Wang Po-Jung

Wang Po-jung (; born September 9, 1993), nicknamed "The King (Dawang)", 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. He is regarded one of the greatest Taiwanese hitting talents ever.

Career 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. On September 3, 2016, Wang became the fastest CPBL player (122 games) to reach 200 career hits. On October 10, 2016, he became the 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.

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. On November 20, The Lamigo Monkeys accepted the posting fee from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, which gave the Fighters the rights to negotiate to Wang for the next 30 days.

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

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. On December 13, Wang agreed to a three–year, $1.2 million contract with the Hawks. On January 18, 2024, Wang was announced as captain of the Hawks by manager Hong I-chung.

International career

He was also selected as a member of a CPBL All-Stars team for a 2017 exhibition game against 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. The next day he had a base hit in two at-bats against Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano.