08/10/2024 2 Minute Read

CPBL’s all-time win leader Wei-Lun Pan calls it a career after 22 seasons

Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions legendary pitcher Wei-Lun “DuDu” Pan made his final start at Taipei Dome and announced his retirement at his home stadium in Tainan. Pan is the CPBL all-time leader in games started (340), wins (149), batters faced (9,005), and innings pitched (2,125.1).

Categories: Baseball , CPBL

24/09/2024 2 Minute Read

CPBL: Brothers legend Szu-Chi Chou retires in front of sold-out crowds at the Taipei Dome

After twenty seasons of highs and lows, former Macoto COBRAS and current CTBC Brothers star Szu-Chi Chou called it a career in front of two a sold-out crowds at the Taipei Dome. Both games broke the 40,000 spectator mark - a record for baseball in Taiwan.

Categories: Baseball , CPBL

22/07/2024 2 Minute Read

Record-breaking All-Star Weekend turns into most memorable moment in CPBL All-Star Game history

The final 11 minutes of the 2024 CPBL All-Star Game turned into a Chinese Taipei Old Boys Game as legendary players answered calls from the fans in the stands to provide the most unprecedented experience and memory in CPBL All-Star Game history.

Categories: Baseball , Asia , CPBL

05/06/2024 2 Minute Read

Shih-Chiang Chao to preside Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame

“Smiling George,” the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association Vice President, will become the first former baseball player to chair the organisation.

27/05/2024 2 Minute Read

CPBL: Lions legendary slugger Kuo-Ching Kao calls it a career after 20 years

Nicknamed 'The Green Tank', Kao spent his whole career with the Lions in the Chinese Professional Baseball League and led the franchise in virtually all hitting categories, including home runs, hits, doubles and RBIs. He contributed to six Taiwan Series titles.

15/05/2024 2 Minute Read

Baseball Olympian I-Chung Hong collects 1,000 career managerial wins

Already the record holder for most wins in Taiwan baseball history, the former Chinese Taipei manager at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and WBSC Premier12 2019 reached the milestone one day after his 62nd birthday.

30/03/2024 2 Minute Read

CPBL opens 2024 season in Taipei Dome

The 2024 CPBL season will mark a record-setting season for Taiwan baseball as the league expands to six teams and hosts games in the Taipei Dome for the first time. A total attendance of 28,618 at the opening game also set a CPBL all-time single-game record.

04/03/2024 2 Minute Read

Sold out Taipei Dome welcomes professional baseball

The game between NPB's Yomiuri Giants and CPBL's CTBC Brothers attracted the largest attendance in Taiwan's baseball history. The Giants defeated the Brothers in the first game but tied with Rakuten Monkeys the next day.

Categories: Baseball , Asia , CPBL , NPB

15/01/2024 2 Minute Read

Olympian Chien-Ming Wang; Former WBSC Vice President Tom Peng elected to the Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame

A former Major League Baseball player with the New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals, Chien-Ming Wang was elected, along with four other Taiwan baseball legends, to the Class of 2023, which includes former WBSC Vice President and BFA President Tom Peng.

Categories: Baseball , Asia , Olympic Baseball , CPBL , MLB