2012 CPBL

The 2012 Chinese Professional Baseball League was the 23rd CPBL season. The Lamigo Monkeys won their first title (they had won when they had been the La New Bears previously), beating the Uni-President Lions in the 2012 Taiwan Series.

Standings

1. Lamigo Monkeys, 29-27-4 first half; 38-22 second half (Manager: I-Chung Hong)
2. Uni-President Lions, 37-22-1 first half; 28-30-2 second half (Manager: Terushi Nakajima)
3. Brother Elephants, 19-32-9 first half; 34-25-1 second half (Manager: Jui-Chen Chen)
4. Sinon Bulls, 28-26-6 first half; 16-42-2 second half (Manager: Rong-Hua Liu 27-55-4/Wen-Chung Chang 11-22-1)

Awards

The CPBL MVP was Ssu-Chi Chou of the Brother Elephants, who hit .365/.462/.587 with a league-best 80 walks. The Rookie of the Year was Yu-Kang Fu of the Uni-President Lions, who was 4-1 with a 1.20 ERA in relief.

Gold Gloves

• P - Yuya Kamada, Lions
• C - Chih-Hong Chen, Elephants
• 1B - Chih-Wei Shih, Monkeys
• 2B - Chiang-Ho Chen, Elephants
• SS - Sheng-Wei Wang, Elephants
• 3B - None selected
• OF - Chih-Yao Chan, Monkeys
• OF - Chien-Jung Su, Bulls
• OF - Chen-Yu Chung, Monkeys

Best Ten

• P - Yuya Kamada, Lions
• C - Chih-Kang Kao, Lions
• 1B - Chih-Wei Shih, Monkeys
• 2B - Chiang-Ho Chen, Elephants
• SS - Chih-Sheng Lin, Monkeys
• 3B - Kuo-Ching Kao, Lions
• OF - Ssu-Chi Chou, Elephants
• OF - Chen-Yu Chung, Monkeys
• OF - Cheng-Wei Chang, Elephants
• DH - Tai-Shan Chang, Lions

Offensive Leaders

• Average: Wu-Hsiung Pan, Lions, .388
• Home Runs: Chih-Sheng Lin, Monkeys, 24
• RBI: Tai-Shan Chang, Lions, 96
• Stolen Bases: Cheng-Wei Chang, Elephants & Chih-Hao Chang, Elephants, 22

Pitching Leaders

• ERA: Jon Leicester, Lions, 2.48
• Wins: Yuya Kamada, Lions, 16
• Saves: Yueh-Ping Lin, Lions & Brad Thomas, Elephants, 23
• Strikeouts: Matt DeSalvo, Monkeys, 137