2020 CPBL STATS Awards
With another year of baseball done and dusted, as always, it is time to hand out the 2020 CPBL STATS Awards! We will take a trip down the memory lane and see some of the best and overlooked moments from the 2020 CPBL season and anything related to Taiwan baseball.
*Notes: Just a word of warning, there are a lot of videos in this blog post. I did my best cutting from over 200 videos down to 70.
Brain Fart Of the Year
When you're playing MVP Baseball 2005 and your dog bumped into your controller. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/45dNWIQE5q
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) April 18, 2020
Chef of the Year
Sir, your food is on fire… #CPBL ? pic.twitter.com/zZm3d2NYKD
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 1, 2020
Best Conflict De-escalation Award
Rakuten Monkeys' 陳俊秀 (Chen Chun-Hsiu) demonstrated his conflict de-escalation technique: Nunu Bear Hug. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/i1TOQ77Q81
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 6, 2020
Best Chiropractor in the Dugout Award
Too Fat to Pick Up Your Glove Award
LINE mascot dropped his glove. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/LTd7MqkW6K
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) October 9, 2020
Lumberjack Award: CPBL Edition
After a strikeout, the Rakuten Monkeys' 陳俊秀 (Chen Chun-Hsiu) snapped his bat in half over his knee in frustration. ? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/XH7Juo9QsG
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) May 13, 2020
Lumberjack Award: Student Edition
Culture University's 曾宸佐 (Tseng Chen-Tso) takes his anger out by snapping his bat in half. ? pic.twitter.com/151wRC9L6s
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) March 29, 2020
Best Cult Circle: CPBL Edition
#CPBL pic.twitter.com/J2MlrG6NCc
— Out of Context CPBL (@ContextCPBL) November 1, 2020
Best Cult Circle: Cheerleaders Edition
#CPBL pic.twitter.com/ggE8bwlO2Q
— Out of Context CPBL (@ContextCPBL) September 27, 2020
Taunt of the Year
Rakuten Monkeys' agent of chaos 陳禹勳 (Chen Yu-Hsun) taunting the Brothers' fans on his way back to the dugout! #CPBL ? pic.twitter.com/A9i0zwEjK2
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 19, 2020
Best Bat Flip: CPBL Edition
[2020 Taiwan Series G3] INJECT THIS INTO MY VEIN! The CTBC Brothers 許基宏 (Hsu Chi-Hung) extended the Brothers' lead with a 3-run blast and unleashed a savage bat flip! ? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/rNOy3Abnyn
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) November 3, 2020
Best Bat Flip: Student Edition
[Taiwan High School Baseball] 18-year-old shortstop 周委宏 (Chou Wei-Hung) unleashed a savage bat flip after he smoked a hanging curveball to deep right. #TWHSBaseball pic.twitter.com/4YPQYF5Ai6
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) November 28, 2020
Worst Bat Flip Award
Hi Chiang Chih-Hsien, throwing your bat into the stands is not how you do fan service. #CPBL ☃️ pic.twitter.com/wol98gjUH6
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) October 4, 2020
Bat Flip At Your GM Award
Additional note: This was during Chang Chih-Hao’s salary arbitration period. Sending a flying bat to your general manager? Nothing suss there!!
