2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

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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.

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Competition

Six teams, the La New Bears, Uni-President Lions, Sinon Bulls, Chinatrust Whales, Brother Elephants and Macoto Cobras will contest 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 will qualify for the playoffs. In the event that the same team wins both halves, the next two teams with the best overall records will advance.

Game results

Standings

First half standings

TeamGWTLPct.GB
Macoto Cobras 5028121.571--
Uni-President Lions 5027023.5401.5
La New Bears 5026024.5202.5
Sinon Bulls 5024125.4904.0
Brother Elephants 5024125.4904.0
Chinatrust Whales 5019130.3889.0

Second half standings

TeamGWTLPct.GB
La New Bears 5032018.640--
Uni-President Lions 5031118.6330.5
Chinatrust Whales 5027119.5514.5
Brother Elephants 5025025.5007.0
Sinon Bulls 5018032.36014.0
Macoto Cobras 5016034.32016.0

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.GBRSRA
Uni-President Lions 10058141.586--614442
La New Bears 10058042.5800.5474443
Brother Elephants 10049150.4959.0480535
Chinatrust Whales 10046252.46911.5446491
Macoto Cobras 10044155.44414.0561588
Sinon Bulls 10042157.42416.0466545

Statistical leaders

Hitting

StatPlayerTeamTotal
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

StatPlayerTeamTotal
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

MonthItemPlayerTeam
MarchPitcher Huang Chun-chung La New Bears
Hitter Peng Cheng-min Brother Elephants
AprilPitcher Iba Tomokazu Sinon Bulls
Hitter Peng Cheng-min Brother Elephants
MayPitcher Pan Wei-lun Uni-President Lions
Hitter Kao Kuo-ching Uni-President Lions
JunePitcher Jeremy Hill Macoto Cobras
Hitter Tilson Brito Uni-President Lions
JulyPitcher Peter Munro Uni-President Lions
Hitter Yang Sen Uni-President Lions
AugustPitcher Shen Yu-chieh Chinatrust Whales
Hitter Chen Chin-feng La New Bears
SeptemberPitcher Pan Wei-lun Uni-President Lions
Hitter Carlos Villalobos Chinatrust Whales
OctoberPitcher Huang Chun-chung La New Bears
Hitter Kao Kuo-ching Uni-President Lions

Milestones

Postseason

1st Round Taiwan Series
1 La New Bears 3
2 Macoto Cobras 0 3 Uni-President Lions 4
3 Uni-President Lions 3

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