2018 CPBL

The 2018 CPBL season was the year of the no-hitter. The league had not had a regular-season no-hitter in ten years but this year had three: Nick Additon and Elih Villanueva of the sub-.500 Chinatrust Brothers became the first teammates to throw no-hitters in the same campaign while Ryan Verdugo of the Uni-President Lions fired the CPBL's first perfect game late in the year. It wasn't a pitchers' year, though, as batters hit a composite .294.

Standings

1. Lamigo Monkeys, 38-22 first half; 35-25 second half (Manager: I-Chung Hong)
2. Uni-President Lions, 35-25 first half; 29-30-1 second half (Manager: Kan-Lin Huang)
3. Chinatrust Brother Elephants, 20-40 first half; 28-31-1 second half (Manager: Cory Snyder 42-60-1; Scott Budner 6-11)
4. Fubon Guardians, 27-33 first half; 27-33 second half (Manager: Lien-Hung Chen)

Playoffs: Lions def. Guardians, 3 games to 1

2018 Taiwan Series: Monkeys def. Lions, 4 games to 2

Awards

Lamigo's Chun-Hsiu Chen hit .375/.439/.602 with 77 RBI, 78 runs, 31 doubles and 17 HR to win CPBL MVP. The CPBL Rookie of the Year was the Lions' Tzu-Chien Shih, who was 11-5 with a 3.86 ERA.

Gold Gloves

• P - Josh Roenicke, Lions
• C - Kun-Sheng Lin, Guardians
• 1B - Kuo-Ching Kao, Lions
• 2B - Yen-Wen Kuo, Monkeys
• SS - None selected
• 3B - Fu-Lin Kuo, Lions
• OF - Chih-Hao Chang, Brothers
• OF - Che-Hsuan Lin, Guardians
• OF - Po-Jung Wang, Monkeys

Best Ten

• P - Bryan Woodall, Guardians
• C - Chung-Yu Chen, Lions
• 1B - Chun-Hsiu Chen, Monkeys
• 2B - Chieh-Jui Wu, Lions
• SS - Chieh-Hsien Chen, Lions
• 3B - Chih-Hsien Chiang, Guardians
• OF - Tzu-Hao Chen, Brothers
• OF - Po-Jung Wang, Monkeys
• OF - Yin-Lun Lan, Monkeys
• DH - Chin-lung Hu, Guardians

Offensive Leaders

• Average: Chun-Hsiu Chen, Monkeys .375
• Home Runs: Chih-Hao Chang, Brothers 22
• RBI: Chih-Hsien Chiang, Guardians 89
• Stolen Bases: Wei-Chen Wang, Brothers 44

Pitching Leaders

• ERA: Josh Roenicke, Lions 3.17
• Wins: Bryan Woodall, Guardians 14
• Saves: Yu-Hsun Chen, Monkeys 30
• Strikeouts: Mike Loree, Guardians 157