Chao-Hui Wu

Chao-Hui Wu (吳昭輝)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 196 lb.

• High School Shin Min High School

• Born March 20, 1976 in Shanhua, Tainan Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Chao-Hui Wu played in the CPBL and for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team.

Wu represented Taiwan in the 1991 World Youth Championship, 1995 Intercontinental Cup, 1997 Asian Championship, 1997 World Port Tournament, 1998 Asian Games and 1998 Baseball World Cup. He blasted two grand slam in a game against Spain in the Intercontinental Cup for 8 of their 13 RBI that day; he went yard off José Becerra in the first and Rubén García in the fourth, from the 9th spot in the batting order. Those were all his RBI for the tourney; he hit .333/.375/.733 over five games, played error-free defense and threw out 3 of 8 who tried to steal. He led Taiwan in RBI, one ahead of Ching-Kuo Chen, and had half their homers. In the 1998 World Cup, he batted .318/.385/.500, fielding .967 and threw out half of the six runners who tried to steal. He homered off Andrei Bogatyrev of Russia as he continued to utilize the long ball against European hurlers.

The Uni-President Lions signed Wu in 1998, but he only played 15 games in his first pro year. Wu hit .245/.303/.330 in 1999 and .236/.295/.305 in 2000. He was selected into the All-Star Game the first time in his career in 2000. The batting line of Wu declined to .200/.285/.300 and .214/.302/.278 respectively in the next two years. He still made it onto the roster of Taiwan for the 2002 Asian Games due to his defense.

After returning from the Asian Games, Wu bounced back and batted .267/.336/.388 with a career-high 3 dingers in 2003. However, he only hit .204/.295/.235 in 2004 and the Lions released him after this season. The Macoto Cobras signed Wu in 2005. Wu hit .254/.315/.297 and .239/.306/.296 respectively in the next two years, and participated in the All-Star Game in both years. After recording a .182/.182/.182 in 2007, Wu retired and became the battery coach for the DMedia T-Rex. He was banned by the league because of the gambling scandal after the 2008 season.

Overall, Wu had hit .236/.305/.308 and 10 home runs in ten seasons in the CPBL.

Sources

• Defunct IBAF site
• CPBL Player Page
• Taiwan Baseball Wiki