Yen-Wen Kuo

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Yen-Wen Kuo (郭嚴文)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

School Chinese Cultural University
High School Nan-Ying Vocational High School

Born October 25, 1988 in Tainan City Taiwan

Yen-Wen Kuo made his professional debut in 2008.

Kuo played for Taiwan in the 2006 World Junior Championship, hitting .387. He signed with the Cincinnati Reds the next year, shortly before his 19th birthday. Kuo made his debut for Taiwan's senior national team in the 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament and went 1 for 7 with an error as the backup 2B behind fellow US minor leaguer Chih-Hsien Chiang. Kuo made his Organized Baseball debut in 2008 with the GCL Reds; he began his career with a bang on June 20, going 3 for 5 with a double, walk, 3 runs and 2 RBI against the GCL Red Sox.

Kuo was hitting .344/.406/.371 with 8 runs and 7 RBI after 8 games in the minors. He finished his first year in the US with a .281/.327/.333 batting line. Kuo went 1 for 3 as a bench player in the 2008 Olympics.

In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, he was 1 for 3 with a single off Seung-ho Lee.