2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

Last updated
35th CPBL season
League Chinese Professional Baseball League
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 29 to October 11 (Regular Season)
Number of teams6
First half-season
Season champions Uni-President Lions
Second half-season
Season champions CTBC Brothers
Full season
Season champions CTBC Brothers
Taiwan Series
Champions CTBC Brothers
  Runners-up Uni-President Lions
Finals MVPTseng Sung-en
CPBL seasons
2025 →

The 2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season is the ongoing 35th season of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), based in Taiwan.

Contents

Season schedule

The regular season began on 30 March 2024. Teams will play a split-season, with second-half games starting July 5. The CPBL All-Star Game is scheduled for the weekend of July 20–21.

On August 23, the Chinese Professional Baseball League officially drew over 2 million spectators during the regular season, the first time that the milestone had been reached in league history. [1]

Standings

First half standings

TeamGWTLPct.GB
Uni-President Lions 6037023.617—
Rakuten Monkeys 6033027.5504
CTBC Brothers 6032028.5335
Fubon Guardians 6029031.4838
Wei Chuan Dragons 6026034.43311
TSG Hawks 6023037.38314

Second half standings

TeamGWTLPct.GB
CTBC Brothers 6038022.633—
Wei Chuan Dragons 6032028.5336
Uni-President Lions 6029130.4928½
Rakuten Monkeys 6029130.4928½
TSG Hawks 6026133.44111½
Fubon Guardians 6024135.40713½

Final season standings

TeamGWTLPct.GB
CTBC Brothers 12070050.583—
Uni-President Lions 12066153.5553½
Rakuten Monkeys 12062157.5217½
Wei Chuan Dragons 12058062.48312
Fubon Guardians 12053166.43616½
TSG Hawks 12049170.38520½

Playoffs

2024 CPBL playoff series 2024 Taiwan Series
1 CTBC Brothers 4
2 Uni-President Lions 32 Uni-President Lions 1
3 Rakuten Monkeys 1

CPBL Playoff Series

The team that won a half starts with a one-win advantage over the team with the best record among non-half winners.

Uni-President Lions won the series, 3−1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 12Rakuten Monkeys – 1, Uni-President Lions – 2 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium 2:4315,209 [2]  
2October 13Uni-President Lions – 1, Rakuten Monkeys– 17 Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium 3:1412,520 [3]  
3October 14Rakuten Monkeys – 5, Uni-President Lions – 8Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium3:247,214 [4]

Taiwan Series

CTBC Brothers won the series, 4−1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 19Uni-President Lions – 4, CTBC Brothers – 10 Taipei Dome 3:3340,000 [5]  
2October 20Uni-President Lions – 10, CTBC Brothers – 3Taipei Dome3:3037,596 [6]  
3October 22CTBC Brothers – 10, Uni-President Lions – 0Taipei Dome3:3725,029 [7]  
4October 23CTBC Brothers – 6, Uni-President Lions – 4 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium 3:0210,000 [8]  
5October 25Uni-President Lions – 1, CTBC Brothers – 4 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:5020,000 [9]

Attendances

The previous season, the total CPBL attendance was 1,800,130. [10]

#TeamAverage attendance
1 CTBC Brothers 10,098
2 Wei Chuan Dragons 8,041
3 Fubon Guardians 7,307
4 Rakuten Monkeys 7,286
5 TSG Hawks 7,012
6 Uni-President Lions 6,360

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References

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  2. ↑ "2024/10/12 Monkeys VS. U-Lions". Chinese Professional Baseball League . Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  3. ↑ "2024/10/13 U-Lions VS. Monkeys". Chinese Professional Baseball League . Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ "2023/10/14 Monkeys VS. U-Lions". Chinese Professional Baseball League . Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ "2024/10/19 Brothers VS. Lions". Chinese Professional Baseball League . Retrieved December 6, 2024.
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  8. ↑ "2024/10/23 Lions VS. Brothers". Chinese Professional Baseball League . Retrieved December 6, 2024.
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  10. ↑ https://en.cpbl.com.tw/about/fans
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