2012 CPBL

The 2012 Chinese Professional Baseball League was the 23rd CPBL season. The Lamigo Monkeys won their first title (they had won when they had been the La New Bears previously), beating the Uni-President Lions in the 2012 Taiwan Series.

Standings

1. Lamigo Monkeys, 29-27-4 first half; 38-22 second half (Manager: I-Chung Hong)
2. Uni-President Lions, 37-22-1 first half; 28-30-2 second half (Manager: Terushi Nakajima)
3. Brother Elephants, 19-32-9 first half; 34-25-1 second half (Manager: Jui-Chen Chen)
4. Sinon Bulls, 28-26-6 first half; 16-42-2 second half (Manager: Rong-Hua Liu 27-55-4/Wen-Chung Chang 11-22-1)

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Wu-Hsiung Pan	Uni-President Lions	.388
Runs	Cheng-Wei Chang	Brother Elephants	91
Hits	Cheng-Wei Chang	Brother Elephants	172
Doubles	Yi-Chuan Lin	Sinon Bulls	46
Triples	Cheng-Wei Chang	Brother Elephants	15
Home Runs	Chih-Sheng Lin	Lamigo Monkeys	24
Runs Batted In	Tai-Shan Chang	Uni-President Lions	96
Stolen Bases	Cheng-Wei Chang Chih-Hao Chang	Brother Elephants	22
Walks	Ssu-Chi Chou	Brother Elephants	77

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Jon Leicester	Uni-President Lions	2.48
Wins	Yuya Kamada	Uni-President Lions	16
Losses	Chi-Wei Lin	Sinon Bulls	14
Holds	Chien-San Kao	Uni-President Lions	20
Saves	Yueh-Ping Lin Brad Thomas	Uni-President Lions Brother Elephants	23
Innings Pitched	Yuya Kamada	Uni-President Lions	171 1/3
Appearances	Huan-Yang Chen	Sinon Bulls	63
Hits Allowed	Jim Magrane	Brother Elephants	175
Home Runs Allowed	Chen-Hua Lin	Sinon Bulls	17
Strikeouts	Matt DeSalvo	Lamigo Monkeys	137
Base-on-Balls	Matt DeSalvo	Lamigo Monkeys	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	Ssu-Chi Chou	Brother Elephants	OF	433	74	158	21	91	4	.365	.462	.587	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Yu-Kang Fu	Uni-President Lions	P	Did not bat									4 - 1	0	67.2	48	1	11	63	1.20

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2012 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	Yuya Kamada	Uni-President Lions
C	Chih-Kang Kao	Uni-President Lions
1B	Chih-Wei Shih	Lamigo Monkeys
2B	Chiang-Ho Chen	Brother Elephants
3B	Kuo-Ching Kao	Uni-President Lions
SS	Chih-Sheng Lin	Lamigo Monkeys
OF	Ssu-Chi Chou	Brother Elephants
OF	Chen-Yu Chung	Lamigo Monkeys
OF	Cheng-Wei Chang	Brother Elephants
DH	Tai-Shan Chang	Uni-President Lions

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2012.

Position	Player	Team
P	Yuya Kamada	Uni-President Lions
C	Chih-Hong Chen	Brother Elephants
1B	Chih-Wei Shih	Lamigo Monkeys
2B	Chiang-Ho Chen	Brother Elephants
3B	None selected
SS	Sheng-Wei Wang	Brother Elephants
OF	Chih-Yao Chan	Lamigo Monkeys
OF	Chien-Jung Su	Sinon Bulls
OF	Chen-Yu Chung	Lamigo Monkeys