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China Times Eagles League Chinese Professional Baseball League Location Pingtung Ballpark Pingtung Baseball Field / Kaohsiung Li De Baseball Stadium Year Founded 1993 League championships 1997 1st Half Colors Black Uniforms 
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The China Times Eagles (時報鷹) was a defunct professional baseball team belonging to the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) that existed between 1993 and 1997.
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History
Originally formed as an amateur club Black Eagles in 1990, this club was purchased by the China Times Corporation in November 1991 and professionalized in 1992 after absorbing a group of players from the Chinese Taipei national baseball team who just won silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, like its sister team Jungo Bears. This club took Kaohsiung Li De Baseball Stadium (Chengching Lake Baseball Field was not built at that time) and Pingtung Baseball Field as its home throughout its history.
Between 1993 and 1996 this club performed only moderately, but gained significant popularity due to China Times's fine administration and media advantage. In the upper half of 1997 this club won its first historical CPBL half-season championship, but was also badly wounded during the first CPBL game-fixing scandal[1]. The club was later defeated by the Wei Chuan Dragons in the 1997 CPBL Championships and disbanded after the series. Most former China Eagles players currently coach local Youth or Little League baseball teams[2].
Regular Season Records
Season First Half-Season Second Half-Season Wins Losses Ties Pct. Place Wins Losses Ties Pct. Place 1993 18 26 1 .409 5 18 26 1 .409 5 1994 22 23 0 .489 4 24 20 1 .545 3 1995 26 24 0 .520 2 23 26 1 .469 3 1996 28 20 2 .583 3 28 21 1 .571 2 1997 30 16 2 .652 1 11 35 2 .239 7 Playoff Records
Taiwan Series
Season Preliminary Round Championship Round Opponent Wins Losses Opponent Wins Losses 1997 - - - Wei Chuan Dragons 2 4 Notable former players
- Robinson Checo
- Liao Ming-Hsiung
- Ravelo Manzanillo
- Pascual Pérez
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Chinese Professional Baseball League Teams Defunct teams Games Seasons Awards MVP of the Year • Rookie of the Year • Manager of the Year • Most Progressive • Best Ten Players • Golden Glove • MVP of Taiwan Series • Taiwan Series Outstanding Players • MVP of the All-Star Game • MVP of the Month • Win Champions • ERA Champions • Strikeout Champions • Hold Champions • Save Champions • Batting Champions • Home run Champions • RBI Champions • Hit Champions • Stolen Base ChampionsMiscellaneous Nicknames • Foreign Players • Boxoffice • Cheering Squad • ScandalsCategories:- Sports clubs established in 1993
- Sports clubs disestablished in 1997
- Defunct baseball teams in Taiwan
- Asian baseball team stubs
- Taiwanese sport stubs
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