2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

35th CPBL season
LeagueChinese Professional Baseball League
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 29 to October 11 (Regular Season)
Number of teams6
First half-season
Season championsUni-President Lions
Second half-season
Season championsCTBC Brothers
Full season
Season championsCTBC Brothers
Taiwan Series
ChampionsCTBC Brothers
  Runners-upUni-President Lions
Finals MVPTseng Sung-en

The 2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was the 35th season of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), based in Taiwan.

Season schedule

The regular season began on 30 March 2024. Teams will play a split-season, with second-half games starting July 5. The CPBL All-Star Game is scheduled for the weekend of July 20–21.

On August 23, the Chinese Professional Baseball League officially drew over 2 million spectators during the regular season, the first time that the milestone had been reached in league history.[1]

Standings

First half standings

Team G W T L Pct. GB
Uni-President Lions 60 37 0 23 .617 —
Rakuten Monkeys 60 33 0 27 .550 4
CTBC Brothers 60 32 0 28 .533 5
Fubon Guardians 60 29 0 31 .483 8
Wei Chuan Dragons 60 26 0 34 .433 11
TSG Hawks 60 23 0 37 .383 14

Second half standings

Team G W T L Pct. GB
CTBC Brothers 60 38 0 22 .633 —
Wei Chuan Dragons 60 32 0 28 .533 6
Uni-President Lions 60 29 1 30 .492 8½
Rakuten Monkeys 60 29 1 30 .492 8½
TSG Hawks 60 26 1 33 .441 11½
Fubon Guardians 60 24 1 35 .407 13½

Final season standings

Team G W T L Pct. GB
CTBC Brothers 120 70 0 50 .583 —
Uni-President Lions 120 66 1 53 .555 3½
Rakuten Monkeys 120 62 1 57 .521 7½
Wei Chuan Dragons 120 58 0 62 .483 12
Fubon Guardians 120 53 1 66 .436 16½
TSG Hawks 120 49 1 70 .385 20½
  • Green denotes first-half or second-half champion.
  • Yellow denotes clinching playoff qualification as the wild card.

Playoffs

2024 CPBL playoff series 2024 Taiwan Series
1 CTBC Brothers 4
2 Uni-President Lions 3 2 Uni-President Lions 1
3 Rakuten Monkeys 1

CPBL Playoff Series

The team that won a half starts with a one-win advantage over the team with the best record among non-half winners.

Uni-President Lions won the series, 3−1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Rakuten Monkeys – 1, Uni-President Lions – 2 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium 2:43 15,209[2] 
2 October 13 Uni-President Lions – 1, Rakuten Monkeys– 17 Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium 3:14 12,520[3] 
3 October 14 Rakuten Monkeys – 5, Uni-President Lions – 8 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium 3:24 7,214[4]

Taiwan Series

CTBC Brothers won the series, 4−1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 19 Uni-President Lions – 4, CTBC Brothers – 10 Taipei Dome 3:33 40,000[5] 
2 October 20 Uni-President Lions – 10, CTBC Brothers – 3 Taipei Dome 3:30 37,596[6] 
3 October 22 CTBC Brothers – 10, Uni-President Lions – 0 Taipei Dome 3:37 25,029[7] 
4 October 23 CTBC Brothers – 6, Uni-President Lions – 4 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium 3:02 10,000[8] 
5 October 25 Uni-President Lions – 1, CTBC Brothers – 4 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium 2:50 20,000[9]

Attendances

The previous season, the total CPBL attendance was 1,800,130.[10]

# Team Average attendance
1 CTBC Brothers 10,098
2 Wei Chuan Dragons 8,041
3 Fubon Guardians 7,307
4 Rakuten Monkeys 7,286
5 TSG Hawks 7,012
6 Uni-President Lions 6,360

See also

References

  1. ^ Hsieh, Ching-wen; Chao, Yen-hsiang (August 24, 2024). "BASEBALL/Over 2 million attend CPBL regular season games for first time". Central News Agency. Retrieved August 25, 2024. Republished as: "CPBL attendance reaches 2 million". Taipei Times. August 25, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024/10/12 Monkeys VS. U-Lions". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024/10/13 U-Lions VS. Monkeys". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "2023/10/14 Monkeys VS. U-Lions". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024/10/19 Brothers VS. Lions". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024/10/20 Brothers VS. Lions". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  7. ^ "2024/10/22 Lions VS. Brothers". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "2024/10/23 Lions VS. Brothers". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  9. ^ "2024/10/25 Brothers VS. Lions". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  10. ^ https://en.cpbl.com.tw/about/fans
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