Wei Chuan Dragons

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Wei Chuan Dragons

League

Chinese Professional Baseball League

Location

Taipei

Ballpark

Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium

Year Founded

1989

League championships

1990 2nd Half
1991 1st Half
1996 2nd Half
1997 2nd Half

Taiwan Series championships

1990, 1997, 1998, 1999

Colors

Red

Uniforms






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The Wei Chuan Dragons (味全龍) was a professional baseball team in Taiwan's CPBL that existed between 1990 and 1999.

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

[edit] Brief History

This team had a long amateur history when its head company, the Wei Chuan Food Corporation started to sponsor Chinese Culture University's baseball team in the late 1970s. After these student players graduated Wei Chuan Food Corporation formed an amateur team to hold them in 1978, and this team was further professionalized to become one of the four beginning teams of the Chinese Professional Baseball League(CPBL). This team took the now-demolished Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium as its home throughout its history.

This club ever won CPBL championships 4 times in 1990, 1997, 1998, and 1999, and was also the club with most CPBL championships after the 1999 season ended. However Wei Chuan Food Corporation also announced its decision to disband this club at that time, mainly due to:

Threats from local black gang (Wei Chuan Dragons's then manager Hsu Sheng-ming was attacked in April 1999)
The financial loss brought about by CPBL's game-fixing scandals since 1996
Wei Chuan Food Corporation was already absorbed by the China-based Ting Hsin International Group in 1998, and this Ting Hsin corporation did not show interest in supporting baseball clubs.

The disbandment shocked many local fans and a procession was even raised against the decision. However the Wei Chuan Food Corporation did not change its mind. Most Wei Chuan Dragons' coaches and players later found their new homes at Sinon Bulls or Kaohsiung-Pingtung Fala. CPBL also did not fine those former Wei Chuan players and coaches who returned back with Macoto Gida and First Financial Holdings Agan before the 2003 season started, because they did not leave CPBL voluntarily.

[edit] Regular Season Records

Season	First Half-Season					Second Half-Season
Season	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Place	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Place
1990	25	20	0	.556	2	27	14	4	.659	1
1991	26	17	2	.605	1	20	19	6	.513	2
1992	23	20	2	.535	2	18	22	5	.450	4
1993	26	19	0	.578	2	22	21	2	.512	3
1994	17	27	1	.386	5	19	25	1	.432	4
1995	25	25	0	.500	3	22	27	1	.449	5
1996	25	23	2	.521	4	30	20	0	.600	1
1997	15	31	2	.326	7	31	15	2	.674	1
1998	56	48	1	.538	3
1999	49	39	4	.557	3

[edit] Playoff Records

[edit] Taiwan Series

Season	Preliminary Round			Championship Round
Season	Opponent	Wins	Losses	Opponent	Wins	Losses
1990	-	-	-	Mercuries Tigers	4	2
1991	-	-	-	Uni-President Lions	3	4
1996	-	-	-	Uni-President Lions	2	4
1997	-	-	-	China Times Eagles	4	2
1998	Uni-President Lions	2	1	Sinon Bulls	4	3
1999	Uni-President Lions	2	1	Chinatrust Whales	4	1