Fubon Guardians
Fubon Guardians | |||||
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富邦悍將 | |||||
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League | Chinese Professional Baseball League | ||||
Location | New Taipei City | ||||
Ballpark | Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium | ||||
Founded | 1993 | ||||
Taiwan Series championships |
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Former name(s) |
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Colors | Blue | ||||
Mascot | Frankie, Bonnie | ||||
Playoff berths |
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Retired numbers |
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General Manager | Lin Hua-wei | ||||
President | Tsai Cheng-tao | ||||
Website | Official Website | ||||
Uniforms | |||||
Departments of Fubon Sports & Entertainment | ||||||
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The Fubon Guardians (Chinese: 富邦悍將) are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. The team is owned by Fubon Financial Holding Co. and play their home games at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City.
History
The Jungo Era (1993–1995)
The Jungo Bears (Chinese: 俊國熊) existed in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) between 1993 and 1995. Originally formed as an amateur club by the Taichung-based Jungo Corporation in 1989, this club was professionalized in 1992 after absorbing a group of players from the Chinese Taipei national baseball team who just won the silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, similar to its sister team China Times Eagles. This club took Taichung Baseball Field as its home throughout its history.
Despite a nice start, this club had been performing poorly throughout its short history, mainly due to the controversial leading styles of Jungo Corporation's then chairman Chen I-ping (陳一平). After a chain of rows over TV broadcast rights and the distribution of TV broadcast
Sinon Bulls (1996–2012)
The Sinon Bulls (Chinese: 興農牛) were founded in 1996 and are owned by the Taichung-based Sinon Corporation, which is known for its agricultural product lines, insurance, and supermarket chains through Central Taiwan. After a poor first season, the Bulls managed a winning record for the first time in second half of the 1997 season, and achieved the feat for a full season for the first time in 1998. In this season, the Bulls made it to the championship series for the first time, losing to the Wei Chuan Dragons four games to three. Sinon would advance to the finals in 2000 and 2003 as well, losing both times.
It was in 2004 that the Bulls finally made their breakthrough with a come-from-behind seven game series win. They made it back-to-back Taiwan Series wins with a sweep of the
The Bulls also participated in the first annual Konami Cup Asia Series in Japan following its Taiwan Series victory in 2005. While defeating a team of all-stars from the Chinese league, they lost to the champions of Japan and South Korea en route to a 1–2 showing.
At the end of the 2012 season, Sinon Corporation announced its intention to sell the team. By late December, an agreement was reached between Sinon Corporation and E-United Group, and the team was renamed EDA Rhinos after E-DA World, a large shopping, entertainment and hotel complex in Kaohsiung operated by E-United Group.
EDA Rhinos (2013–2016)
The EDA Rhinos (
In June 2016 it was announced that the E-United Group are willing to sell the team.
Fubon Guardians (2017–present)
In November 2016, the team was renamed as Fubon Guardians (Chinese: 富邦悍將) after Fubon Financial Holding Co. bought the team.[3][4]
Records
Qualified for playoffs | Taiwan Series Championship |
Regular seasons
Season | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Place |
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Jungo Bears | |||||
1993 | 40 (21/19) | 47 (24/23) | 3 (0/3) | .460 (.467/.452) | 4 (4/4) |
1994 | 29 (14/15) | 59 (31/28) | 2 (0/2) | .330 (.311/.349) | 6 (6/6) |
1995 | 40 (19/21) | 58 (30/28) | 2 (1/1) | .408 (.388/.429) | 6 (6/6) |
Sinon Bulls | |||||
1996 | 28 (14/14) | 69 (36/33) | 3 (0/3) | .289 (.280/.298) | 6 (6/6) |
1997 | 45 (20/25) | 48 (26/22) | 3 (2/1) | .484 (.435/.532) | 3 (5/3) |
1998 | 58 | 45 | 2 | 0.563 | 1 |
1999 | 30 | 61 | 2 | 0.330 | 6 |
2000 | 51 (27/24) | 38 (17/21) | 1 (1/0) | .573 (.614/.533) | 1 (1/2) |
2001 | 34 (17/17) | 51(25/26) | 5 (3/2) | .400 (.405/395) | 4 (4/4) |
2002 | 44 (21/23) | 45 (23/22) | 1 (1/0) | .494 (.477/.511) | 3 (3/3) |
2003 | 62 (34/28) | 32 (15/17) | 6 (1/5) | .660 (.695/.622) | 2 (1/3) |
2004 | 52 (25/27) | 43 (22/21) | 5 (3/2) | .547 (.532/.563) | 2 (2/1) |
2005 | 53 (28/25) | 42 (21/21) | 6 (2/4) | .558 (.571/.543) | 1 (2/1) |
2006 | 48 (25/23) | 49 (23/26) | 3 (2/1) | .495 (.521/.469) | 3 (3/3) |
2007
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42 (24/18) | 57 (25/32) | 1 (1/0) | .424 (.490/390) | 6 (4/6) |
2008 | 37 (19/18) | 62 (30/32) | 1 (1/0) | .374 (.388/.360) | 6 (6/5) |
2009 | 57 (29/28) | 60 (29/31) | 3 (2/1) | .487 (.500/.475) | 3 (3/3) |
2010 | 65 (36/29) | 53 (23/30) | 2 (1/1) | .551 (.610/.492) | 1 (1/3) |
2011 | 45 (20/25) | 72 (38/34) | 3 (2/1) | .385 (.345/.424) | 4 (4/4) |
