CTBC Brothers

The CTBC Brothers (Chinese: 中信兄弟) or simply Brothers are a professional baseball team in Taiwan. The team was originally established as an amateur team in 1984 by the Brother Hotel located in Taipei City, and later joined the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 1989. Brother Hotel's chairman Hung Teng-sheng (洪騰勝) also acted as CPBL's secretary-general from 1987 to 1991. The Brothers are currently owned by Hua Yi, a subdivision of CTBC Holding.

CTBC Brothers
Information
LeagueChinese Professional Baseball League
LocationTaichung, Taiwan
BallparkTaichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium (2015–present)
Year founded1989 (1989)
League championships1992, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2016
Taiwan Series championships1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010
Former name(s)
  • Brother Elephants (1990–2013)
ColorsYellow
MascotElephant
Playoff berths1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
ManagerChiu Chang-Jung
Websitewww.brothers.tw
Uniforms

Home

Away

With its long history from the amateur era plus a successful marketing strategy and management, the team has long been one of the most popular Taiwanese baseball teams, winning the CPBL championship on seven occasions.

The team has always worn yellow uniforms. Its current home is in Taichung, with the home field at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.

History
Brother Elephants uniform

On March 17, 1990, the Brother Elephants played the first historical CPBL game against the Uni-President Lions in the now-demolished Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium with a full house of 14,350 in attendance. These two teams are also the only two remaining original teams of the CPBL.

Despite having the best season-long record for the 2004 season, the Elephants were unable to participate in the Taiwan Series because they had won neither half-season. This resulted in the expansion of the playoffs to three teams beginning in 2005, where the team with the best season-long record among non-champions for the season would gain a wildcard berth, thus preventing a similar occurrence in the future.

In mid-season of 2008, GM Hung Je-he revealed the possibility of sale or disbanding of the organization if the financial deficit continued after 2009.

In the 2009 season, Brother Elephants were triumphant in winning the second half of the season. However, the team was affected deeply by the match fixing scandal which resulted in expulsion of many team players and the coach.

In October 2013, the team's president announced attempts to sell the team.[1] The announcement drew interest from seven potential bidders.[2] The team was sold to Hua Yi, a subdivision of CTBC Holding, by December 2013 for a price of NT$400 million.[3] The team's name change reflected their new corporate parent, but it was felt that the branding from their previous owners was strong enough to rename the team Brothers, while retaining the elephant mascot.[4]

Records
Qualified for Playoffs Taiwan Series Championship Asia Series Championship

Regular seasons
Season Wins Losses Ties Pct. Place
Brother Elephants
1990 34 (17/17) 49 (25/24) 7 (3/4) .410 (.405/.415) 4 (3/4)
1991 38 (21/17) 49 (23/26) 3 (1/2) .437 (.477/.395) 3 (3/4)
1992 51 (27/24) 35 (17/18) 4 (1/3) .593 (.614/.571) 1 (1/1)
1993 52 (28/24) 36 (16/20) 2 (1/1) .591 (.636/.545) 2 (1/2)
1994 64 (34/30) 24 (11/13) 2 (0/2) .727 (.756/.698) 1 (1/1)
1995 48 (25/23) 51 (25/26) 1 (0/1) .485 (.500/.469) 4 (3/3)
1996 52 (29/23) 43 (19/24) 5 (2/3) .547 (.604/.489) 4 (2/4)
1997 45 (23/22) 44 (20/24) 7 (5/2) .506 (.535/.478) 3 (3/5)
1998 33 69 3 0.324 6
1999 37 53 4 0.411 5
2000 38 (21/17) 48 (21/27) 4 (3/1) .442 (.500/.386) 4 (3/4)
2001 44 (17/27) 39 (23/16) 7 (5/2) .530 (.425/.628) 2 (3/1)
2002 53 (25/28) 33 (17/16) 4 (3/1) .616 (.595/.636) 1 (1/1)
2003 63 (27/36) 31 (20/11) 6 (3/3) .670 (.574/.766) 1 (3/1)
2004 54 (26/28) 45 (23/22) 1 (1/0) .545 (.531/.560) 3 (3/2)
2005 47 (25/22) 49 (23/26) 4 (2/2) .490 (.521/.458) 4 (3/6)
2006 40 (20/20) 59 (29/30) 1 (1/0) .404 (.408/.400) 6 (5/6)
2007 49 (24/25) 50 (25/25) 1 (1/0) .495 (.490/.500) 3 (4/4)
2008 52 (24/28) 42 (23/19) 4 (3/1) .553 (.511/.596) 3 (3/3)
2009 54 (21/33) 63 (38/25) 3 (1/2) .462 (.356/.569) 4 (4/1)
2010 61 (25/36) 57 (33/24) 2 (2/0) .517 (.431/.600) 2 (3/1)
2011 60 (28/32) 60 (32/28) 0 (0/0) .500 (.467/.533) 3 (3/2)
2012 60 (26/34) 58 (33/25) 2 (1/1) .508 (.441/.576) 3 (3/2)
2013 55 (26/29) 65 (34/31) 0 (0/0) .458 (.433/.483) 4 (4/3)
Total 1184 1152 77 .507 —
CTBC Brothers
2014 50 (19/31) 66 (40/26) 4 (1/3) .431 (.322/.544) 4 (4/1)
2015 63 (27/36) 56 (33/23) 1 (0/1) .529 (.450/.610) 2 (3/1)
2016 68 (35/33) 50 (23/27) 2 (2/0) .576 (.603/.550) 1 (1/2)
2017 53 (30/23) 64 (27/37) 3 (3/0) .453 (.526/.383) 3 (2/4)
2018 48 (20/28) 71 (40/31) 1 (0/1) .403 (.333/.475) 4 (4/3)
2019 62 (26/36) 56 (32/24) 2 (2/0) .525 (.448/.600) 3 (3/1)
Total 344 363 13 .486 —

