2002 CPBL

The 2002 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was won by the Brother Elephants, who took the second of three straight Taiwan Series. The league had its last season where it had rivalry from the Taiwan Major League, which merged with the CPBL prior to the 2003 CPBL season. Wen-Bin Chen broke a 10-year-old record for homers by a native player, with his 26 topping Chung-Chiu Lin's mark of 24. Taiwanese baseball saw a 57% increase in attendance in 2002.

Standings

1. Brother Elephants, 25-17-3 first half; 28-16-1 second half
2. Chinatrust Whales, 21-21-3 first half; 24-21 second half
3. Sinon Bulls, 21-23-1 first half; 23-22 second half
4. Uni-President Lions, 18-24-3 first half; 14-30-1 second half

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Chien-Wei Chen	Chinatrust Whales	.334
Runs	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	66
Hits	Chung-Yi Huang	Sinon Bulls	107
Doubles	Chung-Yi Huang	Sinon Bulls	20
Triples	Ming-Hsien Lin	Brother Elephants	10
Home Runs	Wen-Bin Chen	Sinon Bulls	26
Runs Batted In	Feng-An Tsai	Brother Elephants	84
Stolen Bases	Kan-Lin Huang	Uni-President Lions	42
Walks	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	64

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Chao-Chi Sung	Chinatrust Whales	2.13
Wins	Chao-Chi Sung Jonathan Hurst	Chinatrust Whales Brother Elephants	16
Losses	John Burgos Osvaldo Martínez	Uni-President Lions Sinon Bulls	12
Saves	Chien-Fu Kuo Lee	Chinatrust Whales	16
Innings Pitched	Jonathan Hurst	Brother Elephants	217 1/3
Appearances	Chao-Huang Lin	Uni-President Lions	42
Hits Allowed	John Burgos	Uni-President Lions	224
Home Runs Allowed	Chi-Hsien Ho	Sinon Bulls	19
Strikeouts	Chao-Chi Sung	Chinatrust Whales	183
Base-on-Balls	Chung-Nan Tsai	Sinon Bulls	108

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	Chao-Chi Sung	Chinatrust Whales	P	Did not bat									16 - 8	0	206.2	142	8	57	183	2.13
Rookie of the Year	Chung-Nan Tsai	Sinon Bulls	P	Did not bat									14 - 9	0	149.2	116	9	108	113	3.49

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2002 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	Chao-Chi Sung	Chinatrust Whales
C	Chun-Chang Yeh	Brother Elephants
1B	Feng-An Tsai	Macoto Gida
2B	Chung-Yi Huang	Sinon Bulls
3B	Chien-Wei Chen	Chinatrust Whales
SS	Chao-Hang Cheng	Sinon Bulls
OF	Sung-Hsien Yang	Chinatrust Whales
OF	Kan-Lin Huang	Uni-President Lions
OF	Chih-Yuan Chen	Brother Elephants
DH	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2002.

Position	Player	Team
P	John Burgos	Uni-President Lions
C	Chun-Chang Yeh	Sinon Bulls
1B	Shu-Mu Chueh	Sinon Bulls
2B	Sheng-Hsien Feng	Brother Elephants
3B	Chia-Jung Wu	Uni-President Lions
SS	Jui-Chen Chen	Brother Elephants
OF	Kan-Lin Huang	Uni-President Lions
OF	Chih-Yuan Chen	Brother Elephants
OF	Chia-Hao Chang	Sinon Bulls