[#CPBL Spring Training] Chinatrust Brothers' 張志豪 (Chang Chih-Hao) loses the grip on his bat and it goes flying towards the photographer and the Brothers' general manager. pic.twitter.com/iZBoRwleov
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) March 22, 2020
Left Your Fly Open Award
[Taiwan High School Baseball] When you're warming up on the mound with your fly wide open. ? #TWHSBaseball pic.twitter.com/VVtRnAZ62o
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) November 10, 2020
Photobomb Gone Wrong Award
Uni-Lions' manager Lin Yueh-Ping thought the Uni-Girls were taking a photo of him, but in reality, the cheerleaders were taking a selfie. ? #CPBL (? via 侯子旅攝 Voyage avec Yves) pic.twitter.com/uoPsrJVl1b
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) November 18, 2020
Best Home Run Catch by Fan
WHAT A GOOD ADULT KID! Grandson caught the home run ball and gave it to his grandma. #CPBL ? pic.twitter.com/OZuM2LpMSR
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) October 4, 2020
Best Synchronization Award
Ryan Carpenter, Lin Cheng-Fei synced at bad hop. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/RZIU8DPKGh
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) October 9, 2020
Biggest Mouth Award
Almost Hug the Wrong Son Award
Dad almost hugged the wrong son. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/8B75I5cyAR
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) October 9, 2020
Best Home Run / Hitting Cameraman Award
Rakuten Monkeys' rookie 楊瑞承 (Yang Jui-Cheng) drilled one to deep centre and hit the camera operator. #CPBL
Notes: At Taoyuan stadium, when your home run hit the display car in the outfield, you'll win a car. Need to double check the rule on hitting the cameraman. pic.twitter.com/VZ0OmE2UT4
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) October 11, 2020
Most Painful Home Run Award
申皓瑋 (Shen Hao-Wei) put the Guardians on board with a 2-run shot and destroyed a Brothers fan's face. #CPBL
Exit Velocity: 167kph (103.7mph) ✅
Launch Angle: 29° ✅
Bare Hand Catch: ❌
Face: ❌
Free Ball: ❌ pic.twitter.com/KZAAyUcNtT— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 29, 2020
Home Run of the Year: CPBL First Ever Pinch-Hit Walk-Off Grand Slam
Fubon Guardians' 高國輝 (Kao Kuo-Hui) belted the first ever pinch-hit walk-off grand slam in the #CPBL history! ?
– 290th grand slam
– 232nd pinch-hit home run
– 105th walk-off home run
– 11th pinch-hit grand slam
– 9th walk-off grand slam
– 1st pinch-hit walk-off grand slam pic.twitter.com/ehAHdQJjkZ— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 13, 2020
Play of the Year / B.D.E Award
And the best actor award goes to.. 林哲瑄 (Lin Che-Hsuan)!!
The Fubon Guardians' veteran centre fielder made a spectacular home run-robbing catch at the wall and decided to troll everyone at the stadium. ? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/laRW6iq06h
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) October 17, 2020
Best High Five Rejection: Player Edition
High five rejected. Tough look for my guy Loree ? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/fd73sj5sYM
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 21, 2020
Best Handshake Rejection: Mascot Edition
[2020 Taiwan Series G3] HANDSHAKE REJECTED!!!! ? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/ZjIFUJVDsw
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) November 3, 2020
Mound Magician Award
THE WINDMILL IS BACK! #CTBros' Mitch Lively is showing all his tricks to mess with hitters' timing. #CPBL
– Windmill ✅
– Fancy footwork ✅
– Sidearm eephus pitch ✅ pic.twitter.com/tyYQnaQI7p— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) February 26, 2020
Best Facial Expression Award
Confused Henry Sosa. ? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/76k7WmkIqA
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) March 8, 2020
Mascot of the Year: Sababoy
Uni-Lions' new mascot Fishhead Kun is making his #CPBL debut tonight. pic.twitter.com/3rCpp8pJhb
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) April 24, 2020
Creepiest Mascot Award
#CPBL pic.twitter.com/GARgWh7Vy5
— Out of Context CPBL (@ContextCPBL) December 28, 2020
Mascot Giving Alcohol to Kid Award
Sean the Elephant gave a can of beer to kid. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/ajADvOwGDl
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 27, 2020
Best Way to Say Thanks to Healthcare Workers Award
Uni-Lions' 林安可 (Lin An-Ko) launched a mammoth homer to the outfield signage that's thanking all the frontline healthcare workers in Taiwan. #CPBL ❤️ pic.twitter.com/oC2VXcccJ6
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) April 29, 2020
Worst at Social Distancing Award
Taiwan CDC: Fans must practice social distancing at the #CPBL game.
