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CPBL Home Run Derby
CPBL Home Run Derby is generally held before the day of the CPBL All-Star Game. List of the winners 1992: Lu Ming-tsi (Wei Chuan Dragons) 1993: Huang Chung-yi ( Jungo Bears) 1994: Liao Ming-hsiung (China Times Eagles) 1995: Luis de los Santos (Brother Elephants) 1996: Luis Iglesias (Mercuries Tigers) 1997: Lin Chung-chiu (Mercuries Tigers) 1998: Chang Tai-shan (Wei Chuan Dragons) 1999: Alex Cabrera ( Koos Group Whales) 2000: Lin Chung-chiu ( Sinon Bulls, 2nd time) 2001: Chang Tai-shan ( Sinon Bulls, 2nd time) 2002: Huang Chung-yi ( Sinon Bulls, 2nd time) 2003: Chen Lien-hung (Uni-President Lions) 2004: Peng Cheng-min (Brother Elephants) 2005: Chen Kuan-jen (Brother Elephants) 2006: Huang Gueh-yu ( Chinatrust Whales) 2007: Hsieh Chia-hsien ( Macoto Cobras) 2008: Tilson Brito* ( Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions) 2009: Lin Chih-sheng ( La New Bears) 2010: Kuo Chun-yu ( Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions) 2011: Chung Cheng-yu ( Lamigo Monkeys) 2012: Chung Chen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Professional Baseball League All-Star Game
The CPBL All-Star Game (), alternatively known as Red v. White All-Star Game (), is an annual baseball game held by the Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan. The teams are organized along the geographic dispositions of the member organizations; the red team is made up of players from Lamigo Monkeys of Taoyuan City, Taoyuan and EDA Rhinos of Kaohsiung, while the white team consists of players from Brother Elephants of Taipei and Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of Tainan. Between 1990 and 1992, the locations of the All-Star Game were fixed at Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung, with one game at each location annually. The regulation was amended and currently there is only one game each year with location varies from year to year. There is also a Home Run Derby the day before the All-Star Game. Star Game in 2013 to increase the fun, then changed to a hybrid (first defensive position by voting, that "special pick-Star Game Club" by the head coach of both teams draft) fans voted wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peng Cheng-min
Peng Cheng-min, (; born 6 August 1978 in Kaoshiung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese former baseball player and baseball coach who previously played right fielder, first base and designated hitter for the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League from 2001 to 2019. Career During the 2001–02 seasons he was designated hitter for the team, as he was picked 1st overall in the 2001 draft. Starting in 2003, he began his four-season tenure in right field after adjusting to the role. However, in the middle of the 2006 season Brother Elephants released then first baseman Tsai Feng-an (蔡豐安) and Peng switched to play first base, late in his career, he also played as an occasional designated hitter. He also wore number 23 because his original number 6 jersey was worn by Tsai when he first entered the team, but he never reverted to the number, as there had been no notable players who wore number 23 in baseball. He is known for his skill hitting inside-out, so he always lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Campbell (outfielder)
Andrew Thomas Campbell (born 18 February 1992), nicknamed Soupy, is an Australians, Australian professional baseball player for the Mannheim Tornados of the Bundesliga (baseball), Baseball Bundesliga and the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League (ABL). Campbell has played in all Australian Baseball League seasons for Brisbane. Career An Ipswich Musketeers junior and senior player, Campbell represented Queensland at various Australia National Youth Championships before making his professional debut with the Brisbane Bandits in the team's first game 11 November 2010 as a defensive replacement. Campbell signed with the Cleveland Indians prior to 2011 and played two seasons between the AZL Indians and Mahoning Valley Scrappers before being released at the conclusion of the 2012 season. In the 2011–12 Australian Baseball League season, Campbell was the runner-up Rookie of the Year after slashing .301/.387/.376 in 26 games. The Chinese Professional Baseball League inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Yao-hsun
Yang Yao-hsun (; born 22 January 1983 in Taitung City, Taiwan) is a former Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher and outfielder for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He spent the majority of his career in Nippon Professional Baseball as a pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Career Yang played for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball from 2006 until 2013 before expressing his desire to sign in America because of his MLB dream. On 13 February 2014 he signed a minor league deal with an invite to Spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was assigned to the Altoona Curve to begin the season but was released on July 10, 2014. He signed with the Lamigo Monkeys (now Rakuten Monkeys) of CPBL in 2015 and played for the club through 2021. For the 2022 season he played for the Fubon Guardians, entering play in only 13 games. As of May 2023 he had not played in the 2023 CPBL season. International career Yang competed f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Yi-chuan
