Chih-Hsuan Wang

Chih-Hsuan Wang (王志煊)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 8", Weight 158 lb.

• High School Cheng-De High School

• Born September 5, 2001 in Hsinchu City Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Chih-Hsuan Wang has played in the CPBL and for the Taiwanese national team.

Wang was drafted by the Rakuten Monkeys in the fifth round of the 2020 CPBL Draft. He spent his first two seasons mainly in the minor league, only pitching 11 games combined with the big club. He led the minor league with 10 holds in 2021.

Rakuten pitching coach Tsuyoshi Kawagishi, turned him into a sidearm pitcher in 2023, and Wang broke out. He became an important part of Rakuten's bullpen, and he notched 11 holds with a 1.29 ERA (1-0, Sv) in 43 appearances. He only totaled 35 innings as he was used as a LOOGY. He pitched 2/3 of an inning to collect a hold against the Uni-President Lions in Game 2 of the 2023 CPBL Playoff Series, then pitched 1/3 inning to help the Monkeys eliminate the Lions in Game 3. In the 2023 Taiwan Series, Wang notched a hold with a shutout inning in Game 1, then got another hold as he completed 2/3 of a shutout inning in Game 2. He relieved Chun-Hsiang Chu in the 7th inning of Game 3, but Wang gave up 3 straight hits to Namoh Iyang, Cheng-Yu Chang and Kai-Wei Li, then Bradin Hagens replaced him. Hagens allowed another 2 RBI singles to Kungkuan Giljegiljaw and Tien-Hsin Kuo. Wang pitched a shutout inning in Game 7, but the Dragons still beat the Monkeys.

The Hsinchu native then represented Taiwan in the 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship. He relieved Rui-Yang Gu Lin against Japan in the 7th inning, and he retired Teruaki Sato then Shao-En Lin replaced him. Wang then succeeded Kuo-Hao Chiang in the 5th inning against South Korea. he walked Hyun-bin Moon, retired Ji-hoon Choi then forced Hye-seong Kim to ground into a double play; Tzu-Chiang Lee relieved him. Taiwan won Bronze thanks to Tien-Hsin Kuo's walk-off hit in the Bronze Medal game against Australia.