Pan Wu-hsiung
Pan Wu-hsiung | |
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Uni-President Lions – No. 55 | |
Right field | |
Born: 11 March 1981 | (age 43)|
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
debut | |
March 21, 2006, for the Uni-President Lions | |
Career statistics (through 2007) | |
Games | 106 |
Batting average | 0.309 |
Hits | 122 |
Home runs | 6 |
RBIs | 50 |
Stolen bases | 3 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Pan Wu-hsiung (Chinese:
Early life
[edit]As a native to Pingtung, Taiwan, "Take" began formal baseball training in fifth grade in his hometown elementary school, as many other Taiwanese baseball players had.[1] He was invited to attend the famed Meiho Middle School and Meiho High School (Chinese:
After graduating from Meiho, he joined "Taiwan Cooperative Bank Baseball Team, a team in Taiwan's amateur league. He entered the draft in 2004, and was selected by the Sinon Bulls in the first round. However, he and the Bulls could not reach an agreement on a contract, so he elected to return to the amateur league and waited for almost two years before entering the draft again.
Professional career
[edit]"Take" was drafted by Uni-President Lions in 2005 in the second round, and immediately reached an agreement with the Lions. He made his debut on March 21, 2006 as the starting right fielder, and struck out on his first at-bat.[2] He played only 14 games with 40 at-bets in 2006 before injury ended his season. As a result of the limited game time in 2006, he was eligible for the Rookie of the Year award in 2007, which he won. He was able to recover before the playoffs, and subsequently hit his first career home run in the against the Sinon Bulls on October 21.[3] His first home run in regular season came on April 10, 2007 from Macoto Cobras.[4]
Between June 22 and July 5, 2008, Pan hit home runs in six consecutive games.
International career
[edit]He was selected Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2008 Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against Japan.[5]
References
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統一 獅官 方 網 站強 棒 出擊 ─潘 武雄 Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine - ^
中華 職 棒 大 聯盟 單 場 明細 第 4場 例 行 賽 (高雄 縣 ) Archived 2006-05-01 at the Wayback Machine - ^
中華 職 棒 大 聯盟 單 場 明細 第 1場 季 後 挑戰 賽 (台 南 ) Archived 2006-11-09 at the Wayback Machine - ^
中華 職 棒 大 聯盟 單 場 明細 第 41場 例 行 賽 (台 南 ) Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine - ^ "
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.