Fubon Guardians fans: Hold my beer. ?? pic.twitter.com/5b8RsVFa4T
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) May 10, 2020
Best Culture Exchange Award
Things got a little heated when the CTBC Brothers' Esmil Rogers and the umpire trying to wish Happy Mother's Day to each other. #CPBL #MothersDay pic.twitter.com/Ojpz8eq80O
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) May 10, 2020
Best On Field Musical Award
Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/jXeS3PGvdJ
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) May 16, 2020
When Earth Strikes Back Award
When #CPBL minor league game suddenly turned into Max Mad: Fury Road. pic.twitter.com/43xmAyV7aV
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) May 22, 2020
Iron Hand Award
CTBC Brothers' 黃恩賜 (Huang En-Sih) makes a nifty barehanded play on a comebacker and throws to first base for the out. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/UKuG0EwIgR
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) May 27, 2020
Most Expensive Foul Ball Award: Exploding Phone
Exploding phone! #CPBL pic.twitter.com/lKuFSKbnik
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) May 31, 2020
Most Expensive Foul Ball Award: Umpire Cam
And just like that, the umpire cam is broken again. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/EkAZmu4nSZ
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 26, 2020
Hitting Your Own Teammates Award
Shoryuken in the #CPBL minor league. pic.twitter.com/VzTUTKvFPi
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) June 6, 2020
Best “Manufactured” Nice Play Award
Uni-Lions' 鄧志偉 (Teng Chih-Wei) makes an outstanding "sliding" catch in the foul territory. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/bGI86M6mTF
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) June 15, 2020
Game Delay Award: Bug Edition
Rhinoceros beetles sighting at the #CPBL game tonight. ?
Name: Horned dynastid
Location: On trees
Price: 1350 Bells
Rarity: Uncommon (★★★)
Time of year: July to August
Time of day: 5pm to 8am pic.twitter.com/sJLOMxkHAn— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) June 16, 2020
Game Delay Award: Birds Edition
Low flying birds at the #CPBL game tonight. pic.twitter.com/mBfqZE5pp4
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 8, 2020
Best Bullpen Hijinks Award
Led by master troll 陳禹勳 (Chen Yu-Hsun), the Rakuten Monkeys' relievers were having fun playing the statue game in the bullpen. #CPBL ? pic.twitter.com/plbokdN6bq
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) June 21, 2020
Best Bullpen Phone Award
That's errrrr… very interesting ringtone for the bullpen phone. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/uH2Qg1f1nl
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) July 29, 2020
Best First Pitch Award
CTBC Brothers invited kids from Taiwan's Down Syndrome Foundation to throw out the ceremonial 1st pitch! The charity was founded in 1997 with the goals to provide support and vocational training to people with down syndrome. #CPBL ?
Donate -> https://t.co/3PfLsK3SoY pic.twitter.com/HpfgU9Redg
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) June 21, 2020
Worst First Pitch Award
Top contenders for worst ceremonial first pitch in the 2020 #CPBL season. pic.twitter.com/8m4tTIUV9F
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 29, 2020
Saddest First Pitch Award
Uni-Lions held a special pre-game ceremony in memory of their team shop staff who passed away in a traffic accident. The team invited Xiao-Hei's father to throw out the first pitch to his daughter's favourite player. ? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/OZvWQ1KvsV
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) October 25, 2020
Weirdest First Pitch
#CPBL pic.twitter.com/PkJ5xSG9J3
— Out of Context CPBL (@ContextCPBL) December 26, 2020
Best Accidental No-Look Play Award
CTBC Brothers' José De Paula with an accidental no-look nice play while covering the first base. #CPBL ? pic.twitter.com/golgq0Wibc
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) July 7, 2020
The Misfits In the Stands Award
When Darth Vader, Jean-Luc Picard and Winnie the Pooh decided to show up at a CPBL game.
