CTBC Brothers

The CTBC Brothers (Chinese: 中信兄弟) or simply Brothers are a professional baseball team in Taiwan. The team was originally established as an amateur team in 1984 by the Brother Hotel located in Taipei City, and later joined the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 1989. Brother Hotel's chairman Hung Teng-sheng also acted as CPBL's secretary-general from 1987 to 1991. The Brothers are currently owned by CTBC Holding.

CTBC Brothers
中信兄弟
Information
League	Chinese Professional Baseball League
Location	Taichung City
Ballpark	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium (2015–present)
Founded	1989; 36 years ago (1989)
Taiwan Series championships	10 (1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2021, 2022, 2024)
League championships	19 (19921 • 19922 • 19931 • 19941 • 19942 • 20012 • 20021 • 20022 • 20032 • 20092 • 20102 • 20142 • 20152 • 20161 • 20192 • 20201 • 20211 • 20222 • 20242)
Playoff berths	16 (1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Former name(s)	Brother Elephants (1990–2013)
Colors	Navy blue and yellow
Mascot	Sean, Albee
Retired numbers	23 67
Ownership	CTBC Financial Holding
President	Chen Kuo-en
General manager	Liu Chih-wei
Manager	Keiichi Hirano
Website	www.brothers.tw
Current uniforms
Home Away

With its long history from the amateur era plus a successful marketing strategy and management, the team has long been one of the most popular Taiwanese baseball teams, winning the CPBL championship on ten occasions.

The team has always worn yellow uniforms. Its current home is in Taichung, with the home field at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.

History

On March 17, 1990, the Brother Elephants played the first historical CPBL game against the Uni-President Lions in the now-demolished Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium with a full house of 14,350 in attendance. These two teams are also the only two remaining original teams of the CPBL.

Despite having the best season-long record for the 2004 season, the Elephants were unable to participate in the Taiwan Series because they had won neither half-season. This resulted in the expansion of the playoffs to three teams beginning in 2005, where the team with the best season-long record among non-champions for the season would gain a wildcard berth, thus preventing a similar occurrence in the future.

In mid-2008, general manager Hung Jui-he revealed the possibility of sale or disbanding of the organization if the financial deficit continued after 2009.

In the 2009 season, Brother Elephants were triumphant in winning the second half of the season. However, the team was affected deeply by the match fixing scandal which resulted in expulsion of many team players and the coach.

In October 2013, the team's president announced attempts to sell the team.^[1] The announcement drew interest from seven potential bidders.^[2] The team was sold to Hua Yi, a subdivision of CTBC Holding, by December 2013 for a price of NT$400 million.^[3] The team's name change reflected their new corporate parent, but it was felt that the branding from their previous owners was strong enough to rename the team Brothers, while retaining the elephant mascot.^[4] In 2022, the CTBC Holding officially purchased the team from Hua Yi.

