CTBC Brothers
CTBC Brothers | ||||
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中信兄弟 | ||||
Information | ||||
League | Chinese Professional Baseball League | |||
Location | Taichung City | |||
Ballpark | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium (2015–present) | |||
Founded | 1989 | |||
League championships | 18 (19921 • 19922 • 19931 • 19941 • 19942 • 20012 • 20021 • 20022 • 20032 • 20092 • 20102 • 20142 • 20152 • 20161 • 20192 • 20201 • 20211 • 20222) | |||
Taiwan Series championships | 9 (1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2021, 2022) | |||
Former name(s) |
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Colors | Yellow, navy blue | |||
Mascot | Sean, Albee | |||
Playoff berths | 15 (1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) | |||
Retired numbers | ||||
Ownership | CTBC Financial Holding | |||
Manager | Keiichi Hirano | |||
General Manager | Liu Chih-wei | |||
President | Chen Kuo-en | |||
Website | www | |||
Uniforms | ||||
Departments of CTBC Sports Entertainment | ||||||
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The CTBC Brothers (
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 nine 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
On March 17, 1990, the Brother Elephants played the first historical CPBL game against the
Despite having the best season-long record for the 2004 season, the Elephants were unable to participate in the
In mid-2008, general manager Hung Jui-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. In 2022, the CTBC Holding officially purchased the team from Hua Yi.
Records
Qualified for playoffs | Taiwan Series Championship |
Regular seasons
Season | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Place |
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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) |
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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) |
2020 | 67 (37/30) | 51 (23/28) | 2 (0/2) | .568 (.617/.517) | 1 (1/3) |
2021 | 66 (35/31) | 49 (24/25) | 5 (1/4) | .574 (.593/.554) | 1 (1/2) |
2022 | 69 (32/37) | 47 (26/21) | 4 (2/2) | .595 (.552/.638) | 2 (2/1) |
2023 | 57 (28/29) | 58 (28/30) | 5 (4/1) | .496 (.500/.492) | 4 (4/3) |
Playoffs
Season | First round | Taiwan Series | ||||
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Opponent | Wins | Losses | Opponent | Wins | Losses | |
Brother Elephants | ||||||
1992 | No playoffs. The Elephants won the championship by virtue of winning both half-seasons. | |||||
1993 | Did not play | Uni-President Lions
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4 | 2 | ||
1994 | No playoffs. The Elephants won the championship by virtue of winning both half-seasons. | |||||
2001 | Did not play | Uni-President Lions
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4 | 3 | ||
2002 | Did not play | Chinatrust Whales | 4 | 0 | ||
2003 | Did not play | Sinon Bulls
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4 | 2 | ||
2008
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La New Bears
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3 | 0 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 3 | 4 |
2009 | Did not play | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 3 | 4 | ||
2010 | Did not play | Sinon Bulls
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4 | 0 | ||
CTBC Brothers | ||||||
2014 | Did not play | Lamigo Monkeys
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1 | 4 | ||
2015 | Did not play | Lamigo Monkeys
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3 | 4 | ||
2016 | Did not play | EDA Rhinos
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2 | 4 | ||
2017 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 3 | 1 | Lamigo Monkeys
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1 | 4 |
2019 | Did not play | Lamigo Monkeys
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1 | 4 | ||
2020 | Did not play | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 3 | 4 | ||
2021 | Did not play | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 4 | 0 | ||
2022 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 3 | 1 | Rakuten Monkeys | 4 | 0 |
Roster
Retired numbers
- 23 Peng Cheng-min
- 67 Tseng Chi-en
List of managers
Brother Elephants (1990–2013)
No. | Name | Years | Playoffs | Championships |
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1 | Tseng Chi-en | 1990–1991 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Masao Morishita | 1992 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Toshihide Yamane | 1993–1995 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Chiang Chung-hao | 1996–1998 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Toshitake Nakayama | 1999 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Lin Pai-hen | 2000–2001 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Lin Yi-tseng | 2001–2005 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Wu Shih-hsih | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Wang Kuang-hui | 2007–2009 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Shin Nakagomi | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
11 | Chen Je-cheng | 2010–2012 | 1 | 1 |
12 | Hsieh Chang-heng | 2013 | 0 | 0 |
CTBC Brothers (2014–present)
No. | Name | Years | Playoffs | Championships |
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— | Hsieh Chang-heng | 2014–2015 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Wu Fu-lian | 2015–2016 | 2 | 0 |
14 | Cory Snyder | 2017–2018 | 1 | 0 |
15 | Scott Budner | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
16 | Chiu Chang-jung | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
17 | Lin Wei-chu | 2021–2023 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Peng Cheng-min | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Keiichi Hirano | 2024–present | 0 | 0 |
Notes
References
- ^ Lin Hung-han and Sofia Wu (2013-10-19). "Brother Elephants up for sale (update 2)". Retrieved 2013-10-20.
- Central News Agency. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brief History of CPBL". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Chinese)
- CTBC Brothers on Twitter(in English)