Nien-Ting Wu (; born June 7, 1993) is a Taiwanese

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for the

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of the

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(CPBL). He has previously played in

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(NPB) for the

Saitama Seibu Lions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...

Career

Saitama Seibu Lions

Wu made his

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debut for the

on July 10, 2016. 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.

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.

TSG Hawks

On June 28, 2024, Wu was drafted by the

with their first–round selection of the 2024

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mid–season draft.

International career

He was selected to play for the

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in the

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. Later that year, Wu appeared in the postponed

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially known as the 19th Asian Games (), also known as Hangzhou 2022, ( zh, c=杭州2022, p=Hángzhōu Èr líng èr èr), will be a multi-sport event celebrated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Hangzhou will be the t ...

, competing in six

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games, batting .286/.429/.476 in 14 at-bats, and winning a silver medal with

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1993 births Living people Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Saitama Seibu Lions players Baseball players from Taipei 2023 World Baseball Classic players Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan Baseball players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in baseball TSG Hawks players {{Taiwan-baseball-bio-stub