Wei Chuan Dragons

Taiwanese professional baseball team

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Wei Chuan Dragons

味全龍
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League| Chinese Professional Baseball League
Location| Taipei City (1989–1999, 2021–present)
Hsinchu (2022–present)
Ballpark| Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (1989–1999)
Tianmu Baseball Stadium (2021–present)
Hsinchu Baseball Stadium (2022–present)
Founded| 1989
2019 (refounded)
League championships| 19902 • 19911 • 19962 • 19972 • 20232
Taiwan Series championships| 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2023
Colors| Red
Mascot| Weddie
Playoff berths| 8 (1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2022, 2023)
Retired numbers|

* 85

Manager| Yeh Chun-chang
Uniforms
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The Wei Chuan Dragons (Chinese: 味全龍; pinyin: Wèiquán Lóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bī-chôan-liông) are a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) that originally existed between 1990 and 1999. In 2019, negotiations were held to revive the franchise and return to the CPBL. The team played one season of minor league baseball in 2020 and rejoined the CPBL in 2021.[1]

The Dragons won the Taiwan Series championship five times, in 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2023.

## History

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Wei Chuan Dragons uniform

Wei Chuan Dragons had a long amateur history when its parent company, the Wei Chuan Foods Corporation, started sponsoring Chinese Culture University's baseball team in the late 1970s. After these student players graduated, Wei-Chuan formed an amateur team to allow them to continue playing baseball in 1978; it was this team that later professionalized to become one of the first four teams of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Due to the club's long history in the amateur era, its matches often attracted large crowds, and games with the Brother Elephants, another popular team, were often sold out. The team played at the now-demolished Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium.

During the 1990s, the club won the CPBL championship four times, in 1990, 1997, 1998 and 1999, and by the end of the 1999 season became the team with the most CPBL championship titles. In 1999, Wei Chuan Food Corporation announced its decision to disband the club,[2] mainly because the Ting Hsin International Group, who became the largest shareholder of Wei Chuan Food Corporation in 1998, did not show interest in supporting the baseball club.

In 2019, 20 years after the disbandment, the club was re-established and played the 2020 season in the minor league, before rejoining the CPBL in 2021.[3] In 2023, the Dragons defeated Rakuten Monkeys in the 2023 Taiwan Series with four wins in seven games to win their fifth championship, 24 years since their last championship.[4]

## Records

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Qualified for playoffs  |  Taiwan Series Championship

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Regular seasons

Season  | First half-season  | Second half-season

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Wins  | Losses  | Ties  | Pct.  | Place  | Wins  | Losses  | Ties  | Pct.  | Place
1990  | 25  | 20  | 0  | .556  | 2  | 27  | 14  | 4  | .659  | 1
1991  | 26  | 17  | 2  | .605  | 1  | 20  | 19  | 6  | .513  | 2
1992  | 23  | 20  | 2  | .535  | 2  | 18  | 22  | 5  | .450  | 4
1993  | 26  | 19  | 0  | .578  | 2  | 22  | 21  | 2  | .512  | 3
1994  | 17  | 27  | 1  | .386  | 5  | 19  | 25  | 1  | .432  | 4
1995  | 25  | 25  | 0  | .500  | 3  | 22  | 27  | 1  | .449  | 5
1996  | 25  | 23  | 2  | .521  | 4  | 30  | 20  | 0  | .600  | 1
1997  | 15  | 31  | 2  | .326  | 7  | 31  | 15  | 2  | .674  | 1
1998  | 56  | 48  | 1  | .538  | 3  |  No half-seasons
1999  | 49  | 39  | 4  | .557  | 3
2021  | 22  | 36  | 2  | .379  | 5  | 28  | 31  | 1  | .475  | 3
2022  | 31  | 29  | 0  | .517  | 4  | 26  | 29  | 5  | .473  | 4
2023  | 30  | 27  | 3  | .526  | 2  | 32  | 26  | 2  | .552  | 1

Playoffs

Season  | First round  | Taiwan Series

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Opponent  | Wins  | Losses  | Opponent  | Wins  | Losses
1990  |  Did not play | Mercuries Tigers | 4  | 2
1991  |  Did not play | Uni-President Lions | 3  | 4
1996  |  Did not play | Uni-President Lions | 2  | 4
1997  |  Did not play | China Times Eagles | 4  | 2
1998  | Uni-President Lions | 2  | 1  | Sinon Bulls | 4  | 3
1999  | Uni-President Lions | 2  | 1  | Chinatrust Whales | 4  | 1
2022  | CTBC Brothers | 1  | 3  |  Eliminated
2023  |  Did not play | Rakuten Monkeys | 4  | 3

