Wang Po-jung

Wang Po-jung
Wang Po-jung
	Wang with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 3
	Outfielder
	Born: 9 September 1993 (age 28); Pingtung County, Taiwan
	Bats: Left Throws: Right
Professional debut
	CPBL: September 2, 2015, for the Lamigo Monkeys
	NPB: March 29, 2019, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
CPBL statistics ; (through 2018 season)
Batting average	.386
Hits	573
Home runs	86
Runs batted in	319
Stolen bases	49
NPB statistics ; (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.244
Hits	96
Home runs	5
Runs batted in	44
Stolen bases	1
Teams
	Lamigo Monkeys (2015–2018); Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2019–present);
Career highlights and awards
	CPBL 3× Taiwan Series Champion (2015, 2017, 2018); Taiwan Series Outstanding player (2015); Quadruple Crown (2017) ; 2× CPBL RBI leader (2016, 2017); 2× CPBL Batting champion (2016, 2017); 2× CPBL Hits leader (2016, 2017); CPBL Home Run leader (2017); 2× CPBL MVP of the Year (2016, 2017); 2× CPBL Best Ten (2016, 2017); 2× CPBL Gold Glove Award (2016, 2017); CPBL Rookie of the Year (2016); 2× CPBL All-Star (2016, 2017); Hits, single season (200); Batting average, single season (.414); Fastest player to reach 200 career hits (122 games); Fastest player to reach 400 career hits (251 games); Fastest player to reach 500 career hits (324 games); Chinese Taipei national baseball team Asia Professional Baseball Championship Best Ten (2017);
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Men's baseball
Representing Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup
2015 Summer Universiade

Wang Po-jung (Chinese: 王柏融; born 9 September 1993), nicknamed "The King (Dawang)",^[3] is a Taiwanese professional baseball outfielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Lamigo Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) from 2015 through 2018.

Career[]

Lamigo Monkeys[]

Wang hitting a home run for the Lamigo Monkeys

During his rookie season with the Lamigo Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2016, Wang broke a number of league records. Among them, he became the first player to record 200 hits in the league and finished with a .414 batting average. In 2017, he batted .407 and led the CPBL with 31 home runs. He is one of the greatest Taiwanese hitting talents ever.^{[citation needed]} On September 3, 2016, Wang became fastest CPBL player (122 games) to reach 200 career hits. On October 10, 2016, he became first CPBL player to record 200 hits in a single season, breaking Wilton Veras' prior record of 176 set in 2009. He finished the year with an unprecedented .414 batting average.^[4]

On October 17, 2018, Lamigo announced it intended to post Wang after the Taiwan Series, on November 4. This made Wang the first player to be posted in league history.^[5] On November 20, The Lamigo Monkeys accepted the posting fee from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters,^[6] which gave the Fighters the rights to negotiate to Wang for the next 30 days.^[7]

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters[]

On December 7, 2018, Wang Po-jung signed with the Fighters,^[8]^[9] agreeing to a three-year contract.^[10]

International career[]

He was selected for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup, 2014 Asian Games, 2015 Summer Universiade, 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

He was also selected as a member of a CPBL All-Stars team for a 2017 exhibition game against the Japan. Playing on February 28, 2017, Wang hit a two-run home run against Nippon Professional Baseball strikeout champ Takahiro Norimoto as part of a 3-for-3, three RBI effort.^[11] The next day he had a base hit in two at-bats against Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano.^[12]

References[]

^ "2017 CPBL Batting Quadruple Crown Winner Wang Po-Jung". Cpbl Stats. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
^ "Monkeys' Wang Po-Jung, Fastest Player to Reach 500th Hit". Cpbl Stats. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
^ "王柏融、来日後初Ｖ打！台湾の大王が日本ハムの連敗止めた". サンスポ (in Japanese). April 11, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
^ "中華職棒大聯盟全球資訊網 The Official Site of CPBL". www.cpbl.com.tw. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
^ "Lamigo Monkeys Will Post Wang Po-Jung This Offseason, What We Think". Cpbl Stats. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
^ "王柏融入札北海道日本火腿得標". Lamigo Monkeys (in Chinese). November 20, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
^ Rob. "Nippon-Ham Fighters Acquired Negotiating Rights to Wang Po-Jung". Cpbl Stats. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
^ "達成共識王柏融加盟北海道日本火腿鬥士隊". Lamigo Monkeys (in Chinese). December 7, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
^ "王柏融選手と契約合意". 北海道日本ハムファイターズオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). December 7, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
^ Sie, Jing-wun; Yang, Ming-chu; Chi, Jo-yao (7 December 2018). "Taiwan's Wang Po-jung joins Japanese pro baseball team". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^ "Taiwan all-stars sink Samurai Japan in WBC tune-up". The Japan Times. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
^ "Samurai Japan 9 – CPBL 1 (March 1, 2017)". YakyuDB. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2018-12-16.