Records

Qualified for playoffs

Taiwan Series Championship

Regular seasons

Season	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Place
Brother Elephants
1990	34 (17/17)	49 (25/24)	7 (3/4)	.410 (.405/.415)	4 (3/4)
1991	38 (21/17)	49 (23/26)	3 (1/2)	.437 (.477/.395)	3 (3/4)
1992	51 (27/24)	35 (17/18)	4 (1/3)	.593 (.614/.571)	1 (1/1)
1993	52 (28/24)	36 (16/20)	2 (1/1)	.591 (.636/.545)	2 (1/2)
1994	64 (34/30)	24 (11/13)	2 (0/2)	.727 (.756/.698)	1 (1/1)
1995	48 (25/23)	51 (25/26)	1 (0/1)	.485 (.500/.469)	4 (3/3)
1996	52 (29/23)	43 (19/24)	5 (2/3)	.547 (.604/.489)	4 (2/4)
1997	45 (23/22)	44 (20/24)	7 (5/2)	.506 (.535/.478)	3 (3/5)
1998	33	69	3	0.324	6
1999	37	53	4	0.411	5
2000	38 (21/17)	48 (21/27)	4 (3/1)	.442 (.500/.386)	4 (3/4)
2001	44 (17/27)	39 (23/16)	7 (5/2)	.530 (.425/.628)	2 (3/1)
2002	53 (25/28)	33 (17/16)	4 (3/1)	.616 (.595/.636)	1 (1/1)
2003	63 (27/36)	31 (20/11)	6 (3/3)	.670 (.574/.766)	1 (3/1)
2004	54 (26/28)	45 (23/22)	1 (1/0)	.545 (.531/.560)	3 (3/2)
2005	47 (25/22)	49 (23/26)	4 (2/2)	.490 (.521/.458)	4 (3/6)
2006	40 (20/20)	59 (29/30)	1 (1/0)	.404 (.408/.400)	6 (5/6)
2007	49 (24/25)	50 (25/25)	1 (1/0)	.495 (.490/.500)	3 (4/4)
2008	52 (24/28)	42 (23/19)	4 (3/1)	.553 (.511/.596)	3 (3/3)
2009	54 (21/33)	63 (38/25)	3 (1/2)	.462 (.356/.569)	4 (4/1)
2010	61 (25/36)	57 (33/24)	2 (2/0)	.517 (.431/.600)	2 (3/1)
2011	60 (28/32)	60 (32/28)	0 (0/0)	.500 (.467/.533)	3 (3/2)
2012	60 (26/34)	58 (33/25)	2 (1/1)	.508 (.441/.576)	3 (3/2)
2013	55 (26/29)	65 (34/31)	0 (0/0)	.458 (.433/.483)	4 (4/3)
CTBC Brothers
2014	50 (19/31)	66 (40/26)	4 (1/3)	.431 (.322/.544)	4 (4/1)
2015	63 (27/36)	56 (33/23)	1 (0/1)	.529 (.450/.610)	2 (3/1)
2016	68 (35/33)	50 (23/27)	2 (2/0)	.576 (.603/.550)	1 (1/2)
2017	53 (30/23)	64 (27/37)	3 (3/0)	.453 (.526/.383)	3 (2/4)
2018	48 (20/28)	71 (40/31)	1 (0/1)	.403 (.333/.475)	4 (4/3)
2019	62 (26/36)	56 (32/24)	2 (2/0)	.525 (.448/.600)	3 (3/1)
2020	67 (37/30)	51 (23/28)	2 (0/2)	.568 (.617/.517)	1 (1/3)
2021	66 (35/31)	49 (24/25)	5 (1/4)	.574 (.593/.554)	1 (1/2)
2022	69 (32/37)	47 (26/21)	4 (2/2)	.595 (.552/.638)	2 (2/1)
2023	57 (28/29)	58 (28/30)	5 (4/1)	.496 (.500/.492)	4 (4/3)
2024	70 (32/38)	50 (28/22)	0 (0/0)	.583 (.533/.633)	1 (3/1)

Brother Elephants uniform

Playoffs

Season	First round			Taiwan Series
	Opponent	Wins	Losses	Opponent	Wins	Losses
Brother Elephants
1992	No playoffs. The Elephants won the championship by virtue of winning both half-seasons.
1993	Did not play			Uni-President Lions	4	2
1994	No playoffs. The Elephants won the championship by virtue of winning both half-seasons.
2001	Did not play			Uni-President Lions	4	3
2002	Did not play			Chinatrust Whales	4	0
2003	Did not play			Sinon Bulls	4	2
2008	La New Bears	3	0	Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	3	4
2009	Did not play			Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	3	4
2010	Did not play			Sinon Bulls	4	0
CTBC Brothers
2014	Did not play			Lamigo Monkeys	1	4
2015	Did not play			Lamigo Monkeys	3	4
2016	Did not play			EDA Rhinos	2	4
2017	Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	3	1	Lamigo Monkeys	1	4
2019	Did not play			Lamigo Monkeys	1	4
2020	Did not play			Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	3	4
2021	Did not play			Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	4	0
2022	Wei Chuan Dragons	3	1	Rakuten Monkeys	4	0
2024	Did not play			Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	4	1

