CPBL Roundup...

CPBL:
The Bears won the CPBL 2008 second half season championship - although the Lions (first half champs) had the best overall record, earning the right to face the winner of the #2 and 3 squads (Bears and Elephants) in this year's Taiwan Series.

2nd half final records:
1)Bears 33-16-1
2)Lions 33-17 0.5 GB
3)Elephants 28-19-1 4 GB
4)Whales 19-31 14.5 GB
5)Bulls 18-32 15.5 GB
6)T-Rex 16-32 16.5 GB

Final Regular Season Stats:
BA:
1)Cheng-Min Peng (Elephants) .391
2)Kuan-Jen Chen (Elephants) .348
3)Wu-Hsiung Pan (Lions) .346
4)Tai-Shan Chang (Bulls) .344
5)Chih-Wei Shih (Bears) .332
*CFC hit .367 but did not have enough qualifying PA's

RBI:
1)Tilson Brito (Lions) 102
2)Kuan-Jen Chen (Elephants) 77
3)Kuo-Ching Kao (Lions) 74
4)Chin-Feng Chen (Bears) 70
5)Tai-Shan Chang (Bulls) 65

HR:
1)Tilson Brito (Lions) 24
2)Chia-Hsien Hsieh (T-Rex) 17
3)Chin-Feng Chen (Bears) 16
4)Lien-Hung Chen (Lions) 13
5)Wu-Hsiung Pan (Lions) 13

SB:
1)Sheng-Wei Wang (Elephants) 24
2)Cheng-Min Peng (Elephants) 23
3)Cheng-Wei Huang (Elephants) 18
4)Chih-Yuan Chen (Elephants) 17
5)Long-Yi Huang (Bears) 13

Wins:
1)Mike Johnson (Bears) 20
2)Lou Pote (Lions) 13
3)Wei-Lun Pan (Lions) 12
4)Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants) 11
5)Kobayshi Ryokan (Elephants) 10

Saves:
1)Jermaine Van Buren (Bears) 20
2)Yueh-Ping Lin (Lions) 17
3)Yong-Chih Kuo (Bulls) 11
4)Chia-Rui Mai (Elephants) 8
5)Hung-Ren Huang (Whales) 5

ERA:
1)Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants) 2.31
2)Mike Johnson (Bears) 2.45
3)Kobayshi Ryokan (Elephants) 2.66
4)Wei-Lun Pan (Lions) 2.76
5)Wen-Hsiung Hsu (Bears) 2.89

K's:
1)Fu-Te Ni (Whales) 132
2)Kobayashi Ryokan (Elephants) 110
3)Chi-Wei Lin (Bulls) 109
4)Mike Johnson (Bears) 107
5)Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants) 102



NPB:
The Tigers lost 5-4. WC Lin was 2-3 with a double. Box