Who are they? Wrong answers only. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/UEW7n8fjHg
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) July 14, 2020
Weirdest Dressed Fan Award
Fubon Guardians doing student nights this weekend. Here is a student from another era. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/rIlAdPfC5Y
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) July 26, 2020
Best Strike Call: Student Baseball Edition
That's an interesting strikeout call from Taiwan's College Baseball Series. #UmpGifs ?? pic.twitter.com/RG4IcpWoaE
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 2, 2020
Best Team Effort Award
It's a team effort to bring a sunglasses to 陽耀勳 (Yang Yao-Hsun) in the outfield. #CPBL ?️ pic.twitter.com/nGzO9mgKgb
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 8, 2020
Most Relaxed Fan Award
League: There is no problem with the pace of play. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/gtJKXehzaT
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 27, 2020
Thousand-Yard Stare Award
The haunting of Taichung stadium. I believe that's a ghost! ? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/LQJAHS3lKK
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) October 31, 2020
Accidental Fight Jet Flyover Award
Accidental IDF flyover at #CPBL game last night. The Uni-Lions' front office: umm… we didn't order a fighter jet flyover. pic.twitter.com/dlH7E2gRmW
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 29, 2020
Best Interview
Hello, this is dog. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/L0VotO7gVX
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) August 29, 2020
Balk of the Year
That's um.. interesting balk by the Rakuten Monkeys' Lisalverto Bonilla. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/re6jnYqcAW
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 3, 2020
Hybrid Sport Award
Basefootball, mixing baseball and football. Olé!! #CPBL pic.twitter.com/dILCsmGPf4
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 3, 2020
Sports Science Award
Uni-Lions' veteran 潘武雄 (Pan Wu-Hsiung) with a rather interesting training technique. ??? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/sqpgWU2A1m
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 7, 2020
Cutest MVP Dance Award
CUTE OVERLOAD!! Chu Yu-Hsien's son wanted to do the post-game MVP dance with his dad. #CPBL ?
Fun note: Just like most of the kids, Dimple Cannon Jr did not high-five Victor the Space Ape. pic.twitter.com/bLNfIlJLhY
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 11, 2020
Best Rain Delay Award: Grounds Crew Edition
An unlucky #CPBL grounds crew got trapped under the tarp last night. ⛺️ pic.twitter.com/AvwlR9Iuhb
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 12, 2020
Best Rain Delay: Players Edition
CTBC Brothers' Ariel Miranda, Esmil Rogers and José de Paula were having fun playing bottle cap baseball in the dugout during the rain delay. ? #CPBL pic.twitter.com/b2QREjsp9D
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 12, 2020
Forgot Which Team You’re On Award
SAFE! Ummm.. I mean out. The Fubon Guardians' 陳凱倫 (Chen Kai-Lun) momentarily forgot he plays for the Guardians. #CPBL ??️ pic.twitter.com/0QcYerPqpm
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 19, 2020
Coach Meltdown Award: Domestic Coach Edition
[#CPBL Minor League] Wei Chuan Dragons' manager 葉君璋 (Yeh Chun-Chang) smashed his stopwatch after getting ejected by the umpire. pic.twitter.com/lFINm5cBxH
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) September 29, 2020
Best Meltdown Award: Foreign Coach Edition
[Strong Language Warning] Rakuten Monkeys' farm team pitching coach Tom Signore was not a happy camper last week. Very good microphone in the #CPBL minor league. pic.twitter.com/0A49GnqU87
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) June 27, 2020
Best Hair Award: On the Mound Edition
Best Hair Award: At the CPBL Draft Edition
2020 #CPBL Draft: Best hair award goes to the CTBC Brothers' first round draft pick 余謙 (Yu Chien). pic.twitter.com/H1Xpwcq8jG
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) July 20, 2020
Best On-Base Celebration Award
Uni-Lions with their "flying / karate kid crane kick / DeLorean" on-base celebration in G5 of the Taiwan Series. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/BvygFjFvuo
— CPBL STATS (@GOCPBL) November 5, 2020
Fantastic!!!!
I can’t believe this went up 2 weeks ago and I’m only now seeing it. Must have taken ages to compile all these and sort them for us. Thanks! Awesome season and awesome spot picks!