Wei Chuan Dragons

The Wei Chuan Dragons () are a Taiwanese professional baseball team. They are a member of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). The team originally existed between 1990 and 1999. In 2019, negotiations were held to revive the franchise and return to the CPBL. They played one season of minor league baseball in 2020 and rejoined the CPBL in 2021.

The Dragons have won the Taiwan Series championship five times, in 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2023.

History

Wei Chuan Dragons had a long amateur history when its parent company, the Wei Chuan Foods Corporation, started sponsoring Chinese Culture University's baseball team in the late 1970s. After these student players graduated, Wei-Chuan formed an amateur team to allow them to continue playing baseball in 1978; it was this team that later professionalized to become one of the first four teams of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Due to the club's long history in the amateur era, its matches often attracted large crowds, and games with the Brother Elephants, another popular team, were often sold out. The team played at the now-demolished Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium.

During the 1990s, the club won the CPBL championship four times, in 1990, 1997, 1998 and 1999, and by the end of the 1999 season became the team with the most CPBL championship titles. In 1999, Wei Chuan Food Corporation announced its decision to disband the club, mainly because the Ting Hsin International Group, who became the largest shareholder of Wei Chuan Food Corporation in 1998, did not show interest in supporting the baseball club.

In 2019, 20 years after the disbandment, the club was re-established and played the 2020 season in the minor league, before rejoining the CPBL in 2021. In 2023, the Dragons defeated Rakuten Monkeys in the 2023 Taiwan Series with four wins in seven games to win their fifth championship, 24 years since their last championship.

Records

Qualified for playoffs Taiwan Series Championship

Regular seasons

Season First half-season Second half-season Wins Losses Ties Place Wins Losses Ties Place 1990 25 20 0 .556 2 27 14 4 .659 1 1991 26 17 2 .605 1 20 19 6 .513 2 1992 23 20 2 .535 2 18 22 5 .450 4 1993 26 19 0 .578 2 22 21 2 .512 3 1994 17 27 1 .386 5 19 25 1 .432 4 1995 25 25 0 .500 3 22 27 1 .449 5 1996 25 23 2 .521 4 30 20 0 .600 1 1997 15 31 2 .326 7 31 15 2 .674 1 1998 56 48 1 .538 3 No half-seasons 1999 49 39 4 .557 3 2021 22 36 2 .379 5 28 31 1 .475 3 2022 31 29 0 .517 4 26 29 5 .473 4 2023 30 27 3 .526 2 32 26 2 .552 1 2024 26 34 0 .433 5 32 28 0 .533 2 2025 29 31 0 .483 5 26 33 1 .441 5

Playoffs

Season First round Taiwan Series Opponent Wins Losses Opponent Wins Losses 1990 Did not play Mercuries Tigers 4 2 1991 Did not play Uni-President Lions 3 4 1996 Did not play Uni-President Lions 2 4 1997 Did not play China Times Eagles 4 2 1998 Uni-President Lions 2 1 Sinon Bulls 4 3 1999 Uni-President Lions 2 1 Chinatrust Whales 4 1 2022 CTBC Brothers 1 3 Eliminated 2023 Did not play Rakuten Monkeys 4 3

Roster

Wei Chuan Dragons roster Players Coaches Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches (hitting) (bench) (bench) (hitting) (assistant strength) (infield) (bullpen) (pitching) (fielding) (catching) (base running) (strength)

Second team manager

Second team coaches (bullpen) (pitching) (battery) (assistant hitting) (hitting) (fielding) (bench) (strength and conditioning) (assistant strength) (pitching)

Roster updated on 27 March 2025

Retired numbers

List of managers No. NameYears Playoffs Championships 1 Sung Huan-hsun 1990 1 1 2 Hsu Sheng-ming 1991–1993 1 0 3 Kenjiro Tamiya 1994–1995 0 0 – Hsu Sheng-ming 1996–1999 4 3 4 Yeh Chun-chang 2021–present 2 1

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