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{{short description|Taiwanese baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name         = Chang Tai-shan
| image        = TGS2007 Day4 GameStation CPBL SinonBulls TSChang.jpg
| image_size   = 150
| position     = Third baseman / Coach
| team         = 
| number       = 
| birth_date   = {{birth-date and age|October 31, 1976}}
| birth_place  = [[Taitung City|Taitung]], [[Taiwan]]
| bats         = Right
| throws       = Right
| debutleague  = [[Chinese Professional Baseball League|CPBL]]
| debutdate    = March 20
| debutyear    = 1996
| debutteam    = Wei Chuan Dragons
| statyear     = 2015
| statleague   = CPBL
| stat1label   = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value   = .307
| stat2label   = [[Home run]]s
| stat2value   = 289
| stat3label   = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| stat3value   = 1338
| stat4label = [[Base hit|Hits]]
| stat4value = 2134
| awards       = 
* [[CPBL Rookie of the Year Award|CPBL Rookie of the Year]] (1996)
* [[CPBL Golden Glove Award]] (1999, 2000, 2001)
* [[List of CPBL MVP of the Year Award|CPBL MVP of the Year]] (2003)
*7x [[Taiwan Series]] champion　(1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2013)
| teams        = 
'''Player'''
* [[Wei Chuan Dragons]] (1996–1999)
* [[Sinon Bulls]] (2000–2010)
* [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions]] (2011–2015)
'''Coach'''
* [[Wei Chuan Dragons]] (2019–2024)
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [[baseball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{TPE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Baseball World Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2001 Baseball World Cup|2001 Taipei]] | [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Intercontinental Cup (baseball)|Intercontinental Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2006 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)|2006 Taichung]] | [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Baseball at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Baseball Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2003 Asian Baseball Championship|2003 Sapporo]] | [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2007 Asian Baseball Championship|2007 Taichung]] | [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Team]]}}
}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Zhang (surname)|Chang]]|lang=Chinese}}

'''Chang Tai-shan''' ({{zh|first=t|t=張泰山|p=Zhāng Tàishān}}; [[Amis language|Amis]] name '''Ati Masaw'''; born 31 October 1976 in [[Taitung City|Taitung]], [[Taiwan]]), is a [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] former [[professional baseball]] player and current [[Coach (baseball)|coach]].

==Career==
He originally drafted by the [[Wei Chuan Dragons]] in 1996, he has played for the [[Sinon Bulls]] and [[Uni-President Lions]] of the [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]]. A well-known [[slugging percentage|slugger]], Chang has been a frequent member of the [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team]] since 1998 and holds the record of hitting the most [[home run]]s in CPBL history with 289. He also holds the career record for [[hit (baseball)|hits]] with 2,134.

He was missing from the [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] as because he tested positive for a banned substance. Chang denies taking any banned drugs and thinks it may be because of medication he took. As a result of the test he may be banned for 3 years.<ref>[http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news/article/-/4896157/taiwan-win-minus-doping-test-dropout Taiwan win minus doping test dropout] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524234159/http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news/article/-/4896157/taiwan-win-minus-doping-test-dropout/ |date=2011-05-24 }} AAP - August 13, 2008, 6:05 pm. Accessed August 13, 2008</ref>

He was traded from [[Sinon Bulls]] to [[Uni-Lions]] for cash considerations of [[New Taiwan dollar|NT$]]2.5 Million (about US$85,000).<ref>[http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201012270034&Type=aSPT One of Taiwan's all-time baseball greats changes clubs] Taipei, Dec. 27 (CNA)</ref> His contract with the Lions expired after the {{ill|2015 Chinese Professional Baseball League season|lt=2015 CPBL season|zh|中華職棒26年}} and he signed with the [[Tokushima Indigo Socks]] of the [[independent baseball|independent]] [[Shikoku Island League]] in Japan for 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pan|first1=Jason|title=FEATURE: CPBL starts the year on a high|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/16/2003639505/2|accessdate=16 February 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=16 February 2016}}</ref>