Yi-Chuan Lin ( zh, 林益全; born 11 November 1985) is a Taiwanese baseball infielder for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in the CPBL for the Fubon Guardians. He was the first position player to be named Rookie of the Year and MVP in the Chinese Professional Baseball League the same year. Career Sinon Bulls/EDA Rhinos/Fubon Guardians Lin debuted for the Taiwan national baseball team in the 2005 Asian Baseball Championship, which he led in home runs. He hit .250/.294/.313 as a part-time third sacker in the 2005 Baseball World Cup. In the 2006 Intercontinental Cup, he hit .135/.158/.162 as the starting third baseman for Taiwan. He batted .306/.342/.500 in the 2007 World Port Tournament – he tied Sidney de Jong for fifth in the tournament in home runs (2), tied Yosvani Peraza for 6th in runs (6) and was 6th in RBI (5). His offensive production was similar to the USA's third baseman, top prospect Pedro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakuten Monkeys
The Rakuten Monkeys (), formerly First Financial Holdings Agan (, abbreviated ), La New Bears () and then the Lamigo Monkeys (), are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. Owned and administered by the Kaohsiung-based shoe-producing La New Corporation and then the Japan-based electronic commerce and online retailing company Rakuten, the Monkeys qualified for the playoffs in 2006 for the first time in team history, and by finishing with the best record for the whole season, gained an automatic berth in the Taiwan Series. The team played their home games at Chengcing Lake Baseball Field in Kaohsiung County (now part of Kaohsiung City) from 2004 to 2010. In the 2011 season, their home stadium was moved to Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium. Accordingly, the team's name was changed to the Lamigo Monkeys, and the current owner Rakuten maintains the "Monkeys" name. History First Financial Holdings Agan (2003) First known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Chih-sheng
Ngayaw Ake Lin Chih-sheng (; born 1 January 1982; name at birth, birth name: Ngayaw Ake林智盛), also known as Ngayaw Ake in Amis language, is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese Taiwanese indigenous peoples, indigenous baseball player for the Wei Chuan Dragons of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He began his career with the La New Bears in 2004. The team changed its name to the Lamigo Monkeys in 2011, and Lin left after the 2015 season to sign with the CTBC Brothers. While with the Bears and later Monkeys, Lin and his teammate Shih Chih-wei were often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection," a reference to the glove puppet film ''Legend of the Sacred Stone''. Alone, Lin is nicknamed "Big Brother." Career Lin competed at the Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games, 2006 Asian Games and had the game-winning hit at the championship game against Japan national baseball team, Japan. In 2008, Lin was chosen to play on the Chinese Taipei baseball team, Taiwanese national base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilson Brito
Tilson Manuel Brito Jiménez (born May 28, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman. He played Major League Baseball, KBO League baseball, and Chinese Professional Baseball League baseball. Brito played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball with the Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics, last appearing in the major leagues in 1997. He resurfaced in Korea in 2000, playing six seasons in the KBO League, for the SK Wyverns (2000–2001, 2004), the Samsung Lions (2002–2003), and the Hanwha Eagles (2005). For his KBO career, he hit .292 with 112 home runs and 391 RBI. With six seasons in the KBO, Brito had one of the longest careers of any foreign player. From –, he played for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan. In the 2007 season, Brito had 33 home runs and 107 RBI, leading the league in both categories. His 33 homers set the record for most home runs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmedia T-REX
The dmedia T-REX (米迪亞暴龍) was a professional baseball team belonging to the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). History The history of the team can be traced back to early 2001, when local Macoto Bank started to sponsor Taiwan Major League's (TML) Taipei Gida, taking over from the original sponsor Sampo Corporation. After TML's merger with CPBL in early 2003, Macoto Bank decided to run one of the 2 absorbed TML teams and the new team Macoto Gida (誠泰太陽) was formed accordingly along with its sister team First Financial Holdings Agan. During the merger draft Macoto Bank picked the bulk of Macoto Gida's players from Taichung Agan and Chiayi-Tainan Luka, but not the original Taipei Gida. Macoto Bank went on running and changed the team's mascot to animal-style cobras following CPBL's regulations in early 2004. In 2004 and 2005 the Macoto Cobras was head-coached by Tai-Yuan Kuo, a legendary Taiwanese pitcher who played for the Seibu Lions for 13 years. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
