2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 35th CPBL season

| logo =

| league = Chinese Professional Baseball League

| sport = Baseball

| duration = March 29 to October 11 (Regular Season)

| no_of_games =

| no_of_teams = 6

| TV =

| season = First half-season

| season_champs = Uni-President Lions

| season2 = Second half-season

| season_champs2 = CTBC Brothers

| season3 = Full season

| season_champs3 = CTBC Brothers

| MVP3 =

| MVP_link3 =

| playoffs =

| playoffs_link =

| finals = Taiwan Series

| finals_link = Taiwan Series

| finals_champ = CTBC Brothers

| finals_runner-up = Uni-President Lions

| finals_MVP = Tseng Sung-en

| finals_MVP_link =

| seasonslist = List of Chinese Professional Baseball League seasons

| seasonslistnames = CPBL

| prevseason_link = 2023 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

| prevseason_year = 2023

| nextseason_link = 2025 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

| nextseason_year = 2025

}}

The 2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was the 35th season of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), based in Taiwan.

Season schedule

The regular season began on 30 March 2024. Teams will play a split-season, with second-half games starting July 5. The CPBL All-Star Game is scheduled for the weekend of July 20–21.

On August 23, the Chinese Professional Baseball League officially drew over 2 million spectators during the regular season, the first time that the milestone had been reached in league history.{{cite news |last1=Hsieh |first1=Ching-wen |last2=Chao |first2=Yen-hsiang |title=BASEBALL/Over 2 million attend CPBL regular season games for first time |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202408240006 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=August 24, 2024}} Republished as: {{cite news |title=CPBL attendance reaches 2 million |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/08/25/2003822737 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=August 25, 2024}}

Standings

=First half standings=

width = 200 \| Team ! width = 40 \| G ! width = 40 \| W ! width = 40 \| T ! width = 40 \| L ! width = 50 \| Pct. ! width = 40 \| GB
class = "wikitable" style = "text-align:center"
style = "background:lightgreen;" \| height = 35 \| Uni-President Lions	60	37	0	23	{{Winning percentage\|37\|23}}	—
height = 35 \| Rakuten Monkeys	60	33	0	27	{{Winning percentage\|33\|27}}	4
height = 35 \| CTBC Brothers	60	32	0	28	{{Winning percentage\|32\|28}}	5
height = 35 \| Fubon Guardians	60	29	0	31	{{Winning percentage\|29\|31}}	8
height = 35 \| Wei Chuan Dragons	60	26	0	34	{{Winning percentage\|26\|34}}	11
height = 35 \| TSG Hawks	60	23	0	37	{{Winning percentage\|23\|37}}	14

=Second half standings=

width = 200 \| Team ! width = 40 \| G ! width = 40 \| W ! width = 40 \| T ! width = 40 \| L ! width = 50 \| Pct. ! width = 40 \| GB
class = "wikitable" style = "text-align:center"
style = "background:lightgreen;" \| height = 35 \| CTBC Brothers	60	38	0	22	{{Winning percentage\|38\|22}}	—
height = 35 \| Wei Chuan Dragons	60	32	0	28	{{Winning percentage\|32\|28}}	6
height = 35 \| Uni-President Lions	60	29	1	30	{{Winning percentage\|29\|30}}	8½
height = 35 \| Rakuten Monkeys	60	29	1	30	{{Winning percentage\|29\|30}}	8½
height = 35 \| TSG Hawks	60	26	1	33	{{Winning percentage\|26\|33}}	11½
height = 35 \| Fubon Guardians	60	24	1	35	{{Winning percentage\|24\|35}}	13½

=Final season standings=

width = 200 \| Team ! width = 40 \| G ! width = 40 \| W ! width = 40 \| T ! width = 40 \| L ! width = 50 \| Pct. ! width = 40 \| GB
class = "wikitable" style = "text-align:center"
style = "background:lightgreen;" \| height = 35 \| CTBC Brothers	120	70	0	50	{{Winning percentage\|70\|50}}	—
style = "background:lightgreen;" \| height = 35 \| Uni-President Lions	120	66	1	53	{{Winning percentage\|66\|53}}	3½
style = "background:yellow;" \| height = 35 \| Rakuten Monkeys	120	62	1	57	{{Winning percentage\|62\|57}}	7½
height = 35 \| Wei Chuan Dragons	120	58	0	62	{{Winning percentage\|58\|62}}	12
height = 35 \| Fubon Guardians	120	53	1	66	{{Winning percentage\|34\|44}}	16½
height = 35 \| TSG Hawks	120	49	1	70	{{Winning percentage\|30\|48}}	20½

Green denotes first-half or second-half champion.
Yellow denotes clinching playoff qualification as the wild card.

