Chen Chih-yuan

Chen Chih-yuan is a Taiwanese aborigine former professional baseball player.

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, the Banqiao District Prosecutors' Office still indicted him for gambling and fraud on February 10, 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. In June 2011, the Banciao District Court sentenced Chen to 30 months imprisonment for game-fixing. 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.
Chen married local starlet Lin Hsiu-Chin in 2005 and they had a daughter.