2003 CPBL

The 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was won by the Brother Elephants, who took their last of three straight Taiwan Series. The league was marked by disparities with the absorption of two Taiwan Major League teams when that loop folded; the two newcomers posted abysmal records.

Standings

1. Sinon Bulls, 34-15-1 first half; 28-17-5 second half
2. Brother Elephants, 27-20-3 first half; 36-11-3 second half
3. Uni-President Lions, 24-23-3 first half; 30-16-4 second half
4. Chinatrust Whales, 26-19-5 first half; 25-24-1 second half
5. Macoto Gida, 21-27-2 first half; 9-37-4 second half
6. First Financial Holdings Agan, 9-37-4 first half; 11-34-5 second half

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	.355
Runs	Chih-Yuan Chen	Brother Elephants	84
Hits	Chih-Yuan Chen	Brother Elephants	137
Doubles	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	25
Triples	Chia-Jung Wu	Uni-President Lions	7
Home Runs	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls	28
Runs Batted In	Chih-Yuan Chen	Brother Elephants	97
Stolen Bases	Kan-Lin Huang	Uni-President Lions	49
Walks	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Gida	66

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	John Frascatore	Uni-President Lions	1.80
Wins	Hisanori Yokota	Brother Elephants	16
Losses	Gabriel Ozuna Shih-Chin Tsai	First Financial Holdings Agan Macoto Gida	13
Saves	Ramon Morel	Sinon Bulls	23
Innings Pitched	Jeff Andra	Sinon Bulls	183 1/3
Appearances	Wen-Hsiung Hsu	La New Bears	55
Hits Allowed	Hiroaki Nakayama	Chinatrust Whales	185
Home Runs Allowed	Chi-Hsien Ho Chien-San Kao	Sinon Bulls Chinatrust Whales	13
Strikeouts	Osvaldo Martínez	Sinon Bulls	182
Base-on-Balls	Chi-Chia Yang	Macoto Gida	63

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	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls	IF	396	82	130	28	94	22	.328	.399	.614	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Wei-Lun Pan	Uni-President Lions	P	Did not bat									13 - 8	0	166.1	143	8	33	104	2.44

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2003 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	Jeff Andra	Sinon Bulls
C	Chin-Sho Shih	Chinatrust Whales
1B	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Gida
2B	Hiroaki Yoshimi	Uni-President Lions
3B	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls
SS	Chao-Hang Cheng	Sinon Bulls
OF	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants
OF	Lien-Hung Chen	Uni-President Lions
OF	Chih-Yuan Chen	Brother Elephants
DH	Lien-Hung Chen	Chinatrust Whales

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2003.

Position	Player	Team
P	Wei-Lun Pan	Uni-President Lions
C	Jui-Chang Chen	Brother Elephants
1B	Feng-An Tsai	Brother Elephants
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