Roster

CTBC Brothers roster
Players						Coaches
Pitchers 11 Lin Chan-chang 12 Lin Huei-sheng 14 Wei Shuo-cheng 15 Wang Kai-cheng 19 Cheng Kai-wen 20 Chiang Chung-chen 21 Peng Shih-ying 27 You Jun-you 30 Mario Sanchez 32 Nivaldo Rodríguez 33 Cheng Hao-chun 34 Lee Chen-chang 35 Teng Chao-chun 37 Humberto Castellanos 41 Yang Jhih-long 46 José de Paula 49 Yu Chien 50 Tsai Chi-che 54 Wang Yi-kai 55 Chu Hong-hua 56 Chen Po-chun 58 Lu Yen-ching 59 Feng Hao 62 Chen Hu 64 Huang En-sih 70 Hsu Chi-ling 71 Lu Meng-yang 73 Liu Yi-chih 79 Hsieh Jung-hao 81 Chen Kuan-ying 83 Wu Li-chen 84 Huang Hung-yi 91 Chang Tsu-en 93 Wu Che-yuan 94 Wu Chun-wei 117 Yang Tsun-kai		Catchers  0 Lin Wu Chin-wei 48 Chen Tong-en 52 Hu Meng-chih 65 Kao Yu-chieh 72 Chen Jiu-teng 82 Huang Chun-sheng 97 Hsu Po-wei Infielders  3 Yang Siang-he  4 Chang Shr-lun  9 Wang Wei-chen 17 Huang Ting-shan 28 Chang Jen-wei 29 Chen Chun-hsiu 47 Lin Chih-kang 61 Wang Cheng-shun 66 Huang Wei-sheng 68 Ma Kang 69 Hsu Shao-yu 74 Hsu Chi-hung 75 Lin Jui-chun 90 Chiang Kun-yu 96 Su Wei-ta 98 Yueh Tung-hua 116 Huang Kuan-lun		Outfielders  1 Tseng Song-en  2 Li Sheng-yu  7 Chang Chih-hao 13 Hsu Ting-lun 39 Chan Tzu-hsien 43 Lin Shu-yi 60 Huang Jun-lin 85 Liu Kuei-yuan 88 Sung Cheng-jui 92 Yueh Cheng-hua 115 Chien Zih-kuan		Manager 10 Keiichi Hirano Coaches  5 Daniel Catalan (hitting) 22 Huang Chih-feng (outfield/base running) 25 Sarah Edwards (hitting) 31 Chen Chiang-ho (bench/hitting) 40 Wang Chien-ming (pitching) 42 Tsai Chung-en (strength and conditioning) 45 Wang Chun-chieh (battery) 51 Chen Hung-kuei (strength and conditioning) 53 Nick Additon (bullpen) 63 Pan Chih-fang (fielding) Second team manager 86 Peng Cheng-min Second team coaches  6 Tack Wilson (base running)  8 Kuo Feng-chun (assistant) 24 Chen Pin-han (retrain) 36 Shih Chih-wei (infield) 38 Lin Cheng-hsuan (strength) 44 Mark Grater (rehabilitation/pitching) 57 Chen Hao-jan (outfield) 76 Lin Ming-hsien (bench) 77 Chen Chih-hung (battery) 78 Lin En-yu (pitching) 82 Huang Chun-sheng (assistant) 87 Hsu Hao-ming (hitting) 95 Cheng Chi-hung (rehabilitation/pitching) 99 Chou Lei (rehabilitation/pitching) Roster updated on 2 April 2025

Retired numbers

• 23 Peng Cheng-min
• 67 Tseng Chi-en

List of managers

Brother Elephants (1990–2013)

No.	Name	Years	Playoffs	Championships
1	Tseng Chi-en [zh]	1990–1991	0	0
2	Masao Morishita	1992	0	1
3	Toshihide Yamane	1993–1995	1	2
4	Chiang Chung-hao	1996–1998	0	0
5	Toshitake Nakayama	1999	0	0
6	Lin Pai-hen	2000–2001	0	0
7	Lin Yi-tseng	2001–2005	3	3
8	Wu Shih-hsih	2006	0	0
9	Wang Kuang-hui	2007–2009	1	0
10	Shin Nakagomi	2009	1	0
11	Chen Je-cheng	2010–2012	1	1
12	Hsieh Chang-heng	2013	0	0

CTBC Brothers (2014–present)

No.	Name	Years	Playoffs	Championships
—	Hsieh Chang-heng	2014–2015	1	0
13	Wu Fu-lian	2015–2016	2	0
14	Cory Snyder	2017–2018	1	0
15	Scott Budner	2019	1	0
16	Chiu Chang-jung	2020	1	0
17	Lin Wei-chu	2021–2023	2	2
18	Peng Cheng-min	2023	0	0
19	Keiichi Hirano	2024–present	1	1

Notes

^1 First half-season champions

^2 Second half-season champions