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

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

History

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

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 Lee Chao  5 Chen Yu-hsun  7 Sen Jung-hung 11 Liao Jen-lei 15 Liu Yu-yen 16 Wang Wei-chung 17 Kuo Yu-cheng 18 Hsu Jo-hsi 20 Wu Chun-chieh 29 Chuang Yu-pin 35 Tyler Eppler 37 Drew Gagnon 40 Lu Yung-chen 41 Cheng Yi-hsuan 42 Chao Ching-jung 45 Yang Yu-hsiang 47 Lan Yi-cheng 48 Lin Yi-ta 51 Chang Ching-yu 52 Bryan Woodall 55 Hsu Yuan-tai 56 Jasier Herrera 59 Chen Kuan-wei 65 Wu Ping-en 67 Tsao Yu-chi 68 Lo Hua-wei 71 Lin Tzu-yu 74 Chang Chun-shou 77 Lin Hsin-chieh 78 Wu Chun-yi 87 Liu Chia-kai 90 Wang Ting-ying 99 Lin Kai-wei 00 Rio Gomez		Catchers  4 Giljegiljaw Kungkuan  9 Lin Chen-hsun 22 Chuan Hao-wei 60 Liu Shih-hao 63 Chiang Shao-hung 98 Wei Chuan Infielders  3 Masegesege Abalrini  6 Kuo Yen-wen 10 Huang Po-hao 21 Lee Kai-wei 23 Liu Chun-wei 25 Chang Cheng-yu 31 Ngayaw Ake 33 Tseng Chuan-sheng 36 Lee Chan-yi 44 Johnny Clark 46 Liu Chi-hung 53 Wu Jui-sheng 57 Namoh Iyang 61 Wu Tung-jung 72 Shih Hsiang-yu 73 Lin Tzu-chen 105 Yang Nien-tzu		Outfielders  1 Lin Hsiao-cheng  2 Kuo Tien-hsin 24 Wang Shun-ho 28 Cheng Kai-wen 34 Chang Yu-ming 50 Vilian Isnangkuan 69 Tung Ping-hsuan 81 Chang Yu-chia 82 Jan Cheng-lin 93 Chen Pin-chieh		Manager 27 Yeh Chun-chang Coaches 32 Wang Ying-peng (battery) 49 Ati Masaw (batting) 54 Lin Wei-en (head) 66 Chang Chien-ming (batting) 70 Yōsuke Takasu (head) 76 Liu Jung-hua (fielding) 80 Wang Hao (assistant fitness) 86 Chen Chih-wei (infield) 91 Kuo Sheng-an (pitching) 92 Huang Yi-chih (bullpen) 95 Kao Hsiao-yi (base running) 97 Chiu Shih-chieh (fitness) Second team manager 12 Chang Chia-hao Second team coaches  8 Huang Chung-lung (outfield) 19 Lo Chia-jen (assistant rehabilitation) 30 Gary Thurman (overall) 62 Wu Tsung-chun (outfield/batting) 75 Cheng Hao-ta (assistant battery) 79 Lin Tsung-nan (head) 88 Mike Garcia (overall pitching) 89 Hsiao I-chieh (pitching) 94 Peng Li-yao (fitness) 96 Su Po-hao (assistant base running) Roster updated on 24 June 2024

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

References

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