2016 CPBL

The 2016 CPBL saw the EDA Rhinos take the Taiwan Series in their last season in the league, as the team was sold. Rookie Po-Jung Wang set league records for average, runs and hits and cruised to a MVP. Meanwhile, Hung-Yu Lin was the first player to win Best Ten honors at two positions in the same year, C and DH.

Standings

1. Chinatrust Brother Elephants, 35-27-2 first half; 33-27 second half (Manager: Fu-Lien Wu)
2. EDA Rhinos, 27-33 first half; 34-25-1 second half (Manager: Chun-Chang Yeh)
3. Uni-President Lions, 29-31 first half; 26-34 second half (Manager: Tai-Yuan Kuo)
4. Lamigo Monkeys, 27-31-2 first half; 26-33-1 second half (Manager: I-Chung Hong)

Awards

Lamigo outfielder Po-Jung Wang was the CPBL MVP and Rookie of the Year after setting league records for hits (200), runs (130) and average (.414).

Gold Gloves

• P - Scott Richmond, Rhinos
• C - Hung-Yu Lin, Monkeys
• 1B - Yi-Chuan Lin, Rhinos
• 2B - Chih-Hsiang Lin, Lions
• SS - Sheng-Wei Wang, Brothers
• 3B - Chih-Ping Lin, Monkeys
• OF - Che-Hsuan Lin, Rhinos
• OF - Kuo-Long Lo, Lions
• OF - Po-Jung Wang, Monkeys

Best Ten

• P - Mike Loree, Rhinos
• C - Hung-Yu Lin, Monkeys
• 1B - Yi-Chuan Lin, Rhinos
• 2B - Chih-Sheng Lin, Brothers
• SS - Cheng-Fei Lin, Monkeys
• 3B - Chih-Hsien Chiang, Brothers
• OF - Kuo-Hui Kao, Rhinos
• OF - Po-Jung Wang, Monkeys
• OF - Che-Hsuan Lin, Rhinos
• DH - Hung-Yu Lin, Monkeys

Offensive Leaders

• Average: Po-Jung Wang, Monkeys .414
• Home Runs: Kuo-Hui Kao, Rhinos & Chih-Sheng Lin, Brothers 34
• RBI: Hung-Yu Lin, Monkeys 108
• Stolen Bases: Chih-Ping Lin, Monkeys 26

Pitching Leaders

• ERA: Mike Loree, Rhinos 3.98
• Wins: Loree 13
• Saves: Hung-Wen Chen, Brothers 15
• Strikeouts: Bruce Billings, Lions 172