Playoffs
Season First Round Taiwan Series
Opponent Wins Losses Opponent Wins Losses
Brother Elephants
1992 No playoffs. The Elephants won the championship by virtue of winning both half-seasons.
1993 No first round Uni-President Lions 4 2
1994 No playoffs. The Elephants won the championship by virtue of winning both half-seasons.
2001 No first round Uni-President Lions 4 3
2002 No first round Chinatrust Whales 4 0
2003 No first round Sinon Bulls 4 2
2008 La New Bears 3 0 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 3 4
2009 No first round Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 3 4
2010 No first round Sinon Bulls 4 0
CTBC Brothers
2014 No first round Lamigo Monkeys 1 4
2015 No first round Lamigo Monkeys 3 4
2016 No first round EDA Rhinos 2 4
2017 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 3 1 Lamigo Monkeys 1 4
2019 No first round Lamigo Monkeys 1 4

Roster
Chinatrust Brothers roster
Players Coaches

Pitchers

  • 10 Chang Kai-Lun
  • 11 Liao Yi-Chung
  • 15 Wang Kai-Cheng
  • 17 Hung Chen-Yu
  • 18 Kuan Ta-Yuan
  • 19 Cheng Kai-Wen
  • 20 Chiang Chung-Cheng
  • 21 Peng Shih-Ying
  • 22 Wu Wei-Hua
  • 28 Ariel Miranda
  • 30 Yang Tzu-Yi
  • 33 Wang Tse-Chun
  • 34 C. C. Lee
  • 35 Esmil Rogers
  • 37 Wang Tzu-An
  • 38 Lin Cheng-Hsuan
  • 41 Cheng Chia-Yen
  • 46 José de Paula
  • 48 Chiu Pin-Jui
  • 50 Tsai Chi-Che
  • 53 Liu Shao-Wei
  • 54 Wang Yi-Kai
  • 56 Yang Chih-Lung
  • 62 Chen Hu
  • 64 Huang En-Sih
  • 79 Hsieh Jung-Hao
  • 80 Wei Shou-Cheng
  • 82 Yang Ta-Hsiang
  • 83 Chen Po-Hao
  • 84 Huang Hung-Yi
  • 88 Li Wu Yung-Chin
  • 93 Wu Che-Yuan
  • 94 Wu Chun-Wei
  • 97 Mitch Lively
  • 99 Chou Lei

Catchers

  • 12 Lin Ming-Chieh
  • 26 Huang Chun-Sheng
  • 42 Chen Chia-Chu
  • 52 Chang Sheng-Hao
  • 65 Kao Yu-Chieh
  • 81 Wu Ming-Hung

Infielders

  •  3 Lin Chih-Sheng
  •  5 Wang Cheng-Shun
  •  9 Wang Wei-Chen
  • 13 Chen Wei-Han
  • 14 Wang Sheng-Wei
  • 61 Wu Tung-Jung
  • 63 Pan Chih-Fang
  • 69 Chang Chih-Chiang
  • 71 Tu Chia-Ming
  • 73 Chen Tzu-Hung
  • 74 Hsu Chi-Hung
  • 75 Lin Jui-Chun
  • 90 Chiang Kun-Yu
  • 96 Su Wei-Ta
  • 98 Yueh Tung-Hua

Outfielders

  •  1 Chen Tzu-Hao
  •  4 Chen Wen-Chieh
  •  7 Chang Chih-Hao
  • 16 Chou Szu-Chi
  • 27 Huang Chih-Feng
  • 32 Tseng Sung-En
  • 39 Chan Tzu-Hsien
  • 43 Lin Shu-Yi
  • 55 Chiu Chih-Heng
  • 99 Yueh Cheng-Hua
  • 101 Li Sheng-Yu

Manager

  • 91 Chiu Chang-Jung

Coaches

  • 00 Jim Presley (batting)
  •  8 Huang Tai-Lung (fielding)
  • 11 Cola Yeh (bullpen)
  • 17 Alan Hsieh (fitness)
  • (pitching)
  • 47 Gary McCoy (fitness)
  • 52 Chu Wei-Ming (fitness)
  • 86 Hsu Hao-Ming (baserunning & batting)
  • (head)

Roster updated on 16 April 2020

List of managers

Chinatrust Brothers (2014–present)
Manager # Manager name Years Games Wins Losses Ties Playoffs Championships
1 Hsieh Chang-Heng 2014–2015 160 67 89 4 1 0
2 Wu Fu-Lian 2015–2016 200 114 83 3 2 0
3 Cory Snyder 2017–2018 222 95 123 4 1 0
(Acting) Chiu Chang-Jung 2018 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Scott Budner 2018–2019 125 68 67 2 1 0
5 Chiu Chang-Jung 2020– 0 0 0 0 0 0

References
  1. Lin Hung-han and Sofia Wu (2013-10-19). "Brother Elephants up for sale (update 2)". Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  2. Lin, Hung-han; Jeffrey Wu (2013-10-23). "Funeral services company to bid for pro-baseball team". Central News Agency. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  3. Lin, Hung-han; Y.L. Kao (3 December 2013). "CTBC-sponsored company buys Brother Elephants for NT$400 m." Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. "Brief History of CPBL". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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