Taiwan professional baseball
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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.
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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
See also
External links
- Chinese Professional Baseball League (in Chinese) (http://www.cpbl.com.tw)
- History of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (in English) (http://www.cpbl.com.tw/html/english/cpbl.asp)
- Taiwanese Baseball Primer (http://baseballguru.com/andrewwong/taiwanesebaseballprimer.html)Template:Baseball-stub