Chinatrust Whales
| Chinatrust Whales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Information | ||||
| League | Chinese Professional Baseball League | |||
| Location | Chiayi | |||
| Founded | 1991 | |||
| Folded | 2008 | |||
| Former name(s) | Koos Group Whales (1997–2001) | |||
| Colors | Green and red | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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The Chinatrust Whales (中信鯨), formerly Koos Group Whales (和信鯨), were a
Chinatrust Financial Holding Company
. The Whales have never won a CPBL championship. On November 11, 2008, it was announced that the team would disband due to financial losses of the Chinatrust Group.
History
In 1997, the amateur Chinatrust Whales Baseball Team was professionalized and became the seventh member of
Chiayi Baseball Field
. The team has not had any notable success over the course of its history with only two appearances in the Championship series, winning only a single game over the course of those two series while dropping eight. In 2002, because of the split of Chinatrust and the Koo Group, the ownership of the Whales were transferred back to Chinatrust and renamed Chinatrust Whales. The organization disbanded after the 2008 season.
Although owned by the same parent corporation, Chinatrust Whales and
Chinatrust Brothers
are two separate organization with separate franchise histories. Chinatrust acquired the Brothers organization from Brother Hotel in December 2013, five years after the Whales folded.
Records
| Qualified for Playoffs | Taiwan Series Championship | Asia Series Championship |
Regular seasons
| Season | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koos Group Whales | |||||
| 1997 | 39 (20/19) | 56 (27/29) | 1 (1/0) | .411 (.426/.396) | 7 (6/6) |
| 1998 | 54 | 49 | 2 | .524 | 4 |
| 1999 | 60 | 29 | 2 | .674 | 1 |
| 2000 | 41 (21/20) | 45 (21/24) | 4 (3/1) | .477 (.500/.455) | 3 (2/3) |
| 2001 | 45 (23/22) | 45 (22/23) | 0 (0/0) | .500 (.511/.489) | 3 (2/2) |
| Chinatrust Whales | |||||
| 2002 | 45 (21/24) | 42 (21/21) | 3 (3/0) | .517 (.500/.533) | 2 (2/2) |
| 2003 | 51 (26/25) | 43 (19/24) | 6 (5/1) | .543 (.578/.510) | 4 (2/4) |
| 2004 | 45 (21/24) | 50 (27/23) | 5 (2/3) | .474 (.438/.511) | 4 (5/4) |
| 2005 | 47 (24/23) | 49 (24/25) | 4 (2/2) | .490 (.500/.479) | 4 (4/4) |
| 2006 | 42 (17/25) | 51 (31/20) | 7 (2/5) | .452 (.354/.556) | 5 (6/2) |
2007
|
46 (19/27) | 52 (30/22) | 2 (1/1) | .469 (.388/.551) | 4 (6/3) |
| 2008 | 39 (20/19) | 61 (30/31) | 0 (0/0) | .390 (.400/.380) | 5 (5/4) |
| Totals | 554 | 572 | 36 | .492 | -- |
Playoffs
| Season | First Round | Taiwan Series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Wins | Losses | Opponent | Wins | Losses | |
| Koos Group Whales | ||||||
| 1999 | No first round. | Wei Chuan Dragons | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chinatrust Whales | ||||||
| 2002 | No first round. | Brother Elephants
|
0 | 4 | ||
| Total | Combining the first round and Taiwan Series | 1 | 8 | |||
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