Wang Sheng-wei

Wang Sheng-wei (Chinese: 王勝偉; pinyin: Wáng Shèngwěi; Wade–Giles: Wang² Sheng⁴ Wei³; born 1 April 1984 in Taiwan), nicknamed "Magneto"^[1] and known as Haro Ngayaw in Amis language, is a Taiwanese professional baseball shortstop for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He holds the record for most Gold Gloves by any CPBL player with nine.

Wang Sheng-wei
Wang with the CTBC Brothers in 2015
Fubon Guardians – No. 3
Shortstop
Born: April 1, 1984 (1984-04) (age 40) Taiwan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
CPBL debut
March 19, 2008, for the Brother Elephants
Career statistics (through 2024)
Batting average	.271
Home runs	59
Runs batted in	584
Stolen bases	225
Teams
Brother Elephants/Chinatrust Brothers/CTBC Brothers (2008–2021) Fubon Guardians (2022–present)
Career highlights and awards
2x Taiwan Series champion (2010, 2021) Stolen Bases leader (2008-2009, 2013, 2017) CPBT Gold Glove (2008, 2010-2012, 2014-2017, 2019) CPBT Best Ten (2010-2011, 2013) CPBT Comeback Player of the Year (2022)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Career

In 2005, he played for the Anchorage Bucs of the Alaska Baseball League.^[2]

In 2008, he was signed by the CTBC Brothers. That year he led the league in stolen bases with 24 and earned the Stolen Bases Award. In the same season, he was hit by 19 pitches, which was the single season record at the time.

In 2009, he improved his performance by raising his batting average to .305, and he recorded 42 stolen bases to lead the league in the stat for the second year in a row.

In 2017, he reached 100 hit by pitches, tying the record that was then held by Chen Je-chang.^[1] He would hold this record for a short time, eventually being overtaken by Lin Hung-yu.

He played with the Brothers through 2021, though after a 2021 season that saw him get minimal playtime he signed with the Fubon Guardians in early 2022.^[3]

Wang represented Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week, 2005 Asian Baseball Championship, 2005 Baseball World Cup, 2006 Haarlem Baseball Week, 2006 World University Baseball Championship, 2008 Olympics qualifying tournament, 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2012 Asian Baseball Championship, 2017 World Baseball Classic.^[4] 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series,^[5] and the 2019 WBSC Premier12.^[6]

Career statistics

Season	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	SB	SO	BB	TB	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2008	Brothers Elephants	97	381	98	2	36	61	24	58	32	129	11	0.257	0.344	0.339	0.683
2009		106	387	118	7	56	73	42	57	43	169	7	0.305	0.387	0.437	0.824
2010		118	456	110	2	57	52	19	71	23	150	6	0.241	0.289	0.329	0.618
2011		116	398	112	1	38	52	7	66	29	136	9	0.281	0.341	0.342	0.683
2012		120	428	122	6	67	76	15	79	40	167	6	0.285	0.350	0.390	0.740
2013		117	430	107	2	44	59	29	87	23	137	11	0.249	0.298	0.319	0.617
2014	Chinatown Brothers	108	343	87	0	21	36	21	58	17	103	10	0.254	0.305	0.300	0.605
2015		114	378	110	6	40	62	16	46	17	146	8	0.291	0.333	0.386	0.719
2016		106	377	113	5	53	76	3	45	32	158	8	0.300	0.365	0.419	0.784
2017		98	312	83	2	29	58	20	46	23	112	7	0.266	0.325	0.359	0.684
2018		66	229	65	10	33	46	5	47	19	118	4	0.284	0.352	0.515	0.867
2019		109	330	84	11	41	47	8	72	20	142	9	0.255	0.314	0.430	0.744
2020	CTBC Brothers	30	67	18	1	5	10	4	19	11	19	2	0.269	0.375	0.343	0.605
2021		5	9	0	0	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0.000	0.182	0.000	0.182
2022	Fubon Guardians	95	322	96	2	27	37	12	63	28	118	2	0.298	0.365	0.366	0.731
Total	15 years	1405	4847	1323	57	548	748	225	817	358	1690	100	0.273	0.336	0.373	0.709

References

1. Rob (2017-06-25). "Wang Seng-Wei ties CPBL record for most hit by pitch". CPBL STATS. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
2. "BUCS HISTORY | Anchorage Bucs". www.anchoragebucs.com. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
3. "富邦補強戰力 王勝偉、陽耀勳將加入". tw.news.yahoo.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-01-05.
4. "2017 TAIWAN WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC ROSTER". Baseball America. February 8, 2017.
5. "台日交流賽名單公布 中職好手征戰日本福岡". 中華職棒大聯盟全球資訊網 The Official Site of CPBL (in Chinese (Taiwan)). October 15, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
6. "Chinese Taipei II Premier12 2019 Roster". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2023-01-05.

External links

• CPBL
• Player information from WikiBaseball (in Chinese)
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference