China Times Eagles

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China Times Eagles

League

Chinese Professional Baseball League

Location

Pingtung

Ballpark

Pingtung Baseball Field / Kaohsiung Li De Baseball Stadium

Year Founded

1993

League championships

1997 1st Half

Colors

Black

Uniforms






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The China Times Eagles (時報鷹) was a defunct professional baseball team belonging to the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) that existed between 1993 and 1997.

1 History
2 Regular Season Records
3 Playoff Records
- 3.1 Taiwan Series
4 Notable Former Players
5 See also
6 References

[edit] History

Originally formed as an amateur club Black Eagles in 1990, this club was purchased by the China Times Corporation in November 1991 and professionalized in 1992 after absorbing a group of players from the Taiwan national baseball team who just won silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, like its sister team Jungo Bears. This club took Kaohsiung Li De Baseball Stadium (Chengching Lake Baseball Field was not built at that time) and Pingtung Baseball Field as its home throughout its history.

Between 1993 and 1996 this club performed only moderately, but gained significant popularity due to China Times's fine administration and media advantage. In the upper half of 1997 this club won its first historical CPBL half-season championship, but was also badly wounded during the first CPBL game-fixing scandal^[1]. The club was later defeated by the Wei Chuan Dragons in the 1997 CPBL Championships and disbanded after the series. Most former China Eagles players currently coach local Youth or Little League baseball teams^[2].

[edit] Regular Season Records

Season	First Half-Season					Second Half-Season
Season	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Place	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Place
1993	18	26	1	.409	5	18	26	1	.409	5
1994	22	23	0	.489	4	24	20	1	.545	3
1995	26	24	0	.520	2	23	26	1	.469	3
1996	28	20	2	.583	3	28	21	1	.571	2
1997	30	16	2	.652	1	11	35	2	.239	7