:Wang Kuang-hui
{{Short description|Taiwanese baseball player (1964–2021)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Wang Kuang-hui
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| position = First Baseman
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1964|11|12}}
| birth_place = Hualien County, Taiwan
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|8|30|1964|11|16}}
| death_place = Taipei, Taiwan
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| debutleague = CPBL
| debutdate = March 17
| debutyear = 1990
| debutteam = Brother Elephants
| stat2label = Batting average
| stat2value = .285
| stat3label = Hits
| stat3value = 1009
| stat4label = Home runs
| stat4value = 91
| stat5label = Runs batted in
| stat5value = 524
| stat6label = Stolen bases
| stat6value = 42
| teams =
As player
- Brother Elephants ({{by|1990}}–{{by|2004}})
As coach
- Brother Elephants ({{by|2002}}–{{by|2006}})
As manager
- Brother Elephants ({{by|2007}}–{{by|2009}})
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{{Family name hatnote|Wang|lang=Chinese}}
Wang Kuang-hui ({{zh|c=王光輝|w=Wang2 Kuang1 Hui1|p=Wáng Guānghuī}}; 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.{{cite news |last1=謝 |first1=靜雯 |title=王光輝前兄弟象名將「萬人迷」肝癌病逝享年56歲 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/amp/news/firstnews/202108305002.aspx |access-date=30 August 2021 |agency=Central News Agency |date=30 August 2021 |language=zh}}{{cite news |last1=Hsieh |first1=Ching-wen |author2=Ko Lin |title=Former Brother Elephants player dies of cancer |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202108300016 |access-date=30 August 2021 |agency=Central News Agency |date=30 August 2021}}
His younger brother Wang Kuang-shih, played for the China Times Eagles as an infielder, and Wang's son Wang Wei-chen is an infielder for the CTBC Brothers.
=As player=
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!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 |
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|1991 | Brother Elephants | 64 | 243 | 66 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 108 | 5 | 0.272 |
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|1992 | Brother Elephants | 88 | 319 | 81 | 12 | 43 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 126 | 6 | 0.254 |
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|1993 | Brother Elephants | 84 | 290 | 95 | 10 | 46 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 143 | 7 | 0.328 |
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|1994 | Brother Elephants | 85 | 344 | 102 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 13 | 40 | 152 | 11 | 0.297 |
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|1995 | Brother Elephants | 83 | 297 | 94 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 26 | 37 | 134 | 12 | 0.316 |
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|1996 | Brother Elephants | 91 | 354 | 115 | 8 | 57 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 161 | 10 | 0.325 |
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|1997 | Brother Elephants | 96 | 365 | 95 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 30 | 42 | 127 | 12 | 0.260 |
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|1998 | Brother Elephants | 86 | 334 | 102 | 9 | 56 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 141 | 11 | 0.305 |
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|1999 | Brother Elephants | 89 | 325 | 70 | 8 | 41 | 4 | 33 | 38 | 107 | 15 | 0.215 |
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|2000 | Brother Elephants | 30 | 105 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 3 | 0.257 |
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|2001 | Brother Elephants | 76 | 239 | 54 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 23 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 0.213 |
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|2002 | Brother Elephants | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0|0.286 |
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|2003 | Brother Elephants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
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|2004 | Brother Elephants | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 |
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!Total | 15 years | 968 | 3542 | 1009 | 91 | 524 | 42 | 285 | 390 | 1467 | 109 | 0.285 |
=As manager=
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!Season!!Team!!Game!!Win!!Loss!!Tie!!Win% | ||||||
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|2007 | Brother Elephants | 100 | 49 | 50 | 1 | 0.495 |
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|2008 | Brother Elephants | 98 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 0.553 |
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|2009 | Brother Elephants | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0.269 |
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!Total | 3 years | 224 | 108 | 111 | 5 | 0.482 |
References
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- {{WikiBaseball|王光輝(1964)|Wang Kong-hui}}
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{{succession box | before = First Champion | title = CPBL Batting Champion Award| years = 1990 | after = Luis Iglesias }}
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{{succession box | before = None | title = Brother Elephants Batting Coach| years = 2000–2006| after = Lee Chu-ming (李居明)}}
{{succession box | before = Wu Shih-hsih | title = Brother Elephants Manager| years = 2007–2009 | after = Sin Nakagomi}}
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{{Chinese Taipei 2009 World Baseball Classic roster}}
{{CTBC Brothers managers}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Kuang-hui}}
Category:Brother Elephants coaches
Category:Baseball first basemen
Category:Brother Elephants managers
Category:Brother Elephants players
Category:Fu Jen Catholic University alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Hualien County
Category:Taiwanese baseball players
Category:Deaths from liver cancer in Taiwan
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