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2022 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

The 2022 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was the 33rd season of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), based in Taiwan.

33rd CPBL season
LeagueChinese Professional Baseball League
SportBaseball
Duration2 April – 26 October
Number of games120
Number of teams5
First half-season
Season championsRakuten Monkeys
Second half-season
Season championsCTBC Brothers
Taiwan Series
ChampionsCTBC Brothers
CPBL seasons

Season schedule

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The regular season began on 2 April 2022 at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium. Teams are playing a split-season, while second-half games started on 22 July at the newly-renovated Hsinchu Municipal Baseball Stadium. The CPBL All-Star Game is being played the weekend of 30–31 July.

The postseason started on 29 October, followed by the first game of the Taiwan Series on 5 November. Postseason uses an apertura and clausura format. The first round, the Playoff Series, features the half-season champion with the lower winning percentage overall against the team with the overall highest winning percentage of all teams that did not win either half. The winner of the Playoff Series faced the half-season champion with the overall higher winning percentage of the two "seasons" in the Taiwan Series.[1]

Draft

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From 2022, foreign-born players can be considered domestic draft picks if: they have attended a Taiwanese high school for three years, a Taiwanese university for four years, or have lived in Taiwan for five years, while playing for a Taiwanese semi-professional league for three years.[2]

Milestones

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On Opening Day, Lin Chih-sheng, who was released by the CTBC Brothers at the end of last season, hit the 290th home run of his career, breaking the league record held by Chang Tai-shan, who is a coach for his newly adopted team, the Wei Chuan Dragons.[3]

Controversies

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On the opening weekend of the second half of the season, the high expectations for the re-opening of the Hsinchu Municipal Baseball Stadium were dashed when the league announced that the stadium was to be closed temporarily due to player safety issues. Injuries to players in both games played showed inadequacies in the stadium, including the nature of the dirt in the infield. The stadium was to have been a second home to the Wei Chuan Dragons for the second half of the season, but as of this time it is unclear when games will be played in the stadium again. [4]

Standings

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First half standings

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Team G W T L Pct. GB
Rakuten Monkeys 60 37 1 22 .627 —
CTBC Brothers 60 32 2 26 .552 4½
Uni-President Lions 60 31 2 27 .534 5½
Wei Chuan Dragons 60 31 0 29 .517 6½
Fubon Guardians 60 16 1 43 .271 21

Second half standings

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Team G W T L Pct. GB
CTBC Brothers 60 37 2 21 .638 —
Rakuten Monkeys 60 33 3 24 .579 3½
Fubon Guardians 60 30 3 26 .536 6½
Wei Chuan Dragons 60 26 5 29 .473 9½
Uni-President Lions 60 17 1 42 .288 20½

Full season standings

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Team G W T L Pct. GB
Rakuten Monkeys 120 70 4 46 .603 —
CTBC Brothers 120 69 4 47 .595 1
Wei Chuan Dragons 120 57 5 58 .496 12½
Uni-President Lions 120 48 3 69 .410 22½
Fubon Guardians 120 46 4 70 .397 24
  • Green denotes first-half or second-half champion.
  • Yellow denotes clinching playoff qualification as the wild card.

Playoffs

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2022 CPBL playoff series 2022 Taiwan Series
1 Rakuten Monkeys 0
2 CTBC Brothers 3 2 CTBC Brothers 4
3 Wei Chuan Dragons 1

CPBL Playoff Series

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The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the second-placed team.

CTBC Brothers won the series, 3−1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 29 Wei Chuan Dragons – 2 , CTBC Brothers – 6 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:45 17,216[5] 
2 October 30 CTBC Brothers – 2, Wei Chuan Dragons – 4 Tianmu Baseball Stadium 3:02 9,885 
3 October 31 Wei Chuan Dragons– 2, CTBC Brothers – 3 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:44 7,925

Taiwan Series

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CTBC Brothers won the series, 4−0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 November 5 CTBC Brothers – 5 , Rakuten Monkeys – 3 Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium 3:18 14,132 
2 November 6 CTBC Brothers – 4, Rakuten Monkeys – 1 Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium 3:28 11,392 
3 November 8 Rakuten Monkeys– 2, CTBC Brothers – 7 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:18 17,112 
4 November 9 Rakuten Monkeys– 2, CTBC Brothers – 3 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 3:19 20,000

Statistical leaders

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Hitting

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Stat Player Team Total
HR Giljegiljaw Kungkuan
Lin Li 		Wei Chuan Dragons
Rakuten Monkeys 		14
AVG Lin Li Rakuten Monkeys 0.335
H Lin Li Rakuten Monkeys 140
RBIs Lin Li Rakuten Monkeys 83
SB Chen Chen-Wei Rakuten Monkeys 38

Pitching

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Stat Player Team Total
W José de Paula CTBC Brothers 14
ERA Huang Tzu-Peng Rakuten Monkeys 2.33
SO José de Paula CTBC Brothers 158
SV Bradin Hagens Rakuten Monkeys 36
Hld Chen Yu-Hsun Rakuten Monkeys 26

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Yang, Chi-fang; Yen, William (29 December 2021). "Taiwan's new CPBL baseball season to start in April". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ Yang, Chi-fang; Yen, William (29 December 2021). "Certain foreign players in Taiwan to be allowed to enter CPBL draft". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ Yen, William (4 April 2022). "Taiwan's baseball season opens with a record-breaking bang". Central News Agency. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. ^ Chen, Yun (25 July 2022). "Hsinchu Stadium Closed for Safety Risks to Players". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. ^ "2022/10/29 Dragons VS. Brothers". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
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