2022 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

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33rd CPBL season
League Chinese Professional Baseball League
Sport Baseball
Duration2 April – 26 October
Number of games120
Number of teams5
First half-season
Season champions Rakuten Monkeys
Second half-season
Season champions CTBC Brothers
Taiwan Series
Champions CTBC Brothers
CPBL seasons
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The 2022 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was the 33rd season of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), based in Taiwan.

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Season schedule

The regular season began on 2 April 2022 at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium. Teams are playing a split-season, while second-half games started on 22 July at the newly-renovated Hsinchu Municipal Baseball Stadium. The CPBL All-Star Game is being played the weekend of 30–31 July.

The postseason started on 29 October, followed by the first game of the Taiwan Series on 5 November. Postseason play featured a Playoff Series, played by the half-season champion with the lower winning percentage against the team with the next-highest winning percentage. The winner of the Playoff Series faced the half-season champion with the higher winning percentage in the Taiwan Series. [1]

Draft

From 2022, foreign-born players can be considered domestic draft picks if: they have attended a Taiwanese high school for three years, a Taiwanese university for four years, or have lived in Taiwan for five years, while playing for a Taiwanese semi-professional league for three years. [2]

Milestones

On Opening Day, Lin Chih-sheng, who was released by the CTBC Brothers at the end of last season, hit the 290th home run of his career, breaking the league record held by Chang Tai-shan, who is a coach for his newly adopted team, the Wei Chuan Dragons. [3]

Controversies

On the opening weekend of the second half of the season, the high expectations for the re-opening of the Hsinchu Municipal Baseball Stadium were dashed when the league announced that the stadium was to be closed temporarily due to player safety issues. Injuries to players in both games played showed inadequacies in the stadium, including the nature of the dirt in the infield. The stadium was to have been a second home to the Wei Chuan Dragons for the second half of the season, but as of this time it is unclear when games will be played in the stadium again. [4]

Standings

First half standings

TeamGWTLPct.GB
Rakuten Monkeys 6037122.627—
CTBC Brothers 6032226.5524½
Uni-President Lions 6031227.5345½
Wei Chuan Dragons 6031029.5176½
Fubon Guardians 6016143.27121

Second half standings

TeamGWTLPct.GB
CTBC Brothers 6037221.638—
Rakuten Monkeys 6033324.5793½
Fubon Guardians 6030326.5366½
Wei Chuan Dragons 6026529.4739½
Uni-President Lions 6017142.28820½

Full season standings

TeamGWTLPct.GB
Rakuten Monkeys 12070446.603—
CTBC Brothers 12069447.5951
Wei Chuan Dragons 12057558.49612½
Uni-President Lions 12048369.41022½
Fubon Guardians 12046470.39724

Playoffs

2022 CPBL playoff series 2022 Taiwan Series
      
1 Rakuten Monkeys 0
2 CTBC Brothers 4
2 CTBC Brothers 3
3 Wei Chuan Dragons 1

Statistical leaders

Hitting

StatPlayerTeamTotal
HR Giljegiljaw Kungkuan
Lin Li 		Wei Chuan Dragons
Rakuten Monkeys 		14
AVG Lin Li Rakuten Monkeys 0.335
H Lin Li Rakuten Monkeys 140
RBIs Lin Li Rakuten Monkeys 83
SB Chen Chen-Wei Rakuten Monkeys 38

Pitching

StatPlayerTeamTotal
W José de Paula CTBC Brothers 14
ERA Huang Tzu-Peng Rakuten Monkeys 2.33
SO José de Paula CTBC Brothers 158
SV Bradin Hagens Rakuten Monkeys 36
Hld Chen Yu-Hsun Rakuten Monkeys 26

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References

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  2. ↑ Yang, Chi-fang; Yen, William (29 December 2021). "Certain foreign players in Taiwan to be allowed to enter CPBL draft". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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  4. ↑ Chen, Yun (25 July 2022). "Hsinchu Stadium Closed for Safety Risks to Players". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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