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35th CPBL season | |
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League | Chinese Professional Baseball League |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 29 to October 11 (Regular Season) |
Number of teams | 6 |
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 MVP | Tseng Sung-en |
The 2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season is the ongoing 35th season of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), based in Taiwan.
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]
Team | G | W | T | L | Pct. | GB |
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Uni-President Lions | 60 | 37 | 0 | 23 | .617 | — |
Rakuten Monkeys | 60 | 33 | 0 | 27 | .550 | 4 |
CTBC Brothers | 60 | 32 | 0 | 28 | .533 | 5 |
Fubon Guardians | 60 | 29 | 0 | 31 | .483 | 8 |
Wei Chuan Dragons | 60 | 26 | 0 | 34 | .433 | 11 |
TSG Hawks | 60 | 23 | 0 | 37 | .383 | 14 |
Team | G | W | T | L | Pct. | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CTBC Brothers | 60 | 38 | 0 | 22 | .633 | — |
Wei Chuan Dragons | 60 | 32 | 0 | 28 | .533 | 6 |
Uni-President Lions | 60 | 29 | 1 | 30 | .492 | 8½ |
Rakuten Monkeys | 60 | 29 | 1 | 30 | .492 | 8½ |
TSG Hawks | 60 | 26 | 1 | 33 | .441 | 11½ |
Fubon Guardians | 60 | 24 | 1 | 35 | .407 | 13½ |
Team | G | W | T | L | Pct. | GB |
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CTBC Brothers | 120 | 70 | 0 | 50 | .583 | — |
Uni-President Lions | 120 | 66 | 1 | 53 | .555 | 3½ |
Rakuten Monkeys | 120 | 62 | 1 | 57 | .521 | 7½ |
Wei Chuan Dragons | 120 | 58 | 0 | 62 | .483 | 12 |
Fubon Guardians | 120 | 53 | 1 | 66 | .436 | 16½ |
TSG Hawks | 120 | 49 | 1 | 70 | .385 | 20½ |
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