Playoffs

{{3TeamBracket|RD1= 2024 CPBL playoff series |RD2= 2024 Taiwan Series |RD1-seed1=2|RD1-team1=Uni-President Lions|RD1-score1=3|RD1-seed2=3|RD1-team2=Rakuten Monkeys|RD1-score2=1|RD2-seed1=1|RD2-team1=CTBC Brothers|RD2-score1=4|RD2-seed2=2|RD2-team2=Uni-President Lions|RD2-score2=1}}

=CPBL Playoff Series=

The team that won a half starts with a one-win advantage over the team with the best record among non-half winners.

{{Baseball playoff summary|summary=|winner=Uni-President Lions|leader=|score=3−1|date1=October 12|score1=Rakuten Monkeys – 1, Uni-President Lions – 2|loc1=Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium|att1=15,209|time1=2:43|ref1={{cite web |url=https://en.cpbl.com.tw/box?year=2024&KindCode=E&gameSno=1 |title=2024/10/12 Monkeys VS. U-Lions |work=Chinese Professional Baseball League |access-date=December 6, 2024}}|date2=October 13|score2=Uni-President Lions – 1, Rakuten Monkeys– 17|loc2=Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium|att2=12,520|time2=3:14|ref2={{cite web |url=https://en.cpbl.com.tw/box?year=2024&KindCode=E&gameSno=2 |title=2024/10/13 U-Lions VS. Monkeys |work=Chinese Professional Baseball League |access-date=December 6, 2024}}|date3=October 14|score3=Rakuten Monkeys – 5, Uni-President Lions – 8|loc3=Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium|att3=7,214|time3=3:24|ref3={{cite web |url=https://en.cpbl.com.tw/box?year=2024&KindCode=E&gameSno=3 |title=2023/10/14 Monkeys VS. U-Lions |work=Chinese Professional Baseball League |access-date=December 6, 2024}}}}

=Taiwan Series=

{{Baseball playoff summary|summary=|winner=CTBC Brothers|leader=|score=4−1|date1=October 19|score1=Uni-President Lions – 4, CTBC Brothers – 10|loc1=Taipei Dome|att1=40,000|time1=3:33|ref1={{cite web |url=https://en.cpbl.com.tw/box/index?year=2024&kindCode=C&gameSno=1 |title=2024/10/19 Brothers VS. Lions|work=Chinese Professional Baseball League |access-date=December 6, 2024}}|date2=October 20|score2=Uni-President Lions – 10, CTBC Brothers – 3|loc2=Taipei Dome|att2=37,596|time2=3:30|ref2={{cite web |url= https://en.cpbl.com.tw/box?year=2024&KindCode=C&gameSno=2 |title=2024/10/20 Brothers VS. Lions |work=Chinese Professional Baseball League |access-date=December 6, 2024}}|date3=October 22|score3=CTBC Brothers – 10, Uni-President Lions – 0|loc3=Taipei Dome|att3=25,029|time3=3:37|ref3={{cite web |url= https://en.cpbl.com.tw/box?year=2024&KindCode=C&gameSno=3 |title=2024/10/22 Lions VS. Brothers |work=Chinese Professional Baseball League |access-date=December 6, 2024}}|date4=October 23|score4=CTBC Brothers – 6, Uni-President Lions – 4|loc4=Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium|att4=10,000|time4=3:02|ref4={{cite web |url= https://en.cpbl.com.tw/box?year=2024&KindCode=C&gameSno=4 |title=2024/10/23 Lions VS. Brothers |work=Chinese Professional Baseball League |access-date=December 6, 2024}}|date5=October 25|score5=Uni-President Lions – 1, CTBC Brothers – 4|loc5=Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|att5=20,000|time5=2:50|ref5={{cite web |url= https://en.cpbl.com.tw/box?year=2024&KindCode=C&gameSno=5 |title=2024/10/25 Brothers VS. Lions |work=Chinese Professional Baseball League |access-date=December 6, 2024}}}}

Attendances

The previous season, the total CPBL attendance was 1,800,130.https://en.cpbl.com.tw/about/fans

{{row counter|

class{{=}}"wikitable sortable" !#!!Team!!Average attendance
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"\| _row_count	CTBC Brothers	10,098
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"\| _row_count	Wei Chuan Dragons	8,041
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"\| _row_count	Fubon Guardians	7,307
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"\| _row_count	Rakuten Monkeys	7,286
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"\| _row_count	TSG Hawks	7,012
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"\| _row_count	Uni-President Lions	6,360

}}

References

External links

{{official website|https://www.cpbl.com.tw}}

Chinese Professional Baseball League season

Category:Chinese Professional Baseball League seasons