2001 CPBL

The 2001 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was won by the Brother Elephants, who took the first of three straight Taiwan Series. The Elephants became the first team in CPBL history to play a season without any players from North America, Latin America or Australia; they weren't a 100% local team, though, relying on Japanese hurlers Tetsu Yofu and Hajime Saito.

Standings

1. Brother Elephants, 17-23-5 first half; 27-16-2 second half
2. Uni-President Lions, 27-14-4 first half; 22-23 second half
3. Chinatrust Whales, 23-22 first half; 22-23 second half
4. Sinon Bulls, 17-25-3 first half; 17-26-2 second half

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Min-Ching Lo	Uni-President Lions	.357
Runs	Chang-Ming Cheng	Chinatrust Whales	58
Hits	Sung-Hsien Yang	Chinatrust Whales	105
Doubles	Sung-Hsien Yang	Chinatrust Whales	23
Triples	Ming-Hsien Lin	Brother Elephants	9
Home Runs	Chung-Chiu Lin	Sinon Bulls	18
Runs Batted In	Chung-Chiu Lin	Sinon Bulls	54
Stolen Bases	Kan-Lin Huang	Uni-President Lions	40
Walks	Lien-Hung Chen	Chinatrust Whales	52

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Jen-Wen Hsiao	Brother Elephants	1.40
Wins	John Burgos	Uni-President Lions	18
Losses	Cheng-Hsun Hsieh	Chinatrust Whales	11
Saves	Chao-Huang Lin	Uni-President Lions	20
Innings Pitched	Tetsu Yofu	Brother Elephants	212
Appearances	Jen-Wen Hsiao	Brother Elephants	52
Hits Allowed	Cheng-Hsun Hsieh	Chinatrust Whales	196
Home Runs Allowed	Osvaldo Martínez	Sinon Bulls	14
Strikeouts	Tetsu Yofu	Brother Elephants	166
Base-on-Balls	Shih-Kai Chang	Brother Elephants	77

Award Winners

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	Min-Ching Lo	Uni-President Lions	IF	272	30	97	7	50	1	.357	.441	.500	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Chih-Yuan Chen	Brother Elephants	IF	120	25	45	6	30	3	.375	.412	.667	Did not pitch

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2001 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	John Burgos	Uni-President Lions
C	Chun-Chang Yeh	Sinon Bulls
1B	None selected
2B	Chung-Yi Huang	Sinon Bulls
3B	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls
SS	Jui-Chen Chen	Brother Elephants
OF	Sung-Hsien Yang	Chinatrust Whales
OF	Kan-Lin Huang	Uni-President Lions
OF	Ming-Hsien Lin	Brother Elephants
DH	Min-Ching Lo	Uni-President Lions

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2001.

Position	Player	Team
P	Tetsu Yofu	Brother Elephants
C	Chun-Chang Yeh	Sinon Bulls
1B	Wen-Chung Chang	Uni-President Lions
2B	Kuo-Chong Lo	Uni-President Lions
3B	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls
SS	Sheng-Chieh Hsu	Uni-President Lions
OF	Kan-Lin Huang	Uni-President Lions
OF	Sung-Hsien Yang	Chinatrust Whales
OF	Chuan-Chia Wang	Sinon Bulls