Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
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Uni-President 7-ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇn Lions | ||||
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統一7-ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇn獅 | ||||
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Former name(s) |
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Playoff berths | 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 | |||
Retired numbers | 1, 56 | |||
Ownership |
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Manager | Lin Yueh-ping | |||
General Manager | Su Tai-an | |||
Website | www | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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Hanyu Pinyin | Tǒngyī Shī |
Wade–Giles | T'ung-I Shih |
Tongyong Pinyin | Tǒngyī Shīh |
Yale Romanization | Tǔngyī Shr̄ |
IPA | [tʰʊ̀ŋí ʂɻ̩́] |
Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Thóng-it Sai |
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, stylized as Uni-President 7-ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇn Lions, also known as Uni-Lions (
The organization is owned by
History
Amateur era
The team was first established as amateur Uni-President Baseball Team (
Uni-President originally offered Lin Chia-hsiang (
Early years
The team was professionalized on January 1, 1990, following the establishment of CPBL. Uni-President chose Lions as its mascot, and hence the team was renamed Uni-President Lions. The Lions played the opening game of CPBL on March 17, 1990 with
The season of 1991 saw significant improvements in the Lions' performance. The Lions were able to advance into the playoffs and play Wei Chuan Dragons, who they defeated four games to two and won their first title. The next three years saw the dominance of the Elephants, who won three consecutive seasonal titles from 1992 to 1994, and defeated the Lions in the 1993 playoffs. It was during these years that the Lions and Elephants developed a long-lasting rivalry. The Lions again won the titles in 1995 and 1996.
Black Eagles scandal and the 1997 season
The 1997 season was not smooth sailing as many has expected; the Lions started out losing some prominent players to the rival Taiwan Major League. Also, the game-fixing scandal in mid-season of 1997, known as the Black Eagles scandal, was a major blow to the CPBL in general in that the average attendance dropped significantly, and teams were either forced out of the market or had to scale back on the budget and shut down some expansion projects over the next few years.
Furthermore, at the end of 1997 season, the Lions led the league with 58–7–31, while the Dragons (46–4–46) and the Eagles (41–4–51) were placed third and fourth respectively. However, the regulation dictated that the playoffs should be played by the team that led the league in the first half-season and the team in the second half-season. It was assumed that if a team leads the league in the whole year, it should have placed first in both half-seasons, and thus allowed to participate in the championship series. The loophole became obvious when the Dragons, placed seventh in the first half but first in the second half, and the Eagles, placed first in the first half and seventh in the second half, got a berth in the playoffs. The loophole was fixed in the following year.
Present
The team was officially renamed Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in 2008. 7-Eleven in Taiwan is franchised by President Chain Store Corporation, a subsidiary of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation; each entity now owns roughly half of the shares of the Lions.
Organization
Minor league
The Lions were credited as the first organization to form a minor league team. As early as 1990, when CPBL was still in its early years, the Lions were making preparation for establishment of a second team by hiring coaches and scouting talented players for the project. The reserve team, however, was disbanded due to lack of opponent and players. In 1997, the Lions again formed a reserve team, but it met the same fate as its predecessor due to the game-fixing scandal and the decline in attendance. No further expansion was made until after the CPBL-TML merger took place.
In late 2003, after the merger of the two competing league, the
Foreign cooperation
The Lions have been working with other organization in Asia and North America to improve the performance of the organization; collaborators includes
Notable achievements
The Lions are the holders of many CPBL records. The most well-known is the winning streak of 17 games in the 2006 season. The Lions are currently holding the records as the team with the most wins, home runs, and Taiwan Series titles throughout its history.
Records
Qualified for playoffs | Taiwan Series Championship |
Regular seasons
Season | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Place |
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1990 | 37 (16/21) | 49 (29/20) | 4 (0/4) | .430 (.356/.512) | 3 (4/2) |
1991 | 46 (21/25) | 34 (20/14) | 10 (4/6) | .575 (.512/.641) | 1 (2/1) |
1992 | 41 (20/21) | 45 (23/22) | 4 (2/2) | .477 (.465/.488) | 3 (3/2) |
1993 | 54 (25/29) | 34 (20/14) | 2 (0/2) | .614 (.556/.674) | 1 (3/1) |
1994 | 48 (22/26) | 38 (20/18) | 4 (3/1) | .558 (.524/.591) | 2 (3/2) |
1995 | 62 (32/30) | 36 (17/19) | 2 (1/1) | .633 (.653/.612) | 1 (1/1) |
1996 | 60 (34/26) | 37 (15/22) | 3 (1/2) | .619 (.694/.542) | 1 (1/3) |
1997 | 58 (28/30) | 31 (16/15) | 7 (4/3) | .652 (.636/.667) | 1 (2/2) |
1998 | 57 | 45 | 3 | .563 | 2 |
1999 | 56 | 37 | 0 | .602 | 2 |
2000 | 44 (17/27) | 43 (27/16) | 3 (1/2) | .506 (.386/.659) | 2 (4/1) |
2001 | 49 (27/22) | 37 (14/23) | 4 (4/0) | .570 (.659/.489) | 1 (1/3) |
2002 | 32 (18/14) | 54 (24/30) | 4 (3/1) | .372 (.429/.318) | 4 (4/4) |
