Tsao Chun-yang
# Tsao Chun-yang

Tsao Chun-yang (Chinese: 曹竣崵, born 29 March 1976 in Tainan, Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese baseball player.

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 |
