Wei-Chih Chen (amateur)

Wei-Chih Chen (陳偉志)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 7", Weight 172 lb.

• School Chinese Culture University
• High School Nan-Ying Vocational High School

• Born September 23, 1988 in New Taipei City Taiwan

Biographical Information

Wei-Chih Chen has played frequently for the Taiwanese national team.

Chen was with Taiwan in the 2006 World Junior Championship. He played briefly for the Uni-President Lions in the CPBL minors, going 4-for-5 in 2009; despite that fine effort, that was his entire time in the Taiwanese pros (through 2015). He hit .194/.286/.323 and fielded .947 in the 2010 Haarlem Baseball Week and was named the All-Star third baseman in the 2010 World University Championship. In the 2011 World Port Tournament, he batted .300/.364/.300 with 3 putouts, 21 assists and no errors. He hit only .176/.176/.235 with 2 runs and no RBI in 7 games in the 2011 Baseball World Cup and fielded .947; he was the starting third sacker for Taiwan.

In the 2012 Haarlem Baseball Week, Chen hit .l88/.278/.375 and fielded .917 yet still tied Han Lin for the team lead in runs (2) and RBI (2) on a slugging offense. He was 3 for 20 with a walk, run and 3 errors in the 2013 World Port Tournament. He tied Shurendell Mujica for the tourney lead in errors and had the lowest fielding percentage (.750) of any position player. He played for Taiwan in the 2013 East Asian Games.

Chen was 4 for 20 with a walk and no runs or RBI in 7 games in the 2014 Haarlem Baseball Week, fielding .952. He still tied for second in average on a poor Taiwan attack, behind only Po-Jung Wang. In the 2015 World Port Tournament, he went 2 for 15 with 3 walks, a double, run and RBI in five games while handling 20 chances error-free. He started at the hot corner for Taiwan when they won the Silver Medal at the 2015 Asian Championship, going 6 for 16 with a walk and two runs and with one error in nine chances. In the 2017 Asian Championship, he hit .333/.333/.381 with 2 runs and 3 RBI in six games while fielding .889. In the Gold Medal Game, he was 1 for 4 in a loss to Japan.

Sources

• Taiwan Baseball Wiki
• Haarlem Baseball Week
• World Port Tournament
• Asian Baseball Federation