Chinese Professional Baseball League
Top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan
Chinese Professional Baseball League
The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL; Chinese: 中華職業棒球大聯盟; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Zhíyè Bàngqiú Dàliánméng) is the top-tier professional baseball league in the Republic of China (Taiwan). The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003. As of the 2025 season, the CPBL consists of six organizations, all of which have teams in the main league and farm league. The CPBL consists of Major (一軍; 'first/primary corps') and, since 2006, Minor (二軍; 'second/reserve corps') leagues, with the Minor league team rosters consist of developmental and injury-recovering players. In comparison to Minor League Baseball, when the CPBL only had four teams 10 years ago, it was considered to be at a High-A level, with a wider spread of talent and more offense than American leagues. The league has rapidly grown in recent years, expanding to six teams together with the success of Taiwanese baseball in international competitions...
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