2011 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

The 2011 Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) season began on March 19 in Kaohsiung County when the defending champion Lamigo Monkeys played host to the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions. The season concluded in late October with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions defeating the Lamigo Monkeys in Game 7 of the Taiwan Series.

Competition

Four teams, the Lamigo Monkeys, Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, Sinon Bulls and Brother Elephants will contest the CPBL, the highest level of professional baseball played in Taiwan. The season is divided into two halves, with each team playing sixty 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.

Standings

First Half standings
Team G W T L Pct. GB
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions6037122.627--
Lamigo Monkeys6033126.5594.0
Brother Elephants6028032.4679.5
Sinon Bulls6020238.34516.5

Second Half Standings
Team G W T L Pct. GB
Lamigo Monkeys6033126.559--
Brother Elephants6032028.5331.5
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions6028230.4834.5
Sinon Bulls6025134.4248.0

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.

Team G W T L Pct. GB RS RA
Lamigo Monkeys12066252.559--627575
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions12065352.5560.5624563
Brother Elephants12060060.5008.0597576
Sinon Bulls12045372.38520.5555689
  • Green denotes first half or second half champion.
  • Bold denotes clinching the playoff qualification.

Statistical leaders

Hitting
Stat Player Team Total
HRLin Hung-YuLamigo Monkeys22
AVGZhang Zheng-weiBrother Elephants0.351
HZhang Zheng-weiBrother Elephants170
RBIsLin Hung-YuLamigo Monkeys106
SBZhang Zheng-weiBrother Elephants31

Pitching
Stat Player Team Total
WOrlando RománBrother Elephants16
ERAKen RayLamigo Monkeys2.85
SOOrlando RománBrother Elephants161
SVHsu Ming-chiehLamigo Monkeys30
HldWang Ching-liUni-President 7-Eleven Lions26

Month MVP
Month Item Player Team
MarchPitcherPan Wei-lunUni-President 7-Eleven Lions
HitterLin Hung-YuLamigo Monkeys
AprilPitcherAdrian BurnsideLamigo Monkeys
HitterLin Chih-shengLamigo Monkeys
MayPitcherDan ReichertUni-President 7-Eleven Lions
HitterChen Kuan-jenBrother Elephants
JunePitcherTyler LumsdenBrother Elephants
HitterChen Kuan-jenBrother Elephants
JulyPitcherSteve HammondLamigo Monkeys
HitterKao Kuo-chingUni-President 7-Eleven Lions
AugustPitcherLuo Cheng-lungSinon Bulls
HitterZhang Zheng-weiBrother Elephants
SeptemberPitcherOrlando RománBrother Elephants
HitterLin Hung-YuLamigo Monkeys
OctoberPitcherOrlando RománBrother Elephants
HitterLin Hung-YuLamigo Monkeys

Participants
  • Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions - Winner of the first half-season.
  • Lamigo Monkeys - Winner of the second half-season.

The Lions and the Monkeys played each other in 40 regular season games, and the Monkeys had the upper hand with 21 wins, 18 losses, and one tied game. The two teams also played each other in the 2006 Taiwan Series and 2007 Taiwan Series; the Monkeys defeated the Lions in 2006, but the Lions claimed the title in 2007.

Rules

All regular season rules apply with the following exceptions:

  • Each team is allowed to register 28 players on its active roster.
  • No tied games.
  • Two outfield umpires are added to the games.

Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (4) vs. Lamigo Monkeys (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 15Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 3 Lamigo Monkeys 2Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium3:5311,113 
2October 16Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 8 Lamigo Monkeys 7 (13 innings)Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium4:5810,105 
3October 18Lamigo Monkeys 4 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 1Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium3:056062 
4October 19Lamigo Monkeys 2 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 3Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium3:217518 
5October 20Lamigo Monkeys 6 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 10Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium3:5110,718

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