Hsinchu Baseball Stadium () is a baseball stadium in North District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. It hosted occasional games for Taichung Agan and

Taipei Gida Taipei Gida () was a Taiwanese professional baseball team that existed from 1997 to 2002. It was one of the four Taiwan Major League (TML) teams and was based in Taipei, Taiwan. Its historical sponsors included local Sampo Corporation and Macoto B ...

in the defunct Taiwan Major League. The stadium is now the ball park for Wei Chuan Dragons of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

History

Hsinchu Baseball Stadium aerial photograph

Originally it was to be named as the ''Hsinchu Sadaharu Oh Baseball Stadium'' (); however, during its construction the then President of the Republic of China (Taiwan),

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

passed away, and the stadium was renamed ''Hsinchu Chung-Cheng Baseball Stadium'' () in his honor. Reference to Chiang was dropped after the renovation in 2022. Inaugurated on 27 November 1976, the stadium has been in use ever since. The stadium renovation started in 2019, and the construction is estimated to finish by the end of 2021, in time for the

2022 Chinese Professional Baseball League season The 2022 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was the 33rd season of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), based in Taiwan. Season schedule The regular season began on 2 April 2022 at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Sta ...

of the Wei Chuan Dragons.

References

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History

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