2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season explained

The 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) season began on March 17 in Kaohsiung County when the defending champion La New Bears played host to the Uni-President Lions. The season concluded in late October with the Uni-President Lions defeating the La New Bears in Game 7 of the Taiwan Series.

Competition

Six teams, the La New Bears, Uni-President Lions, Sinon Bulls, Chinatrust Whales, Brother Elephants and Macoto Cobras will contest the CPBL, the highest level of professional baseball played in Taiwan. The season is divided into two halves, with each team playing fifty games in each half. The winners for each half-season plus the non-winner with the best overall record will qualify for the playoffs. In the event that the same team wins both halves, the next two teams with the best overall records will advance.

Game results

See main article: List of game results in 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season.

Standings

First half standings

width=200	Team	width=40	G	width=40	W	width=40	T	width=40	L	width=50	Pct.	width=40	GB
height=35	Macoto Cobras	50	28	1	21	.571	--
height=35	Uni-President Lions	50	27	0	23	.540	1.5
height=35	La New Bears	50	26	0	24	.520	2.5
height=35	Sinon Bulls	50	24	1	25	.490	4.0
height=35	Brother Elephants	50	24	1	25	.490	4.0
height=35	Chinatrust Whales	50	19	1	30	.388	9.0

Macoto Cobras win the first half and advance to the 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs.

Second half standings

width=200	Team	width=40	G	width=40	W	width=40	T	width=40	L	width=50	Pct.	width=40	GB
height=35	La New Bears	50	32	0	18	.640	--
height=35	Uni-President Lions	50	31	1	18	.633	0.5
height=35	Chinatrust Whales	50	27	1	19	.551	4.5
height=35	Brother Elephants	50	25	0	25	.500	7.0
height=35	Sinon Bulls	50	18	0	32	.360	14.0
height=35	Macoto Cobras	50	16	0	34	.320	16.0

La New Bears win the second half and advance to the 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs.

Overall standings

The team among the non-half-season-winners with the best overall record will gain the wild card spot and the third seed in the playoffs.

width=200	Team	width=40	G	width=40	W	width=40	T	width=40	L	width=50	Pct.	width=40	GB	width=60	RS	width=60	RA
height=35	Uni-President Lions	100	58	1	41	.586	--	614	442
height=35	La New Bears	100	58	0	42	.580	0.5	474	443
height=35	Brother Elephants	100	49	1	50	.495	9.0	480	535
height=35	Chinatrust Whales	100	46	2	52	.469	11.5	446	491
height=35	Macoto Cobras	100	44	1	55	.444	14.0	561	588
height=35	Sinon Bulls	100	42	1	57	.424	16.0	466	545

Green denotes first half or second half champion.
Yellow denotes wild card position.

Statistical leaders

Hitting

Stat	Player	Team	Total
	Tilson Brito		33
			0.382
	Kao Kuo-ching		152
			107
			27

Pitching

Stat	Player	Team	Total
			16
			2.03
			153
			13
			12

Month MVP

Month	Item	Team
March	Pitcher	La New Bears
	Hitter	Brother Elephants
April	Pitcher	Sinon Bulls
	Hitter	Brother Elephants
May	Pitcher	Uni-President Lions
	Hitter	Uni-President Lions
June	Pitcher	Macoto Cobras
	Hitter	Uni-President Lions
July	Pitcher	Uni-President Lions
	Hitter	Uni-President Lions
August	Pitcher	Chinatrust Whales
	Hitter	La New Bears
September	Pitcher	Uni-President Lions
	Hitter	Chinatrust Whales
October	Pitcher	La New Bears
	Hitter	Uni-President Lions

Milestones

March 22 - Huang Chung-Yi of the Sinon Bulls records his 1500th career base hit against the Macoto Cobras.
March 24 - Chang Tai-Shan plays in his 1000th career game against the Brother Elephants
October 3 - Kao Kuo-ching hits the 144th hit against the Brother Elephants right-hander Yeh Yong-chieh and records the most hits in a single season currently.

Postseason

Uni-President Lions wins the 2007 Taiwan Series.
- Taiwan Series Most Valuable Player: (Uni-President)
- Taiwan Series Outstanding Player:(La New), (Uni-President)

External links

Web site: Chinese Professional Baseball League homepage (Traditional Chinese).