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Wang Po-jung (Chinese: 王柏融; born 9 September 1993), nicknamed "The King (Dawang)",[2] 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.

Wang Po-jung
Wang with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 3
Outfielder
Born: (1993-09-09) 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 2021 season)
Batting average	.386
Home runs	86
Runs batted in	319
NPB statistics (through March 31, 2022)
Batting average	.242
Home runs	14
Runs batted in	92
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) [1] 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) Chinese Taipei national baseball team Asia Professional Baseball Championship Best Ten (2017)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Chinese Taipei Asian Games 2014 Asian Games Team 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup Team 2015 Summer Universiade 2015 Summer Universiade Team

Career

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.[3]

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.[4] On November 20, The Lamigo Monkeys accepted the posting fee from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters,[5] which gave the Fighters the rights to negotiate to Wang for the next 30 days.[6]

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

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

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.[10] The next day he had a base hit in two at-bats against Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano.[11]

References

External links

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

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

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