

See also

• Chinese Professional Baseball League
• Uni-President Lions

Notes and References

1. News: Are Taiwan's baseball leagues a liability?. Hsi-Chin Tai. 29 September 1999. Taipei Times. 21 March 2011.
2. News: Taiwan, Hawaii in Senior Series Final. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106040314/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/88989197.html?dids=88989197:88989197&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+17,+1991&author=Roy+Fuoco,+Sentinel+Correspondent&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=TAIWAN,+HAWAII+IN+SENIOR+SERIES+FINAL&pqatl=google. dead. November 6, 2012. Fuoco. Roy. 17 August 1991. Orlando Sentinel. B2. 21 March 2011. He was equally impressed with the pitching of Tsao Chun-Yang, who never got into trouble..