2007 CPBL

The 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season saw several offensive records being set.

The Macoto Cobras had a strong first half, winning the title, but finished last in the second half. The La New Bears took the second half. The third playoff team, the Uni-President Lions was led by the pitching of Wei-Lun Pan (A league-high 16 wins and second-place 2.26 ERA) and Peter Munro (14 wins). MVP Kuo-Ching Kao (.358, 20 HR, 89 RBI) led the league in hits while Tilson Brito set new home run (33) and RBI (107) records.

Chin-Feng Chen hit .382 for La News to lead in average; his 26 homers were second-best. Bears hurler Yu-Wei Hsu was 4th in ERA (2.70). The Cobras were led by Chia-Hsien Hsieh (.352, 79 RBI).

The Lions won the first playoff game, thanks to 8 solid innings from Nelson Figueroa in a 9-4 victory over the Cobras. Brito hit a 2-run homer while Lien-hong Chen was 4 for 5. The Lions won game two, 14-0, thanks to a grand slam by Brito and four hits over 7 innings from Munro. The Lions took game 3 13-2 behin fine pitching from Pan and hitting from Kao (3 for 4, 2B, HR, 5 RBI) to advance to the 2007 Taiwan Series.

Standings

1. Uni-President Lions, 27-23 first half; 31-18-1 second half (Manager: Wen-Sheng Lu, Yutaka Ohashi)
2. La New Bears, 26-24 first half; 32-18 second half (Manager: I-Chung Hong)
3. Brother Elephants, 24-25-1 first half; 25-25 second half (Manager: Kuang-Huei Wang)
4. Chinatrust Whales, 19-30-1 first half; 27-22 second half (Manager: Chang-Heng Hsieh)
5. Sinon Bulls, 24-25-1 first half; 18-32 second half (Manager: Chang-Hao Hu)
6. Macoto Cobras, 28-21-1 first half; 16-34 second half (Manager: Fu-Lien Wu, Tsao-Li Sun)

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Chin-Feng Chen	La New Bears	.382
Runs	Tilson Brito	Uni-President Lions	94
Hits	Kuo-Ching Kao	Uni-President Lions	152
Doubles	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras	32
Triples	Chih-Wei Chen Tsung-Nan Lin	Sinon Bulls	6
Home Runs	Tilson Brito	Uni-President Lions	33
Runs Batted In	Tilson Brito	Uni-President Lions	107
Stolen Bases	Long-Yi Huang	La New Bears	27
Walks	Chin-Feng Chen	La New Bears	61

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Pete Munro	Uni-President Lions	2.03
Wins	Wei-Lun Pan	Uni-President Lions	16
Losses	Fu-Te Ni	Chinatrust Whales	12
Holds	Ching-Li Wang	Brother Elephants	12
Saves	Todd Moser Yung-Chih Kuo	Brother Elephants Sinon Bulls	13
Innings Pitched	Lorenzo Barcelo	Macoto Cobras	194 1/3
Appearances	Ming-Chin Lee	Macoto Cobras	59
Hits Allowed	Lorenzo Barcelo	Macoto Cobras	196
Home Runs Allowed	Lorenzo Barcelo	Macoto Cobras	19
Strikeouts	Joe Dawley	Brother Elephants	153
Base-on-Balls	Joe Dawley	Brother Elephants	72

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	Kuo-Ching Kao	Uni-President Lions	IF	425	79	152	20	89	0	.358	.397	.560	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Wu-Hsiung Pan	Uni-President Lions	IF	360	66	115	6	44	3	.319	.403	.431	Did not pitch

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2007 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	Wei-Lun Pan	Uni-President Lions
C	Chih-Kang Kao	Uni-President Lions
1B	Kuo-Ching Kao	Uni-President Lions
2B	Sen Yang	Uni-President Lions
3B	Tilson Brito	Uni-President Lions
SS	Chih-Sheng Lin	La New Bears
OF	Wu-Hsiung Pan	Uni-President Lions
OF	Chia-Hsien Hsieh	Macoto Cobras
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 2007.

Position	Player	Team
P	Pete Munro	Uni-President Lions
C	Feng-Min Chen	La New Bears
1B	Kuo-Ching Kao	Uni-President Lions
2B	Sen Yang	Uni-President Lions
3B	Wei Kao	Macoto Cobras
SS	Chih-Sheng Lin	La New Bears
OF	Long-Yi Huang	La New Bears
OF	Wu-Hsiung Pan	Uni-President Lions
OF	Fu-Hao Liu	Uni-President Lions