The 2011 Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) season began on March 19 in Kaohsiung County when the defending champion Lamigo Monkeys played host to the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions. The season concluded in late October with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions defeating the Lamigo Monkeys in Game 7 of the Taiwan Series.
Competition
Four teams, the Lamigo Monkeys, Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, Sinon Bulls and Brother Elephants will contest the CPBL, the highest level of professional baseball played in Taiwan. The season is divided into two halves, with each team playing sixty games in each half. The winners for each half-season plus the non-winner with the best overall record will qualify for the playoffs. In the event that the same team wins both halves, the next two teams with the best overall records will advance.
Standings
First Half standings TeamGWTLPct.GBUni-President 7-Eleven Lions6037122.627--Lamigo Monkeys6033126.5594.0Brother Elephants6028032.4679.5Sinon Bulls6020238.34516.5
Second Half Standings TeamGWTLPct.GBLamigo Monkeys6033126.559--Brother Elephants6032028.5331.5Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions6028230.4834.5Sinon Bulls6025134.4248.0
Overall standings
TeamGWTLPct.GBRSRALamigo Monkeys12066252.559--627575Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions12065352.5560.5624563Brother Elephants12060060.5008.0597576Sinon Bulls12045372.38520.5555689
Green denotes first half or second half champion.
Statistical leaders
Hitting Stat Player Team Total HR Lin Hung-Yu Lamigo Monkeys 22 AVG Zhang Zheng-wei Brother Elephants 0.351 H Zhang Zheng-wei Brother Elephants 170 RBIs Lin Hung-Yu Lamigo Monkeys 106 SB Zhang Zheng-wei Brother Elephants 31
Pitching Stat Player Team Total W Orlando Román Brother Elephants 16 ERA Ken Ray Lamigo Monkeys 2.85 SO Orlando Román Brother Elephants 161 SV Hsu Ming-chieh Lamigo Monkeys 30 Hld Wang Ching-li Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 26
Month MVP Month Item Player Team March Pitcher Pan Wei-lun Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions Hitter Lin Hung-Yu Lamigo Monkeys April Pitcher Adrian Burnside Lamigo Monkeys Hitter Lin Chih-sheng Lamigo Monkeys May Pitcher Dan Reichert Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions Hitter Chen Kuan-jen Brother Elephants June Pitcher Tyler Lumsden Brother Elephants Hitter Chen Kuan-jen Brother Elephants July Pitcher Steve Hammond Lamigo Monkeys Hitter Kao Kuo-ching Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions August Pitcher Luo Cheng-lung Sinon Bulls Hitter Zhang Zheng-wei Brother Elephants September Pitcher Orlando Román Brother Elephants Hitter Lin Hung-Yu Lamigo Monkeys October Pitcher Orlando Román Brother Elephants Hitter Lin Hung-Yu Lamigo Monkeys
Final Participants Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions - Winner of the first half-season. Lamigo Monkeys - Winner of the second half-season. The Lions and the Monkeys played each other in 40 regular season games, and the Monkeys had the upper hand with 21 wins, 18 losses, and one tied game. The two teams also played each other in the 2006 Taiwan Series and 2007 Taiwan Series; the Monkeys defeated the Lions in 2006, but the Lions claimed the title in 2007.
Rules All regular season rules apply with the following exceptions: Each team is allowed to register 28 players on its active roster. No tied games. Two outfield umpires are added to the games.
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