2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
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
Standings
First Half Standings
| Team | G | W | T | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macoto Cobras | 50 | 28 | 1 | 21 | .571 | -- |
| Uni-President Lions | 50 | 27 | 0 | 23 | .540 | 1.5 |
| La New Bears | 50 | 26 | 0 | 24 | .520 | 2.5 |
| Sinon Bulls | 50 | 24 | 1 | 25 | .490 | 4.0 |
| Brother Elephants | 50 | 24 | 1 | 25 | .490 | 4.0 |
| 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
| Team | G | W | T | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La New Bears | 50 | 32 | 0 | 18 | .640 | -- |
| Uni-President Lions | 50 | 31 | 1 | 18 | .633 | 0.5 |
| Chinatrust Whales | 50 | 27 | 1 | 19 | .551 | 4.5 |
| Brother Elephants | 50 | 25 | 0 | 25 | .500 | 7.0 |
| Sinon Bulls | 50 | 18 | 0 | 32 | .360 | 14.0 |
| 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.
| Team | G | W | T | L | Pct. | GB | RS | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-President Lions | 100 | 58 | 1 | 41 | .586 | -- | 614 | 442 |
| La New Bears | 100 | 58 | 0 | 42 | .580 | 0.5 | 474 | 443 |
| Brother Elephants | 100 | 49 | 1 | 50 | .495 | 9.0 | 480 | 535 |
| Chinatrust Whales | 100 | 46 | 2 | 52 | .469 | 11.5 | 446 | 491 |
| Macoto Cobras | 100 | 44 | 1 | 55 | .444 | 14.0 | 561 | 588 |
| Sinon Bulls | 100 | 42 | 1 | 57 | .424 | 16.0 | 466 | 545 |
- Green denotes first half or second half champion.
- Yellow denotes wild card position.
- Bold denotes clinching the playoff qualification.
Statistical leaders
Hitting
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR | Tilson Brito* | Uni-President Lions | 33 |
| AVG | Chen Chin-feng | La New Bears | 0.382 |
| H | Kao Kuo-ching* | Uni-President Lions | 152 |
| RBIs | Tilson Brito | Uni-President Lions | 107 |
| SB | Huang Lung-yi | La New Bears | 27 |
Pitching
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | Pan Wei-lun | Uni-President Lions | 16 |
| ERA | Peter Munro | Uni-President Lions | 2.03 |
| SO | Joe Dawley | Brother Elephants | 153 |
| SV | Todd Moser | Brother Elephants | 13 |
| Hld | Wang Ching-li | Brother Elephants | 12 |
Month MVP
| Month | Item | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| March | Pitcher | Huang Chun-chung | La New Bears |
| Hitter | Peng Cheng-min | Brother Elephants | |
| April | Pitcher | Iba Tomokazu | Sinon Bulls |
| Hitter | Peng Cheng-min | Brother Elephants | |
| May | Pitcher | Pan Wei-lun | Uni-President Lions |
| Hitter | Kao Kuo-ching | Uni-President Lions | |
| June | Pitcher | Jeremy Hill | Macoto Cobras |
| Hitter | Tilson Brito | Uni-President Lions | |
| July | Pitcher | Peter Munro | Uni-President Lions |
| Hitter | Yang Sen | Uni-President Lions | |
| August | Pitcher | Shen Yu-chieh | Chinatrust Whales |
| Hitter | Chen Chin-feng | La New Bears | |
| September | Pitcher | Pan Wei-lun | Uni-President Lions |
| Hitter | Carlos Villalobos | Chinatrust Whales | |
| October | Pitcher | Huang Chun-chung | La New Bears |
| Hitter | Kao Kuo-ching | 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
| 1st Round | Taiwan Series | |||||||
| 1 | La New Bears | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | Macoto Cobras | 0 | 3 | Uni-President Lions | 4 | |||
| 3 | Uni-President Lions | 3 | ||||||
- Uni-President Lions wins the 2007 Taiwan Series.
- Taiwan Series Most Valuable Player:
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Nelson Figueroa (Uni-President)
- Taiwan Series Outstanding Player:
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Chin-Feng Chen (La New), - Liu Fu-hao (Uni-President)