2008 CPBL

The 2008 Chinese Professional Baseball League season marked a second straight Taiwan Series title for the Uni-President Lions. The season, like so many in CPBL history, was plagued by game-throwing scandals. It was the 6th such incident in 7 years. The dMedia T-Rex, an expansion team, only lasted one season due to such a scandal and the China Trust Whales folded as well due to the same scandal, dropping the league from six teams to four.

On a more positive note, Wei-Lun Pan threw a no-hitter and was an error shy of the first perfect game in the league's 19 seasons. Chin-Feng Chen set a record with 13 total bases in one game, on July 13.

Standings

1. Uni-President Lions, 34-16 first half; 33-17 second half (Manager: Wen-Sheng Lu)
2. La New Bears, 27-19-3 first half; 33-16-1 second half (Manager: I-Chung Hong)
3. Brother Elephants, 24-22-3 first half; 28-19-1 second half (Manager: Kuang-Huei Wang)
4. Chinatrust Whales, 20-30 first half; 19-31 second half (Manager: Chang-Heng Hsieh)
5. dMedia T-Rex, 21-28-1 first half; 16-32 second half (Manager: Chia-Chi Liu, Rong-Tsong Tsai)
6. Sinon Bulls, 19-30-1 first half; 18-32 second half (Manager: Chang-Hao Hu)

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	.391
Runs	Tilson Brito	Uni-President Lions	90
Hits	Kuan-Jen Chen	Brother Elephants	118
Doubles	Long-Yi Huang	La New Bears	40
Triples	Kuan-Jen Chen Ssu-Chi Chou	Brother Elephants dMedia T-Rex	7
Home Runs	Tilson Brito	Uni-President Lions	24
Runs Batted In	Tilson Brito	Uni-President Lions	102
Stolen Bases	Sheng-Wei Wang	Brother Elephants	24
Walks	Cheng-Min Peng Wei Kao	Brother Elephants dMedia T-Rex	51

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Yu-Cheng Liao	Brother Elephants	2.31
Wins	Mike Johnson	La New Bears	20
Losses	Chien-Fu Yang	Sinon Bulls	14
Holds	Po-Chang Shen	Uni-President Lions	14
Saves	Jermaine Van Buren	La New Bears	20
Innings Pitched	Mike Johnson	La New Bears	183 2/3
Appearances	Yu-Chieh Shen	Chinatrust Whales	49
Hits Allowed	Mike Johnson	La New Bears	175
Home Runs Allowed	Ryokan Kobayashi	Brother Elephants	12
Strikeouts	Fu-Te Ni	Chinatrust Whales	132
Base-on-Balls	Yu-Cheng Liao	Brother Elephants	65

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 Johnson	La New Bears	P	Did not bat									20 - 2	1	183.2	175	8	60	107	2.45
Rookie of the Year	Chi-Wei Lin	Sinon Bulls	P	Did not bat									9 - 8	5	115.1	132	4	35	109	3.90

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2008 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	Mike Johnson	La New Bears
C	Yi-Feng Kuo	Brother Elephants
1B	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants
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	Long-Yi Huang	La New Bears
OF	Ssu-Chi Chou	dMedia T-Rex
DH	Chin-Feng Chen	La New Bears

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2008.

Position	Player	Team
P	Ryokan Kobayashi	Brother Elephants
C	Yi-Feng Kuo	Brother Elephants
1B	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants
2B	Hung-Sen Chu	Brother Elephants
3B	Chih-Wei Shih	La New Bears
SS	Sheng-Wei Wang	Brother Elephants
OF	Long-Yi Huang	La New Bears
OF	Cheng-Wei Huang	Brother Elephants
OF	Fu-Hao Liu	Uni-President Lions

Source: Taiwan Baseball Blog