2005 CPBL

The 2005 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was won by the Sinon Bulls, who swept the Macoto Cobras in the Taiwan Series. The big story was Cobras hurler En-Yu Lin, who was both the MVP and Rookie of the Year.

One sad note to the year involved the death of Cobras outfielder Mario Encarnacion at age 30. Encarnacion had finished second in the league in homers but had also been suspended for a positive test for a banned substance.

Standings

1. Sinon Bulls, 28-21-2 first half; 25-21-4 second half
2. Macoto Cobras, 29-20-2 first half; 21-23-6 second half
3. Uni-President Lions, 24-26 first half; 24-23-3 second half
4. Chinatrust Whales, 24-24-2 first half; 23-25-2 second half
5. Brother Elephants, 25-23-2 first half; 22-26-2 second half
6. La New Bears, 16-32-2 first half; 26-23-1 second half

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	.339
Runs	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras	76
Hits	Sen Yang	Uni-President Lions	121
Doubles	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras	27
Triples	Long-Yi Huang Hua-Wei Tseng Chia-Hao Chang	La New Bears Sinon Bulls Sinon Bulls	6
Home Runs	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras	23
Runs Batted In	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras	74
Stolen Bases	Hung-Sen Chu Sen Yang	Brother Elephants Uni-President Lions	25
Walks	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras	80

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	En-Yu Lin	Macoto Cobras	1.72
Wins	Len Picota	Sinon Bulls	16
Losses	Doug Linton	Uni-President Lions	11
Holds	Yi-Cheng Tseng	Uni-President Lions	11
Saves	Dario Veras	Chinatrust Whales	24
Innings Pitched	Ying-Chieh Lin	Macoto Cobras	212
Appearances	Yu-Chieh Shen	Chinatrust Whales	55
Hits Allowed	Ying-Chieh Lin	Macoto Cobras	182
Home Runs Allowed	Osvaldo Martinez	Sinon Bulls	13
Strikeouts	Ying-Chieh Lin	Macoto Cobras	174
Base-on-Balls	Osvaldo Martinez	Sinon Bulls	58

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	En-Yu Lin	Macoto Cobras	P	Did not bat									12 - 8	4	167.2	118	8	25	152	1.72
Rookie of the Year	En-Yu Lin	Macoto Cobras	P	Did not bat									12 - 8	4	167.2	118	8	25	152	1.72

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2005 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	En-Yu Lin	Macoto Cobras
C	Feng-Min Chen	La New Bears
1B	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras
2B	Sen Yang	Uni-President Lions
3B	Wilton Veras	Macoto Cobras
SS	Chang-Ming Cheng	Chinatrust Whales
OF	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants
OF	Chien-Ming Chang	Sinon Bulls
OF	Long-Yi Huang	La New Bears
DH	Han-Chou Tseng	Chinatrust Whales

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2005.

Position	Player	Team
P	En-Yu Lin	Macoto Cobras
C	Chin-Sho Shih	Chinatrust Whales
1B	Kuo-Long Hsu	Sinon Bulls
2B	Sheng-Hsien Feng	Brother Elephants
3B	Wilton Veras	Macoto Cobras
SS	Chang-Ming Cheng	Chinatrust Whales
OF	Long-Yi Huang	La New Bears
OF	Chun-Lin Chi	Chinatrust Whales
OF	Rei-Chih Yang	Macoto Cobras