Shih-Hsien Wu (01)

Shih-Hsien Wu (吳思賢)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

• School Chinese Culture University
• High School Meiho High School

• Born July 2, 1963 in Taichung City Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Shih-Hsien Wu was a two-time Olympic infielder.

Wu played in the 1983 Asian Championship, 1983 Intercontinental Cup and 1984 Haarlem Baseball Week. In the 1986 Amateur World Series, he led the Taiwan national team with a .382 average; the team won its first Bronze Medal ever in an Amateur World Series. In the 1988 Baseball World Cup, he hit .429/.471/.536 with 9 runs and 9 RBI in 9 games. He just missed the top 5 in average in the event. He lost All-Star honors at third base to Robin Ventura. In the Bronze Medal game, he hit third for Taiwan and went 1 for 3 with a sacrifice fly in a 4-2 win over Japan. He remained with Taiwan for the 1988 Olympics.

The Taitung native played for Taiwan in the 1991 Asian Championship as Taiwan won Silver and moved on to the 1992 Olympics. In the Olympics, Wu hit .391/.467/.609 with 11 runs and 7 RBI in 8 games at third base. He tied Tai-Chuan Chiang for Taiwan's lead in runs. Hitting cleanup in the Gold Medal game, he went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and the lone Taiwanese run in a 11-1 loss to Cuba's Giorge Diaz.

Wu turned pro in 1993 with the Jungo Bears and hit .310/.360/.435 in 1993, placing fifth in the CPBL in average (.027 behind Kuei-Chang Tseng) and won the Best Ten as third baseman.. He was already 30 years old though and would decline from there. He fell to .252/.309/.357 in 1994. He moved to the President Lions in 1995 and batted .257/.317/.317. On April 14 that year, he connected for the 20,000th hit in CPBL history.

In 1996, Wu slumped to .202/.245/.264, then .223/.257/.309 in 1997. He joined the Brother Elephants in a trade for Chi-Feng Chen in 1998 and hit .262/.310/.325 then wound up his playing career in 1999 at .231/.266/.310. During his career, he also was active in the formation of the players' union. After retiring as a player, Wu was a coach for the Elephants. He managed the team in 2006, but went only 40-59-1 and finished in last place. He then became a coach for the National Taiwan Sport University. He was the manager of Taiwan in the 2022 Asian Games.

Overall, Wu hit .255/.302/.340 with 388 games in 487 games and fielded .943 in 7 years in the CPBL.

Sources

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