2012 | 38 (22/16) | 77 (35/42) | 5 (3/2) | .330 (.386/.276) | 4 (4/4) |
EDA Rhinos | |||||
2013 | 62 (35/27) | 57 (24/33) | 1 (1/0) | .521 (.593/.450) | 2 (1/4) |
2014 | 58 (26/32) | 60 (33/27) | 2 (1/1) | .492 (.441/.542) | 3 (3/2) |
2015 | 58 (29/29) | 61 (30/31) | 1 (1/0) | .487 (.492/.475) | 3 (2/3) |
2016 | 61 (27/34) | 58 (33/25) | 1 (0/1) | .513 (.450/.576) | 2 (4/1) |
Fubon Guardians | |||||
2017 | 48 (20/28) | 70 (38/32) | 2 (2/0) | .407 (.345/.467) | 4 (4/3) |
2018 | 54 (27/27) | 66 (33/33) | 0 (0/0) | .450 (.450/.450) | 3 (3/4) |
2019 | 63 (31/32) | 55 (27/28) | 2 (2/0) | .534 (.534/.533) | 1 (2/2) |
2020 | 54 (23/31) | 65 (37/28) | 1 (0/1) | .454 (.383/.525) | 4 (4/2) |
2021 | 54 (28/26) | 62 (31/31) | 4 (1/3) | .466 (.475/.456) | 4 (4/4) |
2022 | 46 (16/30) | 70 (43/27) | 4 (1/3) | .397 (.271/.526) | 5 (5/3) |
2023 | 48 (21/27) | 67 (35/32) | 5 (4/1) | .417 (.375/.458) | 5 (5/5) |
Playoffs
Season | First round | Taiwan Series | ||||
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Opponent | Wins | Losses | Opponent | Wins | Losses | |
Sinon Bulls | ||||||
1998 | Did not play | Wei Chuan Dragons | 3 | 4 | ||
2000 | Did not play | Uni-President Lions
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3 | 4 | ||
2003 | Did not play | Brother Elephants
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2 | 4 | ||
2004 | Did not play | Uni-President Lions
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4 | 3 | ||
2005 | Did not play | Macoto Cobras
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4 | 0 | ||
2006
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Uni-President Lions
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0 | 3 | Eliminated | ||
2010 | Did not play | Brother Elephants
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0 | 4 | ||
EDA Rhinos | ||||||
2013 | Did not play | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 0 | 4 | ||
2016 | Did not play | Chinatrust Brothers
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4 | 2 | ||
Fubon Guardians | ||||||
2018 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 1 | 3 | Eliminated |
Asia Series
Year | Round robin | Championship round | ||||
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Wins | Losses | Standing | Opponent | Result | ||
Sinon Bulls | ||||||
2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Eliminated | ||
EDA Rhinos | ||||||
2013 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Eliminated |
Roster
Retired numbers
- 39
Mike Loree
List of managers
Jungo Bears (1993–1995)
No. | Name | Years | Playoffs | Championships |
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1 | Takashi Teraoka | 1993 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Chen Hsiu-hsiung | 1994 | 0 | 0 |
– | Takashi Teraoka | 1994 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Tsai Jung-tsung | 1994 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Masuho Maeda | 1995 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Wu Hsiang-mu | 1995 | 0 | 0 |
Sinon Bears/Bulls (1996–2012)
No. | Name | Years | Playoffs | Championships |
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– | Wu Hsiang-mu | 1996 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Kim Yong-un | 1996–1997 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Wang Chun-lang | 1997–2001 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Chen Wei-cheng | 2002–2004 | 1 | 0 |
9 | Liu Jung-hua | 2004–2006 | 3 | 2 |
10 | Huang Chung-yi | 2007 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Hu Chang-hao | 2007–2008 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Hsu Sheng-ming | 2008–2010 | 1 | 0 |
– | Liu Jung-hua | 2011–2012 | 0 | 0 |
EDA Rhinos (2013–2016)
No. | Name | Years | Playoffs | Championships |
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– | Hsu Sheng-ming | 2013 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Tseng Chih-chen | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
14 | Dallas Williams | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Von Joshua | 2014–2015 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Yeh Chun-chang | 2015–2016 | 1 | 1 |
Fubon Guardians (2017–present)
No. | Name | Years | Playoffs | Championships |
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– | Yeh Chun-chang | 2016–2018 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Chen Lien-hung | 2018–2019 | 1 | 0 |
18 | Hong I-chung | 2020–2021 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Chiu Chang-jung | 2021–2023 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Chen Chin-feng
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2024–present | 0 | 0 |
References
- ^ Manny Ramirez agrees to play in Taiwan - Yahoo! Sports
- ^ a b The China Post news staff (4 November 2016). "The inspiring underdog story of the EDA Rhinos". chinapost.com.tw. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "EDA Rhinos renamed Fubon Guardians after Fubon takeover". focustaiwan.tw. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ CNA (16 November 2016). "New name for Rhinos to be Fubon Guardians". chinapost.com.tw. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
External links
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- Official website (in Chinese)
- Official Twitter profile