| CTBC Brothers | ||||
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| 中信兄弟 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| League | Chinese Professional Baseball League | |||
| Location | Taichung City | |||
| Ballpark | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium (2015–present) | |||
| Founded | 1989 | |||
| Taiwan Series championships | 10 (1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2021, 2022, 2024) | |||
| League championships | 20 (19921 • 19922 • 19931 • 19941 • 19942 • 20012 • 20021 • 20022 • 20032 • 20092 • 20102 • 20142 • 20152 • 20161 • 20192 • 20201 • 20211 • 20222 • 20242 • 20252) | |||
| Playoff berths | 17 (1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) | |||
| Former name |
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| Former ballpark | Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (1990–2000) | |||
| Colors | Navy blue and yellow | |||
| Mascot | Sean, Albee | |||
| Retired numbers | ||||
| Ownership | CTBC Financial Holding | |||
| President | Chen Kuo-en | |||
| General manager | Liu Chih-wei | |||
| Manager | Keiichi Hirano | |||
| Website | www | |||
| Current uniforms | ||||
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| Departments of CTBC Sports Entertainment | ||||||
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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.
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 a match fixing scandal involving relief pitcher Wu Pao-hsien which resulted in expulsion of many team players and the coach.[1]
In October 2013, the team's president announced attempts to sell the team.[2] The announcement drew interest from seven potential bidders.[3] The team was sold to Hua Yi, a subdivision of CTBC Holding, by December 2013 for a price of NT$400 million.[4] 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.[5] 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 | Winning 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) |
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| 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) |
| 2025 | 70 (34/36) | 50 (26/24) | 0 (0/0) | .583 (.566/.600) | 1 (2/1) |
Playoffs
| Season | First round | Taiwan Series | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| 2025 | Did not play | Rakuten Monkeys | 1 | 4 | ||
Roster
Retired numbers
- 23
Peng Cheng-min - 67 Tseng Chi-en
List of managers
Brother Elephants (1990–2013)
| No. | Name | Years | Playoffs | Championships |
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| 1 | Tseng Chi-en | 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 | 2 | 1 |
Notes
References
- ^ Wang, Wensheng; Lo, Renfu (2012). "The 2009 Match-fixing Incident in Taiwan's Professional Baseball League". Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research. 55 (2012). De Gruyter: 41–42. doi:10.2478/v10141-012-0016-1. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ Lin Hung-han and Sofia Wu (19 October 2013). "Brother Elephants up for sale (update 2)". Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ Lin, Hung-han; Jeffrey Wu (23 October 2013). "Funeral services company to bid for pro-baseball team". Central News Agency. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Lin, Hung-han; Y.L. Kao (3 December 2013). "CTBC-sponsored company buys Brother Elephants for NT$400 m." Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "Brief History of CPBL". Chinese Professional Baseball League. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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- Official website (in Chinese)
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