The 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) season began on March 17 in Kaohsiung County when the defending champion La New Bears played host to the Uni-President Lions. The season concluded in late October with the Uni-President Lions defeating the La New Bears in Game 7 of the Taiwan Series.
Competition Six teams, the La New Bears, Uni-President Lions, Sinon Bulls, Chinatrust Whales, Brother Elephants and Macoto Cobras will contested the CPBL, the highest level of professional baseball played in Taiwan. The season is divided into two halves, with each team playing fifty games in each half. The winners for each half-season plus the non-winner with the best overall record qualified for the playoffs. In the event that the same team wins both halves, the next two teams with the best overall records advance.
Game results
Standings First half standings TeamGWTLPct.GBMacoto Cobras5028121.571 --Uni-President Lions5027023.5401.5La New Bears5026024.5202.5Sinon Bulls5024125.4904.0Brother Elephants5024125.4904.0Chinatrust Whales5019130.3889.0
Macoto Cobras win the first half and advance to the 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs. Second half standings TeamGWTLPct.GBLa New Bears5032018.640--Uni-President Lions5031118.6330.5Chinatrust Whales5027119.5514.5Brother Elephants5025025.5007.0Sinon Bulls5018032.36014.0 Macoto Cobras5016034.32016.0
La New Bears win the second half and advance to the 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs.
Overall standings The team among the non-half-season-winners with the best overall record will gain the wild card spot and the third seed in the playoffs.
TeamGWTLPct.GBRSRAUni-President Lions10058141.586--614442La New Bears10058042.5800.5474443Brother Elephants10049150.4959.0480535Chinatrust Whales10046252.46911.5446491Macoto Cobras10044155.44414.0561588Sinon Bulls10042157.42416.0466545
Green denotes first half or second half champion. Yellow denotes wild card position.
Statistical leaders Hitting Stat Player Team Total HR Tilson Brito* Uni-President Lions 33 AVG Chen Chin-feng La New Bears 0.382 H Kao Kuo-ching* Uni-President Lions 152 RBIs Tilson Brito Uni-President Lions 107 SB Huang Lung-yi La New Bears 27
Pitching Stat Player Team Total W Pan Wei-lun Uni-President Lions 16 ERA Peter Munro Uni-President Lions 2.03 SO Joe Dawley Brother Elephants 153 SV Todd Moser Brother Elephants 13 Hld Wang Ching-li Brother Elephants 12
Month MVP Month Item Player Team March Pitcher Huang Chun-chung La New Bears Hitter Peng Cheng-min Brother Elephants April Pitcher Iba Tomokazu Sinon Bulls Hitter Peng Cheng-min Brother Elephants May Pitcher Pan Wei-lun Uni-President Lions Hitter Kao Kuo-ching Uni-President Lions June Pitcher Jeremy Hill Macoto Cobras Hitter Tilson Brito Uni-President Lions July Pitcher Peter Munro Uni-President Lions Hitter Yang Sen Uni-President Lions August Pitcher Shen Yu-chieh Chinatrust Whales Hitter Chen Chin-feng La New Bears September Pitcher Pan Wei-lun Uni-President Lions Hitter Carlos Villalobos Chinatrust Whales October Pitcher Huang Chun-chung La New Bears Hitter Kao Kuo-ching Uni-President Lions
Milestones
March 22 - Huang Chung-Yi of the Sinon Bulls records his 1500th career base hit against the Macoto Cobras. March 24 - Chang Tai-Shan plays in his 1000th career game against the Brother Elephants October 3 - Kao Kuo-ching hits the 144th hit against the Brother Elephants right-hander Yeh Yong-chieh and records the most hits in a single season currently.
Postseason
Uni-President Lions wins the 2007 Taiwan Series. Taiwan Series Most Valuable Player: (Uni-President) Taiwan Series Outstanding Player:(La New), (Uni-President)
See also 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs
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