Wei Chuan Dragons


The Wei Chuan Dragons are a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League that originally existed between 1990 and 1999. In 2019, negotiations regarding the franchise's revival and return to the CPBL took place. The team is to play one season of minor league baseball prior to rejoining the CPBL.

Brief history

This team had a long amateur history when its parent company, the Wei-Chuan Food Corporation, started sponsoring Chinese Culture University's baseball team in 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. Because of its long Amateur history, its games often drew large attendances, and games with Brother Elephants, another popular team, were often sold-out. This team took the now-demolished Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium as its home throughout its history.
This club won CPBL championships four times in 1990, 1997, 1998, and 1999, and became the team with most CPBL championships after the 1999 season ended. After the 1999 season, Wei Chuan Food Corporation announced its decision to disband the club, mainly due to:
The disbandment shocked many local fans and a procession was even raised against the decision. However the Wei Chuan Food Corporation did not change its mind. Most Wei Chuan Dragons' coaches and players later found their new homes at Sinon Bulls or Kaohsiung-Pingtung Fala. CPBL also did not fine those former Wei Chuan players and coaches who returned with Macoto Gida and First Financial Holdings Agan before the 2003 season started, because they did not leave CPBL voluntarily.

Records

Regular Seasons
SeasonFirst half-seasonFirst half-seasonFirst half-seasonFirst half-seasonFirst half-seasonSecond half-seasonSecond half-seasonSecond half-seasonSecond half-seasonSecond half-season
SeasonWinsLossesTiesPct.PlaceWinsLossesTiesPct.Place
199025200.556227144.6591
199126172.605120196.5132
199223202.535218225.4504
199326190.578222212.5123
199417271.386519251.4324
199525250.500322271.4495
199625232.521430200.6001
199715312.326731152.6741
199856481.5383No half-seasonsNo half-seasonsNo half-seasonsNo half-seasonsNo half-seasons
199949394.5573No half-seasonsNo half-seasonsNo half-seasonsNo half-seasonsNo half-seasons

Playoffs
SeasonFirst RoundFirst RoundFirst RoundTaiwan SeriesTaiwan SeriesTaiwan Series
SeasonOpponentWinsLossesOpponentWinsLosses
1990No first roundNo first roundNo first roundMercuries Tigers42
1991No first roundNo first roundNo first roundUni-President Lions34
1996No first roundNo first roundNo first roundUni-President Lions24
1997No first roundNo first roundNo first roundChina Times Eagles42
1998Uni-President Lions21Sinon Bulls43
1999Uni-President Lions21Chinatrust Whales41

Notable former players