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Taiwan professional baseball Wikipedia

Taiwan professional baseball was started in 1989 by the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL 中華職業棒球聯盟). During the late 1990s, game-fixing scandals involving gangs caused the league to decline. During a row over broadcasting rights, another league, the Taiwan Major League (TML 台湾大聯盟), was created by a television tycoon to compete with CPBL. The two leagues merged in 2003.


CPBL Teams
Current

• Brother Elephants (兄弟象)

• Chinatrust Whales (中信鯨)

• La New Bears (La New 熊)

• Macato Cobras (誠泰COBRAS)

• Sinon Bulls (興農牛)

• Uni-President Lions (統一獅)

Teams are owned by and named for large Taiwanese companies, as in Japan. They do not have home stadiums or cities.

Defunct

• Chinatimes Eagles (時報鷹)

• Jungo Bears (俊國熊)

• Mercuries Tigers (三商虎)

• Wei Chuan Dragons (味全龍)

Championship by season
CPBL

• 1990: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated Mercuries Tigers, 4-2

• 1991: Uni-President Lions defeated Wei Chuan Dragons, 4-3

• 1992: Brother Elephants (by winning both half-seasons)

• 1993: Brother Elephants defeated Uni-President Lions, 4-2

• 1994: Brother Elephants (by winning both half-seasons)

• 1995: Uni-President Lions (by winning both half-seasons)

• 1996: Uni-President Lions defeated Wei Chuan Dragons, 4-2

• 1997: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated Chinatimes Eagles, 4-2

• 1998: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated Sinon Bulls, 4-3

• 1999: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated Chinatrust Whales, 4-1

• 2000: Uni-President Lions defeated Sinon Bulls, 4-3

• 2001: Brother Elephants defeated Uni-President Lions, 4-3

• 2002: Brother Elephants defeated Chinatrust Whales, 4-0

• 2003: Brother Elephants defeated Sinon Bulls, 4-2

• 2004: Sinon Bulls defeated Uni-President Lions, 4-3

Last Modified:   2005-04-13