2000 CPBL

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The 2000 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was the 11th season for the Chinese Professional Baseball League. The league contracted with the departures of the defending champion Wei Chuan Dragons and Mercuries Tigers. Tighter budgets due to financial problems led to a significant drop-off in foreign players; the two Taiwanese leagues went from 135 in 1999 to 33 in 2000. 41-year-old Chung-Chiu Lin won the home run title; he had been named the Tigers manager for 2000 before the team folded and he went instead to the Sinon Bulls. The Uni-President Lions won the 2000 Taiwan Series over the Bulls, 4-3.

Standings[edit]

  1. Sinon Bulls, 27-17-1 first half; 24-21 second half
  2. Uni-President Lions, 17-27-1 first half; 27-16-2 second half
  3. Chinatrust Whales, 21-21-3 first half; 20-24-1 second half
  4. Brother Elephants, 21-21-3 first half; 17-27-1 second half

Leaders[edit]

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Batting Average Chung-Yi Huang Sinon Bulls .354
Runs Chung-Yi Huang Sinon Bulls 52
Hits Chung-Yi Huang Sinon Bulls 115
Doubles Min-Ching Lo Uni-President Lions 21
Triples Sung-Hsien Yang Chinatrust Whales 7
Home Runs Chung-Chiu Lin Sinon Bulls 15
Runs Batted In Chung-Yi Huang Sinon Bulls 54
Stolen Bases Kan-Lin Huang Uni-President Lions 42
Walks Lien-Hung Chen Chinatrust Whales 53

Pitching[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
ERA Mark Kiefer Sinon Bulls 1.62
Wins Mark Kiefer Sinon Bulls 20
Losses Chang-Heng Hsieh Uni-President Lions 11
Saves Maximo De La Rosa Uni-President Lions 13
Innings Pitched Jonathan Hurst Brother Elephants 217 2/3
Appearances Feng-Yu Weng Sinon Bulls 48
Hits Allowed Osvaldo Martínez Sinon Bulls 173
Home Runs Allowed Osvaldo Martínez Sinon Bulls 14
Strikeouts Jonathan Hurst Brother Elephants 139
Base-on-Balls Ryu Hanekawa
Chien-Fu Kuo Lee
Brother Elephants
Chinatrust Whales
68

Award Winners[edit]

Award Player Team Position AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG W - L SV IP HA HRA BB SO ERA
Most Valuable Player Mark Kiefer Sinon Bulls P Did not bat 20 - 3 1 217.1 165 6 65 134 1.61
Rookie of the Year Sheng-Hsien Feng Brother Elephants OF 337 42 98 5 34 15 .291 .349 .386 Did not pitch


Best Ten[edit]

The following players were part of the 2000 Best Ten teams.

Position Player Team
P Mark Kiefer Sinon Bulls
C Chun-Chang Yeh Sinon Bulls
1B Kuang-Hao Wang Chinatrust Whales
2B Chung-Yi Huang Sinon Bulls
3B Tai-Shan Chang Sinon Bulls
SS Sheng-Hsien Feng Brother Elephants
OF Lien-Hung Chen Chinatrust Whales
OF Kan-Lin Huang Uni-President Lions
OF Ming-Hsien Lin Brother Elephants
DH Min-Ching Lo Uni-President Lions

Gold Gloves[edit]

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2000.

Position Player Team
P Chang-Heng Hsieh Uni-President Lions
C Chun-Chang Yeh Sinon Bulls
1B Feng-An Tsai Brother Elephants
2B Jui-Chen Chen Brother Elephants
3B Tai-Shan Chang Sinon Bulls
SS Sheng-Chieh Hsu Uni-President Lions
OF Kan-Lin Huang Uni-President Lions
OF Chang-Hao Hu Sinon Bulls
OF Huai-Shan Chen Brother Elephants

Sources include CPBL website, Taiwan Baseball Wiki

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