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors), or CLBL, or NPB

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Preceded by Lin Chih-sheng(林智勝)	CPBL MVP of the Year Award 2016-17	Succeeded by (陳俊秀)

[1] "2017 CPBL Batting Quadruple Crown Winner Wang Po-Jung". Cpbl Stats. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2018-12-16.

[2] "Monkeys' Wang Po-Jung, Fastest Player to Reach 500th Hit". Cpbl Stats. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-12-16.

[3] "王柏融、来日後初Ｖ打！台湾の大王が日本ハムの連敗止めた". サンスポ (in Japanese). April 11, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.

[4] "中華職棒大聯盟全球資訊網 The Official Site of CPBL". www.cpbl.com.tw. Retrieved 2019-06-16.

[5] "Lamigo Monkeys Will Post Wang Po-Jung This Offseason, What We Think". Cpbl Stats. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-12-16.

[6] "王柏融入札北海道日本火腿得標". Lamigo Monkeys (in Chinese). November 20, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

[7] Rob. "Nippon-Ham Fighters Acquired Negotiating Rights to Wang Po-Jung". Cpbl Stats. Retrieved 2018-12-16.

[8] "達成共識王柏融加盟北海道日本火腿鬥士隊". Lamigo Monkeys (in Chinese). December 7, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

[9] "王柏融選手と契約合意". 北海道日本ハムファイターズオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). December 7, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

[10] Sie, Jing-wun; Yang, Ming-chu; Chi, Jo-yao (7 December 2018). "Taiwan's Wang Po-jung joins Japanese pro baseball team". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[11] "Taiwan all-stars sink Samurai Japan in WBC tune-up". The Japan Times. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2018-12-16.

[12] "Samurai Japan 9 – CPBL 1 (March 1, 2017)". YakyuDB. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2018-12-16.

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Pitchers	1 Yuki Saitoh 13 14 Takayuki Katoh 15 Naoyuki Uwasawa 17 Hiromi Itoh 18 Kosei Yoshida 19 Chihiro Kaneko 20 Kenta Uehara 25 Naoki Miyanishi 28 29 Kazutomo Iguchi 31 Toru Murata 33 34 Mizuki Hori 35 36 Drew VerHagen 37 39 Ryo Akiyoshi 40 41 Bryan Rodriguez 43 44 Robbie Erlin 46 47 51 Naoya Ishikawa 52 54 Taishō Tamai 57 Toshihiro Sugiura 58 59 62 63
Catchers	10 Yushi Shimizu 22 Shinya Tsuruoka 27 30 Shingo Usami 60 64 65 68
Infielders	2 Kenshi Sugiya 9 Takuya Nakashima 21 Kōtarō Kiyomiya 23 Ryo Watanabe 24 Yuki Nomura 32 Ryota Yachi 38 Kazunari Ishii 48 49 53 Ronny Rodríguez 55 56 70 91 93
Outfielders	3 Wang Po-jung 4 Yuya Taniguchi 5 Taishi Ohta 7 Haruki Nishikawa 8 Kensuke Kondoh 12 Go Matsumoto 26 Daiki Asama 45 Fumikazu Kimura 50 Ryota Isobata 61 66 Chusei Mannami 67
Development	111 (OF) 114 (P) 115 (P) 144 (OF) 148 (P) 150 (P) 161 (OF)
First squad coaching	Manager: 80 Hideki Kuriyama Head and hitting Coach: 81 Michihiro Ogasawara Pitching coaches: 85 Daisuke Araki, 89 Masaru Takeda, 84 Kazuyuki Atsuzawa General coach 88 Makoto Kaneko Hitting coach: 78 Shinji Takahashi, 77 Tomoyuki Oda Battery coach: 22 Shinya Tsuruoka Infield defense and baserunning coach: 71 Yuji Iiyama Outfield defense and baserunning coach: 87 Yoshinori Ueda
Second squad coaching	Manager: 72 General and pitching coach: 92 Masao Kida Pitching coaches: 82 Takeharu Kato, 83 Takeshi Shimazaki Hitting coaches: 87 , 75 Kenji Yano Battery coach: 75 Infield defense and baserunning coach: 79 Noriyuki Shiroishi Outfield defense and baserunning coach: 76 Toshimasa Konta