Chiayi-Tainan Luka

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The Chiayi-Tainan Luka (嘉南勇士; literally "Chianan Braves") or abbreviated Chianan Luka was a professional baseball team in the Taiwan Major League (TML) that existed from 1997 to 2002. [1] [2] The team's home field included Chiayi County Baseball Stadium (not to be confused with Chiayi Baseball Field used by its CPBL then counterpart Chinatrust Whales) and Tainan Baseball Field. Except for winning championship in TML's first season in 1997, this team did not perform well throughout its history and it only ever attracted corporate sponsors in 2000 and 2001. As a result, this team used its home cities' names as its name for most of its existence rather than a company's name. After TML merged with the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2003, this team merged with Taichung Agan and exchanged its name with Taipei Gida (later became Macoto Gida), which was further changed to Macoto Cobras since 2004.

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Regular season records

YearWinLossTieRankWin–loss %
1997534211.558
1998574832.543
1999404223.488
2000374523.451
2001134704.217
2002294124.414
Total22926510.464

Notable former players

Home field

Chiayi County Baseball Stadium
嘉義縣立棒球場
Chiayi County Baseball Stadium 20140223.jpg
Chiayi-Tainan Luka
LocationXianghe 2nd Road, Taibao City, Taiwan
Coordinates 23°27′24″N120°17′33″E / 23.456580°N 120.292500°E / 23.456580; 120.292500
OwnerChiayi County Government
OperatorChiayi County
Capacity 9,000
Field sizeLeft Field – 322 ft
Center Field – 403 ft
Right Field – 322 ft
SurfaceNatural turf and clay
Opened1996
Tenants
Chiayi-Tainan Luka (1997-2002)
Spring training facility for Rakuten Monkeys (2019-)

For the duration of their existence Chiayi-Tainan Luka called Chiayi County Baseball Stadium home. The baseball park opened in 1999 and is owned by Chiayi County Government. Located in Taibao City, it is often mistaken for Chiayi City Municipal Baseball Stadium, which displaced the County stadium following renovations in 1998.

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References

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  2. ↑ China (Taiwan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of (2000-07-01). "The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Baseball". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 2022-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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