Chuan-Chia Wang

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Chuan-Chia Wang (王傳家)

  • Bats Left, Throws Left
  • Height 5' 9", Weight 174 lb.

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Biographical Information[edit]

Chuan-Chia Wang played for Taiwan in international competitions as both a pitcher and hitter. He hit .300 or better six times.

Wang played in the 1988 World Junior Championship. In the 1990 Baseball World Cup, he allowed 5 hits and 3 runs in 3 innings pitched. He debuted in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1993, going 1-1 with a 6.49 ERA. In 1994, he had a 0-1, 5.25 record, registering his last decision on the mound (he would make brief appearances as a pitcher in 1996, 1997 and 2000). That season, Wang was converted to the outfield and he showed the move was a good one by hitting .328/.368/.455 for the Jungo Bears. In 1995, he hit .272/.365/.395

The Bears became the Sinon Bulls in 1996, and Wang had a .328/.402/.505 batting line with 10 homers. He was selected into the 1996 CPBL All-Star Game, and he was 2-for-2 with a RBI. Wang won both Best Ten] and CPBL Gold Glove in this year as an outfielder. In 1997, Chuan-Chia batted .300/.401/.431 for the Bulls and he was 1-for-2 in the 1997 CPBL All-Star Game. He batted .278/.359/.395 in 1998 with a 0-for-2 record in the 1998 CPBL All-Star Game. He won his second Gold Glove.

In 1999, Wang moved to the Uni-President Lions and hit .237/.332/.347 in an off-year. He rebounded in 2000 to bat .272/.384/.357, and he had a .238/.393/.286 batting line to help the Lions beat the Brother Elephants in 7 games. Wang hit .301/.383/.399 in 2001. Wang collected the third, and his last Gold Glove. In the 2001 Taiwan Series, Wang hit .433/.500/.733 with a homer, and he was named the Outstanding Player but the Lions lost to the Elephants in 7 games. He played for Taiwan in the 2001 Baseball World Cup as their main DH and went 8 for 22 with 3 walks and 2 homers. He made the tournament All-Star team at DH, beating out players like Adam Burton, Hae-young Ma, Marty Malloy and Jennry Roa.

The Taipei native hit .315/.399/.431 in 2002. He played in the 2002 Asian Games and 2003 Asian Championship. His batting line read .266/.370/.388 in 2003. In 2004, Chuan-Chia batted .268/.357/.391 and he was 0-for-3 in the 2004 CPBL All-Star Game. Wang hit .240/.345/.280 in the 2004 Taiwan Series, and the Lions lost to the Bulls in 7 games. He batted .208/.319/.333 in 2005, his 7th season with the Lions.

Wang hit .282/.340/.408 with a league-leading 21 doubles for the Macoto Cobras, his 4th CPBL team in 2006. He was Taiwan's first baseman in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup but only went 3 for 24 with 3 walks and a homer. He also played in the 2006 Asian Games. In the 2007, Wang hit .297/.374/.429 while playing first base for Macoto instead of his usual outfield. Wang was 1-for-3 in the 2007 CPBL All-Star Game. The team became the dMedia T-Rex in 2008 and he batted .301/.357/.405 for his 6th .300 season, but first in six years.

After the T-Rex folded in a gambling scandal, Wang was not picked in the redistribution draft. He was a late addition to the provisional Taiwan roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic, after Fu-Hao Liu opted not to play. He did not make the cut for the 2009 World Baseball Classic and never played again in the CPBL either. He retired as CPBL all-time sacrifice flies leader, and Tai-Shan Chang surpassed him later. He coached for Taiwan in the 2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup and 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup. He became the coach of the Yingge Vocational High School in 2010.

Overall, Wang hit .286/.369/.408 with 1,216 hits, 233 doubles and 78 homers in 15 seasons in the CPBL. As of 2023, he was 13th in hits (between Min-Ching Lo and Chao-Hang Cheng), 16th in RBI (between Yu-Hsien Chu and Lien-Hung Chen), 11th in doubles (between Sheng-Wei Wang and Wu-Hsiung Pan) and 17th in runs (between Fu-Hao Liu and Chin-Lung Hu)

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