2003 | 54 (24/30) | 39 (23/16) | 7 (3/4) | .581 (.511/.652) | 3 (4/2) |
2004 | 54 (28/26) | 40 (18/22) | 6 (4/2) | .574 (.543/.542) | 1 (1/3) |
2005 | 48 (24/24) | 49 (26/23) | 3 (0/3) | .495 (.480/.511) | 3 (5/3) |
2006 | 48 (28/20) | 45 (18/27) | 7 (4/3) | .516 (.609/.426) | 2 (2/5) |
2007
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58 (27/31) | 41 (23/18) | 1 (0/1) | .586 (.540/.633) | 1 (2/2) |
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2008 | 67 (34/33) | 33 (16/17) | 0 (0/0) | .670 (.680/.660) | 1 (1/2) |
2009 | 63 (34/29) | 54 (24/30) | 3 (2/1) | .538 (.586/.492) | 1 (1/2) |
2010 | 54 (25/29) | 63 (34/29) | 3 (1/2) | .462 (.424/.500) | 3 (4/2) |
2011 | 65 (37/28) | 52 (22/30) | 3 (1/2) | .556 (.627/.483) | 2 (1/3) |
2012 | 71 (41/30) | 48 (19/29) | 1 (0/1) | .597 (.683/.508) | 1 (1/2) |
2013 | 62 (30/32) | 55 (29/26) | 3 (1/2) | .530 (.508/.552) | 1 (2/1) |
2014 | 58 (32/26) | 55 (24/31) | 7 (4/3) | .513 (.571/.456) | 2 (2/4) |
2015 | 49 (26/23) | 69 (33/36) | 2 (1/1) | .415 (.441/.390) | 4 (4/4) |
2016 | 55 (29/26) | 65 (31/34) | 0 (0/0) | .458 (.483/.433) | 3 (2/4) |
2017 | 57 (23/34) | 61 (35/26) | 2 (2/0) | .483 (.397/.567) | 2 (3/2) |
2018 | 64 (35/29) | 55 (25/30) | 1 (0/1) | .538 (.583/.492) | 2 (2/2) |
2019 | 48 (25/23) | 70 (34/36) | 2 (1/1) | .407 (.424/.390) | 4 (4/4) |
2020 | 58 (26/32) | 61 (34/27) | 1 (0/1) | .487 (.433/.542) | 3 (3/1) |
2021 | 64 (32/32) | 51 (26/25) | 5 (2/3) | .557 (.552/.561) | 2 (2/1) |
2022 | 48 (31/17) | 69 (27/42) | 3 (2/1) | .410 (.534/.288) | 4 (3/5) |
2023 | 62 (34/28) | 55 (24/31) | 3 (2/1) | .530 (.586/.475) | 2 (1/4) |
Playoffs
Season | First round | Taiwan Series | ||||
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Opponent | Wins | Losses | Opponent | Wins | Losses | |
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1991 | Did not play | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4 | 3 | ||
1993 | Did not play | Brother Elephants
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2 | 4 | ||
1995 | No playoffs. The Lions won the championship by virtue of winning both half-seasons. | |||||
1996 | Did not play | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4 | 2 | ||
1998 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 1 | 2 | Eliminated | ||
1999 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 1 | 2 | Eliminated | ||
2000 | Did not play | Sinon Bulls
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4 | 3 | ||
2001 | Did not play | Brother Elephants
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3 | 4 | ||
2004 | Did not play | Sinon Bulls
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3 | 4 | ||
2005 | Macoto Cobras
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1 | 3 | Eliminated | ||
2006
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Sinon Bulls
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3 | 0 | La New Bears
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0 | 4 |
2007 | Macoto Cobras
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3 | 0 | La New Bears
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4 | 3 |
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2008 | Did not play | Brother Elephants
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4 | 3 | ||
2009 | Did not play | Brother Elephants
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4 | 3 | ||
2011 | Did not play | Lamigo Monkeys
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4 | 1 | ||
2012 | Did not play | Lamigo Monkeys
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1 | 4 | ||
2013 | Did not play | EDA Rhinos
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4 | 0 | ||
2017 | Chinatrust Brothers | 1 | 3 | Eliminated | ||
2018 | Fubon Guardians | 3 | 1 | Lamigo Monkeys
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2 | 4 |
2020 | Did not play | CTBC Brothers | 4 | 3 | ||
2021 | Did not play | CTBC Brothers | 0 | 4 | ||
2023 | Rakuten Monkeys | 1 | 3 | Eliminated |
Asia Series
Year | First stage | Championship round | |||
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Wins | Losses | Standing | Opponent | Result | |
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2007
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1 | 2 | 3 | Eliminated | |
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2008 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 0–1 (L) |
2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Eliminated | |
2013 | 1 | 1 | — | Canberra Cavalry | 4–14 (L) |
Roster
Current roster
List of managers
No. | Name | Years | Playoffs | Championships |
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1 | Cheng Kuen-chi | 1990–1993 | 2 | 1 |
2 | Yataro Oishi | 1994–1996 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Lin Chia-hsiang | 1997–1998 | 1 | 0 |
Acting | Yukihiko Machida | 1997 | — | |
Acting | Osamu Inoue | 1998 | — | |
4 | Tseng Chih-chen | 1999–2002 | 3 | 1 |
Acting | Masashi Takenouchi | 2000 | — | |
5 | Hsieh Chang-heng | 2003–2005 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Yutaka Ohashi | 2005– 2007
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2 | 0 |
Acting | Lo Kuo-chong | 2007
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7 | Lu Wen-sheng | 2007 –2011
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4 | 4 |
8 | Nakajima Terushi | 2012–2013 | 1 | 0 |
Acting | Lo Kuo-chong | 2013 | — | |
9 | Chen Lien-hung | 2013–2015 | 1 | 1 |
10 | Kuo Tai-yuan | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Huang Kan-lin | 2017–2019 | 2 | 0 |
Acting | Hsu Sheng-chieh | 2018 | — | |
Acting | Liu Yu-chen | 2019 | — | |
12 | Lin Yueh-ping | 2020–present | 3 | 1 |
Acting | Kao Chih-kang | 2022 | — |
References
- ^ History of the Chinese Professional Baseball League Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine