Chen Hung-Wen

Chen Hung-Wen is the kind of athlete I find easy to root for, a Taiwanese pitcher from Hualien County who built a long career across the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Bouncing between the Chinatrust Brothers, Fubon Guardians, and Rakuten Monkeys speaks to me of durability and adaptability, since staying useful through team changes is its own kind of skill. At 180 centimeters he is not an overpowering physical specimen, which makes me suspect he relied on craft over raw heat. I don't have his full numbers in front of me, but the steady, journeyman shape of his career is exactly what I admire in a pitcher.

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Name (English)

Chen Hung-Wen

Name (Japanese)

陳鴻文

Reading

ちぇん・ほんうぇん

Born

February 3, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Hualien County, Taiwan

Height

180 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Tiger

University

Chinese Culture University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen%20Hung-wen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E9%B4%BB%E6%96%87
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5942532

Tags

• Hualien County
• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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