Wang Po-jung

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Po-jung (Chinese: 王柏融; born September 9, 1993), nicknamed "The King (Dawang)",^[2] is a Taiwanese professional baseball outfielder for the TSG Hawks of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in the CPBL for the Lamigo Monkeys, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Wang Po-jung
Wang with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
TSG Hawks – No. 9
Outfielder
Born: (1993-09-09) September 9, 1993 (age 31) Pingtung County, Taiwan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Professional debut
CPBL: September 2, 2015, for the Lamigo Monkeys
NPB: March 29, 2019, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
CPBL statistics (through April 27, 2025)
Batting average	.359
Home runs	92
Runs batted in	387
NPB statistics (through 2023 season)
Batting average	.235
Home runs	15
Runs batted in	97
Teams
Lamigo Monkeys (2015–2018) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2019–2023) TSG Hawks (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
CPBL 3× Taiwan Series Champion (2015, 2017, 2018) Taiwan Series MVP (2015) Quadruple Crown (2017)[1] 2× CPBL RBI leader (2016–2017) 2× CPBL Batting champion (2016–2017) 2× CPBL Hits leader (2016–2017) CPBL Home Run leader (2017) 2× CPBL MVP of the Year (2016–2017) 2× CPBL Best Ten (2016–2017) 2× CPBL Gold Glove Award (2016–2017) CPBL Rookie of the Year (2016) 2× CPBL All-Star (2016–2017) Hits, single season (200) Batting average, single season (.414) Chinese Taipei national baseball team Asia Professional Baseball Championship Best Ten (2017)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Chinese Taipei Asian Games 2014 Asian Games Team 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup Team 2015 Summer Universiade 2015 Summer Universiade Team

Career

Lamigo Monkeys

Wang with the Lamigo Monkeys

Wang debuted with the Lamigo Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2016. During his rookie season, Wang broke a number of league records. Among them, he became the first player to record 200 hits in the league and finished with a .414 batting average. In 2017, he batted .407 and led the CPBL with 31 home runs. He is one of the greatest Taiwanese hitting talents ever.^{[citation needed]} On September 3, 2016, Wang became fastest CPBL player (122 games) to reach 200 career hits. On October 10, 2016, he became first CPBL player to record 200 hits in a single season, breaking Wilton Veras' prior record of 176 set in 2009. He finished the year with an unprecedented .414 batting average.^[3]

On October 17, 2018, Lamigo announced it intended to post Wang after the Taiwan Series, on November 4. This made Wang the first player to be posted in league history.^[4] On November 20, The Lamigo Monkeys accepted the posting fee from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters,^[5] which gave the Fighters the rights to negotiate to Wang for the next 30 days.^[6]

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

On December 7, 2018, Wang Po-jung signed with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters,^[7][8] agreeing to a three-year contract.^[9]

TSG Hawks

On August 10, 2023, Wang's CPBL rights were traded to the TSG Hawks alongside Wang Wei-chun, Wang Yi-cheng, and Lan Yin-lun in exchange for Tzu-Wei Lin.^[10] On December 13, Wang agreed to a three–year, $1.2 million contract with the Hawks.^[11]

International career

He was selected for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup, 2014 Asian Games, 2015 Summer Universiade, 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2019 WBSC Premier12, and 2023 World Baseball Classic.

He was also selected as a member of a CPBL All-Stars team for a 2017 exhibition game against the Japan. Playing on February 28, 2017, Wang hit a two-run home run against Nippon Professional Baseball strikeout champ Takahiro Norimoto as part of a 3-for-3, three RBI effort.^[12] The next day he had a base hit in two at-bats against Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano.^[13]