Kuo Yen-wen (; born 25 October 1988) is a

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for the Wei Chuan Dragons of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in the CPBL for the Lamigo Monkeys/Rakuten Monkeys.

Career

Kuo and represented Taiwan at the

2006 World Junior Baseball Championship 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smalles ...

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

2009 World Baseball Classic The 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international baseball competition. It began on 5 9 and finished 5 26. Unlike in 2006, when the round-robin format of the first two rounds led to some eliminations being decided by run-difference ti ...

2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike ...

, and

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

Cincinnati Reds

Kuo signed with the

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as an international free agent in 2008. Kuo played for the Dayton Dragons and Billings Mustangs before being released on March 29, 2010.

Lamigo Monkeys/Rakuten Monkeys

Kuo signed with the

Lamigo Monkeys The Rakuten Monkeys (), formerly First Financial Holdings Agan (, abbreviated ), La New Bears () and then the Lamigo Monkeys (), are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. Owned and administer ...

of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 2011 and has played for the club through the 2020 season. In 37 games for Rakuten in 2023, Kuo batted .307/.326/.402 with 2 home runs and 13 RBI. On November 30, 2023, Kuo was non–tendered by the Monkeys.

Wei Chuan Dragons

On January 11, 2024, Kuo signed a two–year contract with the Wei Chuan Dragons, with the expectation that he would play first base.https://x.com/gocpbl/status/1745380558958673990?s=46&t=UN5XGiNzRq3-vt33N7zCTw

References

External links

Baseball Reference – minors

Taiwan Baseball Blog

2008 Olympics

World Baseball Classic
1988 births 2009 World Baseball Classic players 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players Asian Games medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Baseball players at the 2014 Asian Games Billings Mustangs players Dayton Dragons players Gulf Coast Reds players Lamigo Monkeys players Rakuten Monkeys players Living people Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Olympic baseball players for Taiwan Baseball players from Tainan Wei Chuan Dragons players Sarasota Reds players {{Taiwan-baseball-bio-stub