2004 CPBL

The 2004 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was won by the Sinon Bulls, who took their first Taiwan Series title, upending the regular-season champion Uni-President Lions. Ying-Chieh Lin set a new strikeout record, with 203, while Cheng-Ming Peng was at .400 later than anyone had been before (70 games in).

Standings

1. Uni-President Lions, 28-18-4 first half; 26-22-2 second half
2. Sinon Bulls, 25-22-3 first half; 27-21-2 second half
3. Brother Elephants, 26-23-1 first half; 28-22 second half
4. Chinatrust Whales, 21-27-2 first half; 24-23-3 second half
5. Macoto Cobras, 26-24 first half; 17-30-3 second half
6. La New Bears, 18-30-2 first half; 22-26-2 second half

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	.376
Runs	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	90
Hits	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	127
Doubles	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras	24
Triples	Jui-Chih Yang	Macoto Cobras	8
Home Runs	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls	21
Runs Batted In	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls	94
Stolen Bases	Chao-Hang Cheng	Sinon Bulls	31
Walks	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	76

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Ying-Chieh Lin	Macoto Cobras	1.73
Wins	Jonathan Hurst	Brother Elephants	17
Losses	Cory Bailey	La New Bears	14
Saves	Mike Garcia	Uni-President Lions	26
Innings Pitched	Cory Bailey	La New Bears	210 2/3
Appearances	Ming-Chin Lee	Macoto Cobras	57
Hits Allowed	Cory Bailey	La New Bears	185
Home Runs Allowed	Cheng-Hsun Hsieh	Chinatrust Whales	17
Strikeouts	Ying-Chieh Lin	Macoto Cobras	203
Base-on-Balls	Cory Bailey	La New Bears	92

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	Mike Garcia	Uni-President Lions	P	Did not bat									7 - 1	26	89.0	51	2	15	140	0.71
Rookie of the Year	Chih-Wei Shih	La New Bears	IF	409	51	117	1	45	13	.286	.318	.362	Did not pitch

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2004 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	Ying-Chieh Lin	Macoto Cobras
C	Feng-Min Chen	La New Bears
1B	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras
2B	Chung-Yi Huang	Sinon Bulls
3B	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls
SS	Sen Yang	Uni-President Lions
OF	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants
OF	Chun-Lin Chi	Chinatrust Whales
OF	Chih-Yuan Chen	Brother Elephants
DH	Min-Ching Lo	Uni-President Lions

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2004.

Position	Player	Team
P	Shin Nakagomi	Brother Elephants
C	Feng-Min Chen	La New Bears
1B	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras
2B	Chih-Wei Shih	La New Bears
3B	Chia-Jung Wu	Uni-President Lions
SS	Chang-Ming Cheng	Chinatrust Whales
OF	Kan-Lin Huang	Uni-President Lions
OF	Chih-Yuan Chen	Brother Elephants
OF	Kuei-Yu Huang	Chinatrust Whales