Wang Kuang-hui (; 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.
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 SeasonteamGABHHRRBISBBBSOTBDPAVG1990Brother Elephants793101069453242115880.3421991Brother Elephants64243669352252610850.2721992Brother Elephants8831981124312393712660.2541993Brother Elephants842909510468302614370.3281994Brother Elephants85344102105511340152110.2971995Brother Elephants832979484812637134120.3161996Brother Elephants9135411585731635161100.3251997Brother Elephants963659544913042127120.2601998Brother Elephants8633410295651838141110.3051999Brother Elephants893257084143338107150.2152000Brother Elephants301052701717183330.2572001Brother Elephants76239544281232745100.2132002Brother Elephants1214402071340.2862003Brother Elephants11000000000.0002004Brother Elephants12101001100.500Total15 years96835421009915244228539014671090.285
As manager SeasonTeamGameWinLossTieWin%2007Brother Elephants100495010.4952008Brother Elephants98524240.5532009Brother Elephants2671900.269Total3 years22410811150.482
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