Chang signed on to play in the [[Australian Baseball League]] for the [[2017-18 Australian Baseball League season|2017-18 season]] with the [[Adelaide Bite]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.theabl.com.au/news/article.jsp?ymd=20170827&content_id=251037684&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t4064 |title=Bite recruits Taiwanese slugger Chang Tai-Shan &#124; Australian Baseball League News &#124; the Official Site of the Australian Baseball League |access-date=2017-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625021525/http://web.theabl.com.au/news/article.jsp?ymd=20170827&content_id=251037684&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t4064 |archive-date=2018-06-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"  style="width:80%; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
!Season
!Team
![[Games played|G]]
![[At bat|AB]]
![[Run (baseball)|R]]
![[Hit (baseball)|H]]
![[Double (baseball)|2B]]
![[Triple (baseball)|3B]]
![[Home run|HR]]
![[Run batted in|RBI]]
![[Total bases|TB]]
![[Base on balls|BB]]
![[Strikeout|SO]]
![[Stolen base|SB]]
![[Caught stealing|CS]]
![[Batting average (baseball)|AVG]]
|-
|{{By|1996}}
|[[Wei Chuan Dragons]]
|94
|336
|54
|112
|28
|1
|16
|72
|190
|11
|48
|7
|2
|.333
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|1997}}
|Wei Chuan Dragons
|91
|338
|44
|88
|14
|3
|9
|56
|135
|26
|54
|12
|6
|.260
|-
|{{By|1998}}
|Wei Chuan Dragons
|103
|372
|63
|120
|29
|4
|14
|78
|199
|40
|56
|27
|9
|.323
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|1999}}
|Wei Chuan Dragons
|87
|327
|60
|105
|12
|3
|17
|70
|174
|30
|45
|18
|8
|.321
|-
|{{By|2000}}
|[[Sinon Bulls]]
|78
|280
|39
|71
|10
|1
|11
|38
|116
|16
|38
|11
|3
|.254
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|2001}}
|Sinon Bulls
|79
|291
|50
|74
|9
|1
|13
|53
|124
|30
|45
|6
|4
|.254
|-
|{{By|2002}}
|Sinon Bulls
|70
|245
|38
|66
|13
|3
|10
|57
|115
|28
|32
|3
|0
|.269
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|2003}}
|Sinon Bulls
|100
|396
|82
|130
|21
|4
|28
|94
|243
|46
|65
|22
|8
|.328
|-
|{{By|2004}}
|Sinon Bulls
|100
|377
|73
|127
|21
|0
|21
|94
|211
|39
|57
|14
|7
|.337
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|2005}}
|Sinon Bulls
|95
|348
|59
|106
|12
|0
|15
|60
|163
|25
|54
|3
|5
|.305
|-
|{{By|2006}}
|Sinon Bulls
|100
|373
|62
|130
|17
|0
|24
|72
|219
|41
|46
|4
|4
|.349
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|2007}}
|Sinon Bulls
|100
|402
|62
|128
|19
|0
|19
|80
|204
|29
|55
|12
|1
|.318
|-
|{{By|2008}}
|Sinon Bulls
|82
|302
|46
|104
|17
|1
|11
|65
|156
|23
|41
|6
|2
|.344
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|{{By|2009}}
|Sinon Bulls
|107
|398
|52
|119
|22
|1
|17
|63
|194
|33
|51
|2
|4
|.299
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|colspan="2"|'''Career total'''
|'''1286'''
|'''4785'''
|'''784'''
|'''1480'''
|'''244'''
|'''22'''
|'''225'''
|'''952'''
|'''2443'''
|'''474'''
|'''687'''
|'''147'''
|'''60'''
|'''.309'''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat}}
*{{SR/Olympics profile|ch/chang-tai-shan-1|Chang Tai-Shan}}
*{{Olympics.com profile|tai-shan-chang|Tai-Shan Chang}}
*{{WikiBaseball|張泰山}}

{{Chinese Taipei roster 2001 Baseball World Cup}}
{{Taiwan 2006 World Baseball Classic roster}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Tai-shan}}
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