Chen Chih-yuan

Chen Chih-yuan (Chinese: 陳致遠; Wade–Giles: Chen2 Chih4 Yuan3; born October 27, 1976, in Taoyuan County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese aborigine (tribe: Amis) former professional baseball player (position: outfielder).

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.

Although Chen denied any wrongdoings,[1] the Banqiao District Prosecutors' Office still indicted him for gambling and fraud on February 10, 2010.

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.

[4] 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.