1990 Taiwan Series

The 1990 Taiwan Series was the first Taiwan Series. It featured the Wei Chuan Dragons versus the Mercuries Tigers.

The Dragons had gone 25-20 in the first half of the 1990 CPBL and won the second half at 27-14-4. Their manager was Huan-Hsun Song. Matt Huff (.337/.409/.613, 16 HR) was their top hitter and I-Tseng Lin (.331/.378/.426) led the league with 34 steals. They relied heavily on three hurlers: ERA king Joe Strong (16-7, 1.92), win leader and strikeout co-leader Ping-Yang Huang (20-8, 2.23, 177 K) and Longo Garcia (10-9, 2.63).

The Tigers were 29-13-3 and won the first half and 18-25-2 in the second half. Hsin-Chang Lin was their skipper. Luis Iglesias (.292/.386/.543) led in homers (18) and RBI (58). Shih-Ming Huang (.331/.380/.500) also hit very well but missed the Series due to injury. Hung-Chin Tu (10-8, 2.48), Ming-Shan Kang (9-5, 2.27) and Wu-Hsiung Huang (6-6, 2.00) were their best pitchers.

Games

Game 1

October 20 at Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (16,000)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mercuries Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2
Wei Chuan Dragons	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1

Tigers: Hung-Chin Tu (L, 0-1)

Dragons: Joe Strong (W, 1-0)

Home Run Luis Iglesias (1)

In Game 1, the Dragons won, 2-1, in front of 16,000 fans. Strong got the first win, Tu the first loss and Iglesias hit the first home run. Cheng-Chin Hong drove in the winner.

Game 2

October 21 at Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (16,000)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Mercuries Tigers	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	5	1

Dragons: Longo Garcia (L, 0-1) - Kun-Wei Lin

Tigers: Ming-Shan Kang (W, 1-0)

The next day, the Tigers came back to win 3-2, with Kang beating Garcia.

Game 3

October 23 at Kaohsiung Li De Baseball Stadium (10,000)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mercuries Tigers	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	X	5	9	0

Tigers: Yi-Chuan Liu (L, 0-1) - Feng-Yu Weng

Dragons: Ping-Yang Huang (W, 1-0)

Home Run Matt Huff (1)

In game 3, October 23, the Dragons prevailed, 5-1, with Ping-Yang Huang beating Yi-Chuan Liu and Huff homering.

Game 4

October 24 at Taichung Baseball Field (10,000)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	10	9	0
Mercuries Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Dragons: Joe Strong (W, 2-0)

Tigers: Wu-Hsiung Huang (L, 0-1) - Feng-Yu Weng - Julian Gonzalez

Home Run Tsao-Li Sun (1)

The Dragons romped to a 10-0 win with Strong doing the pitching. Wu-Hsiung Huang took the loss. Chiung-Lung Huang drove in the winner and Tsao-Li Sun homered.

Game 5

October 25 at Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (16,000)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Mercuries Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	0
Wei Chuan Dragons	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0

Tigers: Hung-Chin Tu (W, 1-1)

Dragons: Kun-Wei Lin - Ping-Yang Huang (L, 1-1)

Home Run Jose Moreno (1)

The Tigers staved off elimination briefly with a 2-1 win in 12 innings, the first extra-inning Series game. Tu got the win and Ping-Yang Huang the loss. Cheng-Chung Chen drove in the winner and Jose Moreno homered for the Tigers.

Game 6

October 27 at Hsinchu Baseball Field (10,149)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Mercuries Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1

Dragons: Ping-Yang Huang (W, 2-1)

Tigers: Ming-Shan Kang (L, 1-1) - Hung-Chin Tu

The Dragons clinched with a 2-0 win, Ping-Yang Huang coming back to get the win over Kang. Hong drove in the game-winner again and was named Taiwan Series MVP.

Sources include Taiwan Baseball Wiki