2013 CPBL

The 2013 Chinese Professional Baseball League was the 24th CPBL season. There was one new franchise, as the Sinon Bulls became the EDA Rhinos. The Rhinos made an immediate splash, signing Manny Ramirez, the most prominent player to come to Taiwan to that point; he did very well before leaving in late June. The Rhinos did have some very solid performers as Yi-Chuan Lin led in average and homers and was second in RBI, Andy Sisco led in ERA and Chen-Hua Lin led in wins. They suffered a major loss when manager Sheng-Ming Hsu had a heart attack, going 13-20 after his death after a 49-37-1 start. The Rhinos dropped the 2013 Taiwan Series to the Uni-President Lions in a sweep.

Standings

1. Uni-President Lions, 30-25-5 first half; 32-26-2 second half (Manager: Terushi Nakajima 33-39-1/Kuo-Chong Lo 2-1/Lien-Hung Chen 27-15-2)
2. Lamigo Monkeys, 31-24-5 first half; 30-28-2 second half (Manager: I-Chung Hong)
3. EDA Rhinos, 31-24-5 first half; 27-33 second half (Managers: Sheng-Ming Hsu 49-37-1/Chiung-Lung Huang 3-4/Sheng-Hsien Feng 1-2/Chi-Chen Tseng 9-14)
4. Brother Elephants, 20-39-1 first half; 29-31 second half (Manager: Chang-Heng Hsieh)

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Yi-Chuan Lin	EDA Rhinos	.357
Runs	Yung-Chi Chen Chin-Lung Hu	Uni-President Lions EDA Rhinos	71
Hits	Yi-Chuan Lin	EDA Rhinos	149
Doubles	Kuo-Hui Lo Tai-Shan Chang	EDA Rhinos Uni-President Lions	31
Triples	Chen-Yu Chung	Lamigo Monkeys	7
Home Runs	Yi-Chuan Lin	EDA Rhinos	18
Runs Batted In	Tai-Shan Chang	Uni-President Lions	90
Stolen Bases	Sheng-Wei Wang	Brother Elephants	29
Walks	Cheng-Min Peng	Brother Elephants	68

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Andy Sisco	EDA Rhinos	2.70
Wins	Chen-Hua Lin	EDA Rhinos	15
Losses	Mike Loree	Lamigo Monkeys	11
Holds	Hiroki Sanada	Brother Elephants	32
Saves	Brad Thomas	Brother Elephants	26
Innings Pitched	Mike Loree	Lamigo Monkeys	218
Appearances	Hiroki Sanada	Brother Elephants	67
Hits Allowed	Mike Loree	Lamigo Monkeys	237
Home Runs Allowed	Chao-Hao Tseng	Lamigo Monkeys	11
Strikeouts	Mike Loree	Lamigo Monkeys	152
Base-on-Balls	Yu-Ching Lin	Brother Elephants	57

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	Yi-Chuan Lin	EDA Rhinos	IF	417	66	149	18	79	4	.357	.415	.549	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	Hsiu-Yen Kuo	Lamigo Monkeys	IF	204	19	64	1	26	3	.314	.342	.368	Did not pitch

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2013 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	Chen-Hua Lin	EDA Rhinos
C	Chih-Kang Kao	Uni-President Lions
1B	Yi-Chuan Lin	EDA Rhinos
2B	None selected
3B	Chih-Ping Lin	Lamigo Monkeys
SS	Sheng-Wei Wang	Brother Elephants
OF	Kuo-Hui Lo	EDA Rhinos
OF	Chien-Ming Chang	EDA Rhinos
OF	Cheng-Wei Chang	Brother Elephants
DH	Hung-Yu Lin	Lamigo Monkeys

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2013.

Position	Player	Team
P	Mike Loree	Lamigo Monkeys
C	Kun-Sheng Lin	EDA Rhinos
1B	Cheng-Ming Peng	Brother Elephants
2B	None selected
3B	Chih-Ping Lin	Lamigo Monkeys
SS	Wei-En Lin	EDA Rhinos
OF	Chih-Yao Chan	Lamigo Monkeys
OF	Chih-Hao Chang	Brother Elephants
OF	Chien-Ming Chang	EDA Rhinos