Wang Kuang-hui
Wang Kuang-hui | |
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First Baseman | |
Born: (1964-11-12)12 November 1964 Hualien County, Taiwan | |
Died: 30 August 2021(2021-08-30) (aged 56) Taipei, Taiwan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
CPBL debut | |
March 17, 1990, for the Brother Elephants | |
Career statistics | |
Batting average | .285 |
Hits | 1009 |
Home runs | 91 |
Runs batted in | 524 |
Stolen bases | 42 |
Teams | |
As player
As coach
As manager
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Wang Kuang-hui (Chinese: 王光輝; pinyin: Wáng Guānghuī; Wade–Giles: Wang2 Kuang1 Hui1; 12 November 1964 – 30 August 2021) was a Taiwanese professional baseball player and coach. He spent his entire playing and coaching career in the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the Brother Elephants franchise.
Career
Wang joined the Brother Hotel amateur baseball team in 1988. Wang won the batting champion in the Chinese Professional Baseball League's inaugural 1990 season. In middle of the 2004 season, he retired as a player. Over the course of his career, Wang appeared in twelve straight all-star games, and won the Gold Glove Award three times. Wang began his coaching career as a hitting coach for the Elephants. In October 2006, Wang was named the team's field manager. He resigned as manager in May 2009. He then coached youth and college baseball teams from 2010. Wang was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2020 and died of the disease on 30 August 2021, at the age of 56.[1][2]
His younger brother Wang Kuang-shih, played for the China Times Eagles as an infielder, and Wang's son Wang Wei-chen [zh] is an infielder for the CTBC Brothers.
As player
Season | team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | TB | DP | AVG |
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1990 | Brother Elephants | 79 | 310 | 106 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 158 | 8 | 0.342 |
1991 | Brother Elephants | 64 | 243 | 66 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 108 | 5 | 0.272 |
1992 | Brother Elephants | 88 | 319 | 81 | 12 | 43 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 126 | 6 | 0.254 |
1993 | Brother Elephants | 84 | 290 | 95 | 10 | 46 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 143 | 7 | 0.328 |
1994 | Brother Elephants | 85 | 344 | 102 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 13 | 40 | 152 | 11 | 0.297 |
1995 | Brother Elephants | 83 | 297 | 94 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 26 | 37 | 134 | 12 | 0.316 |
1996 | Brother Elephants | 91 | 354 | 115 | 8 | 57 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 161 | 10 | 0.325 |
1997 | Brother Elephants | 96 | 365 | 95 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 30 | 42 | 127 | 12 | 0.260 |
1998 | Brother Elephants | 86 | 334 | 102 | 9 | 56 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 141 | 11 | 0.305 |
1999 | Brother Elephants | 89 | 325 | 70 | 8 | 41 | 4 | 33 | 38 | 107 | 15 | 0.215 |
2000 | Brother Elephants | 30 | 105 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 3 | 0.257 |
2001 | Brother Elephants | 76 | 239 | 54 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 23 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 0.213 |
2002 | Brother Elephants | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.286 |
2003 | Brother Elephants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
2004 | Brother Elephants | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 |
Total | 15 years | 968 | 3542 | 1009 | 91 | 524 | 42 | 285 | 390 | 1467 | 109 | 0.285 |
As manager
Season | Team | Game | Win | Loss | Tie | Win% |
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2007 | Brother Elephants | 100 | 49 | 50 | 1 | 0.495 |
2008 | Brother Elephants | 98 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 0.553 |
2009 | Brother Elephants | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0.269 |
Total | 3 years | 224 | 108 | 111 | 5 | 0.482 |
References
- Player information from WikiBaseball (in Chinese)
Awards | ||
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Preceded by First Champion | CPBL Batting Champion Award 1990 | Succeeded by Luis Iglesias |
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by None | Brother Elephants Batting Coach 2000–2006 | Succeeded by Lee Chu-ming (李居明) |
Preceded by | Brother Elephants Manager 2007–2009 | Succeeded by |
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- 4 Kao Kuo-ching
- 7 Kuo Yen-wen
- 8 Chan Chih-yao
- 10 Lin Han
- 11 Lin Yueh-ping
- 12 Lee Chen-ch'ang
- 14 Wang Sheng-wei
- 15 Lin Kun-sheng
- 20 Cheng Kai-wen
- 21 Fu-Te Ni
- 22 Lin Yi-chuan
- 23 Peng Cheng-min
- 24 Kuo Dai-chi
- 25 Chiang Chih-hsien
- 31 Lin Wei-chu
- 34 Kao Chih-kang
- 36 Kuo Yi-feng
- 42 Tseng Sung-wei
- 44 Lin Che-hsuan
- 47 Liao Yu-cheng
- 48 Lo Chia-jen
- 51 Cheng Chi-hung
- 55 Pan Wu-hsiung
- 62 Tang Chia-chun
- 81 Lin Po-yu
- 90 Keng Po-hsuan
- 98 Lin Ko-chien
- 99 Chen Hung-wen
- Manager 3 Yeh Chih-hsien
- Coach 88 Kuo Tai-yuan
- Coach 26 Wang Kuang-hui
- Coach 70 Lu Wen-sheng
- Coach 6 Chen Wei-cheng
- Coach 65 Lin Kun-han
- Coach 68 Wang Cheng-hao
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