Wei Chuan Dragons

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

Wei Chuan Dragons
味全龍
Logo Cap insignia
Information
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)
Taiwan Series championships	1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2023
League championships	19902 • 19911 • 19962 • 19972 • 20232
Playoff berths	8 (1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2022, 2023)
Colors	Red
Mascot	Weddie
Retired numbers	85
Manager	Yeh Chun-chang
Current uniforms
Home Away

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

History

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

Qualified for playoffs

Taiwan Series Championship

Regular seasons

Season	First half-season					Second half-season
	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
2024	26	34	0	.433	5	32	28	0	.533	2

Playoffs

Season	First round			Taiwan Series
	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

Wei Chuan Dragons roster
Players						Coaches
Pitchers  0 Li Chao  5 Chen Yu-hsun 15 Yang Yu-siang 16 Wang Wei-chung 17 Kuo Yu-cheng 18 Hsu Jo-hsi 20 Wu Chun-chieh 33 Zac Lowther 35 Tyler Eppler 37 Drew Gagnon 39 Lu Wei-cheng 41 Zheng Yi-xuan 42 Zhao Jing-long 43 Yao En-duo 45 Chen Chih-chieh 47 Sung Wen-hua 48 Lin Yi-da 51 Chang Jin-yu 52 Bryan Woodall 55 Aaron Leasher 56 Jasier Herrera 59 Chen Kuan-wei 67 Tsao Yu-chi 68 Lo Hua-wei 71 Lin Tzu-yu 74 Zhang Jun-shou 77 Lin Hsin-jie 78 Wu Jun-yi 90 Wang Ting-ying 99 Lin Kai-wei 00 Weng Wei-chun 104 Huang Jun-cheng 106 Lin Bo-you 107 Wang Bo-yang 122 Lee Chin-lin 124 Hsueh Yu-da 128 Wu Cheng-hen 129 Chen Po-an 999 Lee Cheng-feng		Catchers  4 Giljegiljaw Kungkuan  9 Lin Chen-hsun 22 Chuan Hao-wei 60 Liu Shih-hao 63 Jiang Shao-hong 65 Wu Bing-an 123 Huang Zan-wei 125 Liu Yao-hao Infielders  3 Masegesege Abalrini  6 Kuo Yen-wen 10 Huang Po-hao 21 Li Kai-wei 23 Liu Jun-wei 25 Chang Cheng-yu 26 Yang Nian-zu 31 Ngayaw Ake 36 Li Chan-yi 44 John Peter Clark 46 Liu Ji-hong 57 Namoh Iyang 61 Wu Tung-jung 72 Shih Hsiang-yu 88 Chou Wei-hung 127 Hsu Tzu-chien		Outfielders  1 Chen Tzu-hao  2 Kuo Tian-shin  7 Lin Xiao-cheng 11 Chu Yu-hsien 24 Wang Shun-ho 28 Cheng Kai-wen 34 Chang Yu-ming 69 Tung Ping-hsuan 81 Chang You-jia 82 Jan Cheng-lin 121 Zeng Shen-an 126 Hsu Po-hung		Manager 27 Yeh Chun-chang Coaches 14 Cirilo Cruz Dilan (hitting) 54 Lin Wei-en (bench) 66 Chang Chien-ming (bench) 70 Yōsuke Takasu (hitting) 80 Wang Hao (assistant strength) 86 Chen Chih-wei (infield) 91 Kuo Sheng-an (bullpen) 92 Huang Yi-chih (pitching) 93 Chiu Chang-jung (fielding) 94 Liu Chia-hao (catching) 95 Kao Hsiao-yi (base running) 97 Chiu Shih-chieh (strength) Second team manager 12 Chang Chia-hao Second team coaches 19 Lo Chia-jen (bullpen) 30 Orlando Román (pitching) 32 Wang Ying-peng (battery) 53 Wu Jia-you (assistant hitting) 62 Wu Chung-chun (hitting) 76 Liu Jung-hua (fielding) 79 Lin Tsung-nan (bench) 83 Peng Li-yao (strength and conditioning) 87 Liu Chia-kai (assistant strength) 89 Hsiao I-chieh (pitching) Roster updated on 27 March 2025

Retired numbers

• 85 Hsu Sheng-ming

List of managers

No.	Name	Years	Playoffs	Championships
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

• The Black Eagles Incident

Notes

^1 First half-season champions

^2 Second half-season champions