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Taiwan: Chinese Professional Baseball League Awards

TAIWAN – The Brother Elephants dominated the 2010 Chinese Professional Baseball League’s (CPBL) annual award ceremony last weekend in Taipei with reigning batting champion Peng “Chia Chia” Cheng-min claiming the prestigious MVP trophy.

The Brother franchise, which swept the Sinon Bulls in this year’s Taiwan Series, had seven players that netted a whopping 16 awards. Brother skipper Chen Rei-chen was honored as the Manager of the Year.

Peng made more than a few trips to the podium to retrieve a variety of honors. The five-time batting champion was named the top first baseman as well as earning a Gold Glove award.

2010 ALL-CPBL TEAM:
CA – Cheng Da-hong, Sinon Bulls
1B – Peng Cheng-min, Brother Elephants
2B – Chen Jiang-ho, Brother Elephants
SS – Cheng Jau-hang, Sinon Bulls
3B – Huang Shih-hao, Brother Elephants
OF – Liu Fu-hao, Uni-President Lions
OF – Chang Jien-ming, Sinon Bulls
OF – Chong Cheng-yo, La New Bears
DH – Chang Tai-shan, Sinon Bulls
SP – Carlos Castillo, Brother Elephants

La New Bears long ball threat Lin Chih-sheng won the Silver Slugger award with 1,355 points. Lin also took home the awards for most home runs (21) and RBIs (79). Sinon Bulls catcher Cheng Da-hong, who stole 31 bases in 41 attempts, took home the Most Stolen bases award.

Bulls’ hitting machine Chang “OEO” Tai-shan, who surpassed 1,030 career RBIs this past season, stroked a league-high 142 hits to claim the Most Hits trophy.

Elephants ace pitcher Carlos Castillo picked up a pair of trophies for most wins (14) and a league-best 2.17 ERA, while staff mates Orlando Roman and Ryan Cullen bagged the hardware for the most strikeouts (142) and saves (34), respectively.

Uni-President Lions pitcher Wang Jing-ming (10-3) took home the Rookie of the Year award, while La New Bears hurler Wang Fong-jin was named the Most Improved Player of the Year. Wang, who spent most of the past two seasons on the bench, went 7-4 with a 2.60 ERA in 100-plus innings this year.

Another Bears’ pitcher, Tseng Jau-hao, tallied 25 holds in 2010 and earned the Top Reliever award.

2010 CPBL GOLDEN GLOVE TEAM:
CA – Kao Chih-kang, Uni-President Lions
1B – Peng Cheng-min, Brother Elephants
2B – Chen Jiang-ho, Brother Elephants
SS – Wang Sheng-wei, Brother Elephants
3B – Huang Shih-hao, Brother Elephants
OF – Chang Jien-ming, Sinon Bulls
OF – Chang Cheng-wei, Brother Elephants
OF – Liu Fu-hao, Uni-President Lions
SP – Pan Wei-luen, Uni-President Lions

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