Cheng-Hao Wang

Cheng-Hao Wang (王政浩)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 209 lb.

• School National Taiwan University of Sport
• High School Taichung Agricultural Senior High School

• Born September 25, 1989 in Taitung County Taiwan

Biographical Information

Cheng-Hao Wang has pitched in the CPBL minors and for the Taiwanese national team. His cousin Yao-Lin Wang was in the Cubs chain and cousin Wei-Chung Wang played in the majors.

He pitched one game in the CPBL minors in 2009, with a 3.00 ERA. He was part of Taiwan's designated pitcher pool for the 2017 World Baseball Classic but was not activated. He had a 0.96 ERA for Taiwan when they won the 2017 World Port Tournament and got the decision in the finale; he had two saves before that. He was 6th in the event in ERA (between Daisuke Yamagami and Yoandry Ruiz), 8th in opponent average (.219, between Yao-Tso Kao and Rob Cordemans), 7th in strikeouts (7), tied Luis Castillo for the most saves and led with five games pitched. He had a 1.59 ERA for Taiwan when they won Silver in the 2017 Asian Championship.

Wang was 1-0 with a save and a 2.08 ERA in the 2018 Haarlem Baseball Week, with a 3-inning save for Chia-Chun Tang's win over the host Dutch national team and an extra-inning win over Italy. He tied Loek van Mil and Andrea Pizziconi for 2nd in the tournament in saves. In the 2018 Asian Games, he was the only hurler with multiple saves in the main round. He saved Sheng-Feng Wu's win over Gold Medal-bound South Korea. Relieving Tsung-Hao Wang with a 2-1 lead and one on in the bottom of the 9th, he struck out Jae-won Lee and Ah-seop Son then got former major leaguer Jae-gyun Hwang on a fly to end it. In his other outing, he preserved Chien-Lung Huang's 1-0 win over China. Relieving Tang with a man on second, one out and a 1-0 lead in the top of the 8th, he fanned Zhenhong Lu and got Xiaolei Du to hit into a force. In the 9th, he got Ning Li swinging, Shunyi Yang on a grounder and Fujia Chu on a game-ending comebacker. Taiwan finished with the Bronze.

In the 2019 World Port Tournament, he allowed one run in two innings, not the starring turn of two years prior.

He throws a forkball, curveball, sinker, slider and fastball (peak 94 mph).