debutleague finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear statvalue position finalteam statlabel birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
npb 2002 18 january 2015 nagoya , japan left puli , nantou , taiwan 9 april 1989 .266 277 722 first baseman / outfielder chunichi dragons batting average home runs runs batted in 15 november 1963 yasuaki taiho
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yasuaki taiho

yasuaki taiho , also known by his chinese name chen tai-feng , -lrb- 15 november 1963 -- 18 january 2015 -rrb- 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 .
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 .
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 .
dimuro , surprised by this show of disrespect , resigned from npb and returned to the united states .
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 .
his brother was also a professional baseball player .