## Roster

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Wei Chuan Dragons roster

Players | Coaches

Pitchers

*   * 0 Lee Chao
*   * 5 Chen Yu-hsun
*   * 7 Sen Jung-hung
*   * 11 Liao Jen-lei
*   * 15 Liu Yu-yen
*   * 16 Wang Wei-chung
*   * 17 Kuo Yu-cheng
*   * 18 Hsu Jo-hsi
*   * 20 Wu Chun-chieh
*   * 29 Chuang Yu-pin
*   * 35 Tyler Eppler
*   * 37 Drew Gagnon
*   * 40 Lu Yung-chen
*   * 41 Cheng Yi-hsuan
*   * 42 Chao Ching-jung
*   * 45 Yang Yu-hsiang
*   * 47 Lan Yi-cheng
*   * 48 Lin Yi-ta
*   * 51 Chang Ching-yu
*   * 52 Bryan Woodall
*   * 55 Hsu Yuan-tai
*   * 56 Jasier Herrera
*   * 59 Chen Kuan-wei
*   * 65 Wu Ping-en
*   * 67 Tsao Yu-chi
*   * 68 Lo Hua-wei
*   * 71 Lin Tzu-yu
*   * 74 Chang Chun-shou
*   * 77 Lin Hsin-chieh
*   * 78 Wu Chun-yi
*   * 87 Liu Chia-kai
*   * 90 Wang Ting-ying
*   * 99 Lin Kai-wei
*   * 00 Rio Gomez

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Catchers

*   * 4 Giljegiljaw Kungkuan
*   * 9 Lin Chen-hsun
*   * 22 Chuan Hao-wei
*   * 60 Liu Shih-hao
*   * 63 Chiang Shao-hung
*   * 98 Wei Chuan

Infielders

*   * 3 Masegesege Abalrini
*   * 6 Kuo Yen-wen
*   * 10 Huang Po-hao
*   * 21 Lee Kai-wei
*   * 23 Liu Chun-wei
*   * 25 Chang Cheng-yu
*   * 31 Ngayaw Ake
*   * 33 Tseng Chuan-sheng
*   * 36 Lee Chan-yi
*   * 44 Johnny Clark
*   * 46 Liu Chi-hung
*   * 53 Wu Jui-sheng
*   * 57 Namoh Iyang
*   * 61 Wu Tung-jung
*   * 72 Shih Hsiang-yu
*   * 73 Lin Tzu-chen
*   * 105 Yang Nien-tzu

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Outfielders

*   * 1 Lin Hsiao-cheng
*   * 2 Kuo Tien-hsin
*   * 24 Wang Shun-ho
*   * 28 Cheng Kai-wen
*   * 34 Chang Yu-ming
*   * 50 Vilian Isnangkuan
*   * 69 Tung Ping-hsuan
*   * 81 Chang Yu-chia
*   * 82 Jan Cheng-lin
*   * 93 Chen Pin-chieh

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Manager

*   * 27 Yeh Chun-chang

Coaches

*   * 32 Wang Ying-peng (battery)
*   * 49 Ati Masaw (batting)
*   * 54 Lin Wei-en (head)
*   * 66 Chang Chien-ming (batting)
*   * 70 Yōsuke Takasu (head)
*   * 76 Liu Jung-hua (fielding)
*   * 80 Wang Hao (assistant fitness)
*   * 86 Chen Chih-wei (infield)
*   * 91 Kuo Sheng-an (pitching)
*   * 92 Huang Yi-chih (bullpen)
*   * 95 Kao Hsiao-yi (base running)
*   * 97 Chiu Shih-chieh (fitness)

Second team manager

*   * 12 Chang Chia-hao

Second team coaches

*   * 8 Huang Chung-lung (outfield)
*   * 19 Lo Chia-jen (assistant rehabilitation)
*   * 30 Gary Thurman (overall)
*   * 62 Wu Tsung-chun (outfield/batting)
*   * 75 Cheng Hao-ta (assistant battery)
*   * 79 Lin Tsung-nan (head)
*   * 88 Mike Garcia (overall pitching)
*   * 89 Hsiao I-chieh (pitching)
*   * 94 Peng Li-yao (fitness)
*   * 96 Su Po-hao (assistant base running)

Roster updated on 24 June 2024

### Retired numbers

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*   * 85 Hsu Sheng-ming

### List of managers

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No.  | Name  | Years  | Playoffs  | Championships

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1  | Sung Huan-hsun | 1990  | 1  | 1
2  | Hsu Sheng-ming | 1991–1993  | 1  | 0
3  | Kenjiro Tamiya | 1994–1995  | 0  | 0
–  | Hsu Sheng-ming | 1996–1999  | 4  | 3
4  | Yeh Chun-chang | 2021–present  | 2  | 1

## See also

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* The Black Eagles Incident

## Notes

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^1 First half-season champions
^2 Second half-season champions

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wei Chuan Dragons.

1. ^ Shan, Shelley (14 May 2019). "Wei Chuan Dragons are fifth team to join CPBL". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
2. ^ Shan, Shelley (25 June 2019). "CPBL welcomes back Dragons after 20 years". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
3. ^ "Expansion club Weichuan Dragons open camp as CPBL gets ready for its first-ever 5-team season". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
4. ^ "中職》味全龍6比3打退桃猿 睽違24年總冠軍賽封王" (in Chinese). China Times. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

## External links

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* Wei Chuan Dragons official website (in Chinese)

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* CTBC Brothers
* Fubon Guardians
* Rakuten Monkeys
* TSG Hawks
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* Wei Chuan Dragons

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