Chinatrust Brothers veteran shortstop 王勝偉 (Wang Seng-Wei) have reached 100 career hit-by-pitch milestone. At the same time also tied the CPBL record for most hit-by-pitch, a record which previous set by Brother Elephants catcher 陳瑞昌 (Chen Je-Chang).
#CTBros 王勝偉 (Wang Seng-Wei) aka #CPBL Magneto reaches 100 career hit by pitch pic.twitter.com/KFzXeqNQ3h
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) June 24, 2017
Journey to 100 HBP for Wang Seng-Wei
Below is the hit by pitch breakdown by teams.
Team | # HBP |
---|---|
Lamigo Monkeys (La New Bears) | 35 |
Uni-Lions | 32 |
EDA Rhinos | 12 |
Sinon Bulls | 11 |
dmedia T-REX | 5 |
Chinatrust Whales | 5 |
Total | 100 |
The next CPBL magneto?
In the current CPBL top 10 HBP chart, Wang on average gets hit once every 42 plate appearances. Other than Wang, Lamigo Monkeys 林泓育 (Lin Hung-Yu) is only player that have PA/HBP that’s lower than Wang (40 PA/HBP).
NUM | NAME | NAME | PA | HBP | PA/HBP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 王 勝 偉 | Wang Seng-Wei | 4285 | 100 | 42.9 |
2 | 林 智 勝 | Lin Chih-Sheng | 5259 | 84 | 62.6 |
3 | 彭 政 閔 | Peng Cheng-Min | 6515 | 83 | 78.5 |
4 | 張 建 銘 | Chang Chien-Ming | 4945 | 80 | 61.8 |
5 | 林 泓 育 | Lin Hung-Yu | 3234 | 80 | 40.4 |
6 | 高 國 慶 | Kao Kuo-Ching | 5583 | 63 | 88.6 |
7 | 鄭 達 鴻 | Cheng Ta-Hung | 3973 | 58 | 68.5 |
8 | 張 正 偉 | Chang Cheng-Wei | 3716 | 55 | 67.6 |
9 | 劉 芙 豪 | Kao Chih-Kang | 4432 | 54 | 82.1 |
10 | 高 志 綱 | Kao Chih-Kang | 3453 | 50 | 69.1 |
Quick profile on Wang Seng-Wei
Wang drafted by Brother Elephants (Chinatrust Brothers) in the 1st round back in 2006. Since then, Wang has been the primary short stop for Brothers and have won 7 CPBL gold gloves.
At the end of 2016, Wang filed for free agency and was resigned by the Chinatrust Brothers with 2-year 350,000 USD extension.