2010 CPBL

The 2010 Chinese Professional Baseball League almost never happened. The league had dwindled from a peak of eight teams down to four in 2009, three of them collapsing due to gambling scandals. One of those remaining four, the 2009 Taiwan Series runner-up Brother Elephants, was hit by a major scandal that came to light in the off-season, robbing them of their manager and several stars. They recovered to win the first-half pennant, while the 2009 victor Uni-President Lions would finish with the league's worst record. The Elephants owed their resurgence in part to a trio of foreign hurlers who captured all the major pitching departments - American Carlos Castillo led in wins (14) and ERA (2.17), American Ryan Cullen in saves (34) and Puerto Rican Orlando Román in strikeouts (142).

Two players set a career marks. Veteran slugger Tai-Shan Chang became the first CPBL player to reach 1,000 RBI, while Cheng-Min Peng became the fastest to 1,000 hits on route to his 5th batting championship. Chao-Hao Tseng of the Bears appeared in 70 games, a new CPBL record.

Standings

1. Sinon Bulls, 29-30-1 first half; 36-23-1 second half (Manager: Sheng-Ming Hsu)
2. Brother Elephants, 36-24 first half; 25-33-2 second half (Manager: Jui-Chen Chen)
3. La New Bears, 24-35-1 first half; 31-27-2 second half (Manager: Rong-Tsong Tsai)
4. Uni-President Lions, 29-29-2 first half; 25-34-1 second half (Manager: Wen-Sheng Lu)

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	.357
Runs	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls	73
Hits	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls	142
Doubles	Ssu-Chi Chou	Brother Elephants	29
Triples	Chih-Hao Chang	Brother Elephants	10
Home Runs	Chih-Sheng Lin	La New Bears	21
Runs Batted In	Chih-Sheng Lin	La New Bears	79
Stolen Bases	Fu-Hao Liu Da-Hung Cheng	Uni-President Lions Sinon Bulls	31
Walks	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	67

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Carlos Castillo	Brother Elephants	2.17
Wins	Carlos Castillo	Brother Elephants	14
Losses	Ying-Chieh Lin	Sinon Bulls	14
Holds	Chao-Hao Tseng	La New Bears	25
Saves	Ryan Cullen	Brother Elephants	34
Innings Pitched	Orlando Román	Brother Elephants	193
Appearances	Chao-Hao Tseng	La New Bears	70
Hits Allowed	Wei-Lun Pan	Uni-President Lions	201
Home Runs Allowed	Itsuki Shoda	Sinon Bulls	9
Strikeouts	Orlando Román	Brother Elephants	142
Base-on-Balls	Ting-Jen Yeh	Sinon Bulls	83

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	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	IF	387	59	138	8	65	20	.357	.451	.481	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Ching-Ming Wang	Uni-President Lions	P	Did not bat									10 - 3	0	124.2	135	6	42	85	3.83

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2010 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	Carlos Castillo	Brother Elephants
C	Da-Hung Cheng	Sinon Bulls
1B	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants
2B	Chiang-Ho Chen	Brother Elephants
3B	Shih-Hao Huang	Brother Elephants
SS	Chao-Hang Cheng	Sinon Bulls
OF	Fu-Hao Liu	Uni-President Lions
OF	Chen-Yu Chung	La New Bears
OF	Cheng-Wei Chang	Brother Elephants
DH	Tai-Shan Chang	Sinon Bulls

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2010.

Position	Player	Team
P	Wei-Lun Pan	Uni-President Lions
C	Chih-Kang Kao	Uni-President Lions
1B	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants
2B	Chiang-Ho Chen	Brother Elephants
3B	Shih-Hao Huang	Brother Elephants
SS	Sheng-Wei Wang	Brother Elephants
OF	Fu-Hao Liu	Uni-President Lions
OF	Chien-Ming Chang	Sinon Bulls
OF	Cheng-Wei Chang	Brother Elephants