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Wei Chuan Dragons

Taiwanese professional baseball team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wei Chuan Dragons
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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]

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

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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]

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Records

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Qualified for playoffs Taiwan Series Championship

Regular seasons

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Playoffs

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Roster

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Wei Chuan Dragons roster
Players Coaches

Pitchers

  •  0 Taiwan Li Chao
  •  5 Taiwan Chen Yu-hsun
  • 15 Taiwan Yang Yu-siang
  • 16 Taiwan Wang Wei-chung
  • 17 Taiwan Kuo Yu-cheng
  • 18 Taiwan Hsu Jo-hsi
  • 20 Taiwan Wu Chun-chieh
  • 33 United States Zac Lowther
  • 35 United States Tyler Eppler
  • 37 United States Drew Gagnon
  • 39 Taiwan Lu Wei-cheng
  • 41 Taiwan Zheng Yi-xuan
  • 42 Taiwan Zhao Jing-long
  • 43 Taiwan Yao En-duo
  • 45 Taiwan Chen Chih-chieh
  • 47 Taiwan Sung Wen-hua
  • 48 Taiwan Lin Yi-da
  • 51 Taiwan Chang Jin-yu
  • 52 United States Bryan Woodall
  • 55 United States Aaron Leasher
  • 56 Colombia Jasier Herrera
  • 59 Taiwan Chen Kuan-wei
  • 67 Taiwan Tsao Yu-chi
  • 68 Taiwan Lo Hua-wei
  • 71 Taiwan Lin Tzu-yu
  • 74 Taiwan Zhang Jun-shou
  • 77 Taiwan Lin Hsin-jie
  • 78 Taiwan Wu Jun-yi
  • 90 Taiwan Wang Ting-ying
  • 99 Taiwan Lin Kai-wei
  • 00 Taiwan Weng Wei-chun
  • 104 Taiwan Huang Jun-cheng
  • 106 Taiwan Lin Bo-you
  • 107 Taiwan Wang Bo-yang
  • 122 Taiwan Lee Chin-lin
  • 124 Taiwan Hsueh Yu-da
  • 128 Taiwan Wu Cheng-hen
  • 129 Taiwan Chen Po-an
  • 999 Taiwan Lee Cheng-feng

Catchers

  •  4 Taiwan Giljegiljaw Kungkuan
  •  9 Taiwan Lin Chen-hsun
  • 22 Taiwan Chuan Hao-wei
  • 60 Taiwan Liu Shih-hao
  • 63 Taiwan Jiang Shao-hong
  • 65 Taiwan Wu Bing-an
  • 123 Taiwan Huang Zan-wei
  • 125 Taiwan Liu Yao-hao

Infielders

  •  3 Taiwan Masegesege Abalrini
  •  6 Taiwan Kuo Yen-wen
  • 10 Taiwan Huang Po-hao
  • 21 Taiwan Li Kai-wei
  • 23 Taiwan Liu Jun-wei
  • 25 Taiwan Chang Cheng-yu
  • 26 Taiwan Yang Nian-zu
  • 31 Taiwan Ngayaw Ake
  • 36 Taiwan Li Chan-yi
  • 44 Taiwan John Peter Clark
  • 46 Taiwan Liu Ji-hong
  • 57 Taiwan Namoh Iyang
  • 61 Taiwan Wu Tung-jung
  • 72 Taiwan Shih Hsiang-yu
  • 88 Taiwan Chou Wei-hung
  • 127 Taiwan Hsu Tzu-chien

Outfielders

  •  1 Taiwan Chen Tzu-hao
  •  2 Taiwan Kuo Tian-shin
  •  7 Taiwan Lin Xiao-cheng
  • 11 Taiwan Chu Yu-hsien
  • 24 Taiwan Wang Shun-ho
  • 28 Taiwan Cheng Kai-wen
  • 34 Taiwan Chang Yu-ming
  • 69 Taiwan Tung Ping-hsuan
  • 81 Taiwan Chang You-jia
  • 82 Taiwan Jan Cheng-lin
  • 121 Taiwan Zeng Shen-an
  • 126 Taiwan Hsu Po-hung

Manager

Coaches

  • 14 Puerto Rico Cirilo Cruz Dilan (hitting)
  • 54 Taiwan Lin Wei-en (bench)
  • 66 Taiwan Chang Chien-ming (bench)
  • 70 Japan Yōsuke Takasu (hitting)
  • 80 Taiwan Wang Hao (assistant strength)
  • 86 Taiwan Chen Chih-wei (infield)
  • 91 Taiwan Kuo Sheng-an (bullpen)
  • 92 Taiwan Huang Yi-chih (pitching)
  • 93 Taiwan Chiu Chang-jung (fielding)
  • 94 Taiwan Liu Chia-hao (catching)
  • 95 Taiwan Kao Hsiao-yi (base running)
  • 97 Taiwan Chiu Shih-chieh (strength)

Second team manager

  • 12 Taiwan Chang Chia-hao

Second team coaches

  • 19 Taiwan Lo Chia-jen (bullpen)
  • 30 Puerto Rico Orlando Román (pitching)
  • 32 Taiwan Wang Ying-peng (battery)
  • 53 Taiwan Wu Jia-you (assistant hitting)
  • 62 Taiwan Wu Chung-chun (hitting)
  • 76 Taiwan Liu Jung-hua (fielding)
  • 79 Taiwan Lin Tsung-nan (bench)
  • 83 Taiwan Peng Li-yao (strength and conditioning)
  • 87 Taiwan Liu Chia-kai (assistant strength)
  • 89 Taiwan Hsiao I-chieh (pitching)

Roster updated on 27 March 2025

Retired numbers

  • 85 Taiwan Hsu Sheng-ming

List of managers

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See also

Notes

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

References

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