2006 CPBL

The 2006 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was won by the La New Bears, who won their first Taiwan Series in a sweep of the Uni-President Lions. It was little surprise, as the Bears had won both halves of the regular season.

Standings

1. La New Bears, 30-19-1 first half; 32-15-3 second half
2. Uni-President Lions, 28-18-1 first half; 20-27-3 second half
3. Sinon Bulls, 25-23-2 first half; 23-26-1 second half
4. Macoto Cobras, 24-24-2 first half; 24-26 second half
5. Chinatrust Whales, 17-31-2 first half; 25-20-5 second half
6. Brother Elephants, 20-29-1 first half; 20-30 second half

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Kuan-Jen Chen	Brother Elephants	.349
Runs	Chin-Feng Chen	La New Bears	76
Hits	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls	130
Doubles	Chin-Feng Chen	La New Bears	21
Triples	Chia-Hao Chang Fu-Hao Liu	Sinon Bulls Uni-President Lions	5
Home Runs	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls	24
Runs Batted In	Chin-Feng Chen	La New Bears	81
Stolen Bases	Hsien-Ming Yu	Sinon Bulls	27
Walks	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls	54

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	En-Yu Lin	Macoto Cobras	1.73
Wins	En-Yu Lin Si-Yo Wu	Macoto Cobras La New Bears	17
Losses	Chun-Nan Liu	Brother Elephants	13
Holds	Ming-Chin Lee	Macoto Cobras	18
Saves	Yi-Cheng Tseng Yung-Chih Kuo	Uni-President Lions Sinon Bulls	17
Innings Pitched	Alfredo Gonzalez	Sinon Bulls	210 1/3
Appearances	Ming-Chin Lee	Macoto Cobras	62
Hits Allowed	Alfredo Gonzalez	Sinon Bulls	196
Home Runs Allowed	Alfredo Gonzalez	Sinon Bulls	16
Strikeouts	En-Yu Lin	Macoto Cobras	209
Base-on-Balls	Kenny Rayborn	La New Bears	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	En-Yu Lin	Macoto Cobras	P	Did not bat									17 - 8	2	202.2	140	6	39	209	1.73
Rookie of the Year	Kuan-Jen Chen	Brother Elephants	OF	318	55	111	10	54	0	.349	.392	.516	Did not pitch

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2006 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	En-Yu Lin	Macoto Cobras
C	Hsin-Min Wang	Chinatrust Whales
1B	Chung-Wei Pan	La New Bears
2B	Sen Yang	Uni-President Lions
3B	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls
SS	Chih-Sheng Lin	La New Bears
OF	Hsien-Ming Yu	Sinon Bulls
OF	Tai-Chi Kuo	Uni-President Lions
OF	Fu-Hao Liu	Uni-President Lions
DH	Chin-Feng Chen	La New Bears

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2006.

Position	Player	Team
P	Wei-Lun Pan	Uni-President Lions
C	Feng-Min Chen	La New Bears
1B	Chung-Wei Pan	La New Bears
2B	Sheng-Hsien Feng	Brother Elephants
3B	Chih-Wei Shih	La New Bears
SS	Chang-Ming Cheng	Chinatrust Whales
OF	Chien-Wei Tsai	La New Bears
OF	Chien-Ming Chang	Sinon Bulls
OF	Fu-Hao Liu	Uni-President Lions