Nien-Ting Wu
{{short description|Taiwanese baseball player (born 1993)}}
{{Infobox NPB player
| name = Nien-Ting Wu
| image = Wu Nien-ting.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| position = Infielder
| team = TSG Hawks
| number = 39
| bats = Left
| throws = Right
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|6|7}}
| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan
| debutleague = NPB
| debutdate = July 10
| debutyear = 2016
| debutteam = Saitama Seibu Lions
| debut2league = CPBL
| debut2date = July 1
| debut2year = 2024
| debut2team = TSG Hawks
| statyear = 2023 season
| statleague = NPB
| stat1label = Batting average
| stat1value = .224
| stat2label = Home runs
| stat2value = 16
| stat3label = Runs batted in
| stat3value = 108
| stat2year = April 18, 2025
| stat2league = CPBL
| stat21label = Batting average
| stat21value = .225
| stat22label = Home runs
| stat22value = 2
| stat23label = Runs batted in
| stat23value = 18
| teams =
- Saitama Seibu Lions ({{npby|2016}}–{{npby|2023}})
- TSG Hawks ({{by|2024}}–present)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's baseball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{bb|TPE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 2022 Hangzhou | Team}}
}}
Nien-Ting Wu ({{zh|c=呉念庭}}; born June 7, 1993) is a Taiwanese professional baseball infielder for the TSG Hawks of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Career
=Saitama Seibu Lions=
Wu made his NPB debut for the Saitama Seibu Lions on July 10, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/21325132.html|title=Register : Wu, Nien-Ting (Saitama Seibu Lions)|access-date=April 6, 2022}}
In 2023, Wu played in 41 games for the Lions, batting .205/.319/.295 with one home run and 11 RBI. On December 1, 2023, Wu announced that he would be leaving NPB to pursue other opportunities in Taiwan.{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/gocpbl/status/1730471001715335313?s=46&t=UN5XGiNzRq3-vt33N7zCTw|title=x.com}}
=XPORTS=
On January 11, 2024, Wu signed with XPORTS, a team in Taiwan's industrial baseball league, with the intention to enter the 2024 CPBL mid–season draft.{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/gocpbl/status/1745386247147942035?s=46&t=UN5XGiNzRq3-vt33N7zCTw|title=x.com}}
=TSG Hawks=
On June 28, 2024, Wu was drafted by the TSG Hawks with their first–round selection of the 2024 CPBL mid–season draft.{{cite news |last1=Yang |first1=Chi-fang |last2=Hsieh |first2=Ching-wen |last3=Chao |first3=Yen-hsiang |title=Yu Chang named CPBL first pick by Fubon Guardians |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202406280018 |access-date=June 29, 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=June 28, 2024}}
International career
He was selected to play for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.{{cite news |last1=Yang |first1=Chi-fang |last2=Chao |first2=Yen-hsiang |title=Former MLB infielder Yu Chang listed on Taiwan WBC team roster |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202301130015 |access-date=16 January 2023 |agency=Central News Agency |date=13 January 2023}} Later that year, Wu appeared in the postponed 2022 Asian Games, competing in six baseball games, batting .286/.429/.476 in 14 at-bats,{{cite news |title=WU Nien-Ting |url=https://www.wbscasia.org/en/events/xix-asian-games-2022-mens-baseball/teams/27945/players/342499 |access-date=4 February 2024 |publisher=World Baseball Softball Confederation Asia}} and winning a silver medal with Chinese Taipei.
References
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External links
{{baseball stats|mlb=809006|brm=wu----000nie}}
{{Chinese Taipei roster 2023 World Baseball Classic}}
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Category:Nippon Professional Baseball infielders
Category:Saitama Seibu Lions players
Category:Baseball players from Taipei
Category:2023 World Baseball Classic players
Category:Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan
Category:Baseball players at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
Category:Asian Games medalists in baseball
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
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