Brother Elephants
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{{Infobox baseball team |
Name = Brother Elephants |
Logo = [[Image:brotherslogo.gif]] |
Founded = [[1989]] |
League = [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]] |
Location = [[Taipei, Taiwan|Taipei]] |
Stadium = [[Longtan Baseball Stadium]] |
Colors = Yellow |
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Series =[[Taiwan Series]]|
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'''Brother Elephants''' (兄弟象) is a [[professional baseball]] team in [[Taiwan]]. It was originally established as an [[amateur]] team in [[1984]] by the [[Brother Hotel]] located in [[Taipei|Taipei City]], and later joined the [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]] (CPBL) in [[1989]]. Brother Hotel's chairman Hung Teng-sheng (洪騰勝) also acted as CPBL's secretary-general from 1989 until now, and is respected as "father of the CPBL".
The Brother Elephants wear yellow uniforms throughout its history and makes [[Taipei]] its home city, with a training field in [[Longtan, Taoyuan|Longtan]] Township, [[Taoyuan County]].
==History==
On [[March 17]], [[1990]] the Brother Elephants played the first historical CPBL game against the [[Uni-President Lions]] in the now demolished [[Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium]] with a full house of 14,350 in attendance. Interestingly, the two teams are also the only two remaining original teams of the CPBL.
With its long history from the amateur era plus a successful marketing strategy and management, the Brother Elephants has long been the most popular Taiwanese baseball team, also winning six, CPBL championships, more than any other team. Its current roster includes two local batting stars [[Chen Chih-yuan]] and [[Peng Cheng-min]], both of whom participated in the [[Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]]. Cola Yeh, a former Brother Elephant's player, later moved to New Zealand and started his own baseball club, the Cola Yeh Baseball team. He coached the [[New Zealand]] [[Little League Baseball]] team.
Despite having the best season-long record for the [[2004]] season, the Elephants were unable to participate in the [[Taiwan Series]] because they had won neither half season. This resulted in the expansion of the playoffs to three teams beginning in [[2005]], where the team with the best season-long record among non-champions for the season would gain a wildcard berth, thus preventing a similar occurrence in the future.
==Records==
{| class="wikitable" width = 650
|width = 33% align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|<small>Qualified for Playoffs'''</small>
|width = 33% align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"|<small>[[Taiwan Series]] Championship</small>
|width = 33% align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|<small>[[Asia Series]] Championship</small>
|}
===Regular Seasons===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
|-
! width = 90| Season
! width = 105|Wins
! width = 105|Losses
! width = 105|Ties
! width = 105|Pct.
! width = 105|Place
|-bgcolor="FFD000"
| align="center" colspan=6 |<font color="000000">'''Brother Elephants'''</font>
|-
| align="center" | 1990
| align="center" | 34 (17/17)
| align="center" | 49 (25/24)
| align="center" | 7 (3/4)
| align="center" | .410 (.405/.415)
| align="center" | 4 (3/4)
|-
| align="center" | 1991
| align="center" | 38 (21/17)
| align="center" | 49 (23/26)
| align="center" | 3 (1/2)
| align="center" | .437 (.477/.395)
| align="center" | 3 (3/4)
|-bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align="center" | 1992
| align="center" | 51 (27/24)
| align="center" | 35 (17/18)
| align="center" | 4 (1/3)
| align="center" | .593 (.614/.571)
| align="center" | 1 (1/1)
|-bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align="center" | 1993
| align="center" | 52 (28/24)
| align="center" | 36 (16/20)
| align="center" | 2 (1/1)
| align="center" | .591 (.636/.545)
| align="center" | 2 (1/2)
|-bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align="center" | 1994
| align="center" | 64 (34/30)
| align="center" | 24 (11/13)
| align="center" | 2 (0/2)
| align="center" | .727 (.756/.698)
| align="center" | 1 (1/1)
|-
| align="center" | 1995
| align="center" | 48 (25/23)
| align="center" | 51 (25/26)
| align="center" | 1 (0/1)
| align="center" | .485 (.500/.469)
| align="center" | 4 (4/3)
|-
| align="center" | 1996
| align="center" | 52 (29/23)
| align="center" | 43 (19/24)
| align="center" | 5 (2/3)
| align="center" | .547 (.604/.489)
| align="center" | 4 (2/4)
|-
| align="center" | 1997
| align="center" | 45 (23/22)
| align="center" | 44 (20/24)
| align="center" | 7 (5/2)
| align="center" | .506 (.535/.478)
| align="center" | 3 (3/5)
|-
| align="center" | 1998
| align="center" | 33
| align="center" | 69
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 0.324
| align="center" | 6
|-
| align="center" | 1999
| align="center" | 37
| align="center" | 53
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 0.411
| align="center" | 5
|-
| align="center" | 2000
| align="center" | 38 (21/17)
| align="center" | 48 (21/27)
| align="center" | 4 (3/1)
| align="center" | .442 (.500/.386)
| align="center" | 4 (3/4)
|-bgcolor = FFE6BD
| align="center" | 2001
| align="center" | 44 (17/27)
| align="center" | 39 (23/16)
| align="center" | 7 (5/2)
| align="center" | .530 (.435/.628)
| align="center" | 2 (3/1)
|-bgcolor = FFE6BD
| align="center" | 2002
| align="center" | 53 (25/28)
| align="center" | 33 (17/16)
| align="center" | 4 (3/1)
| align="center" | .616 (.595/.636)
| align="center" | 1 (1/1)
|-bgcolor = FFE6BD
| align="center" | 2003
| align="center" | 63 (27/36)
| align="center" | 31 (20/11)
| align="center" | 6 (3/3)
| align="center" | .670 (.574/.766)
| align="center" | 1 (3/1)
|-
| align="center" | 2004
| align="center" | 54 (26/28)
| align="center" | 45 (23/22)
| align="center" | 3 (1/2)
| align="center" | .545 (.531/.560)
| align="center" | 3 (3/2)
|-
| align="center" | 2005
| align="center" | 47 (25/22)
| align="center" | 49 (23/26)
| align="center" | 4 (2/2)
| align="center" | .490 (.521/.458)
| align="center" | 4 (3/6)
|-
| align="center" | 2006
| align="center" | 40 (20/20)
| align="center" | 59 (29/30)
| align="center" | 1 (1/0)
| align="center" | .404 (.408/.400)
| align="center" | 6 (5/6)
|-
| align="center" | [[2007 CPBL season|2007]]
| align="center" | 49 (24/25)
| align="center" | 50 (25/25)
| align="center" | 1 (1/0)
| align="center" | .495 (.490/.500)
| align="center" | 3 (4/4)
|-
| align="center" | 2008
| align="center" | --
| align="center" | --
| align="center" | --
| align="center" | --
| align="center" | --
|-
! Total
! 842
! 807
! 66
! .511
! --
|}
===Playoffs===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
|-
! rowspan = "2" width = "90" | Season
! colspan = "3" | First Round
! colspan = "3" | Taiwan Series
|-
! width = "160"| Opponent
! width = "50" | Wins
! width = "50" | Losses
! width = "160"| Opponent
! width = "50" | Wins
! width = "50" | Losses
|-bgcolor="FFD000"
| align="center" colspan=7 |<font color="000000">'''Brother Elephants'''</font>
|-bgcolor = bbffbb
| 1993
| colspan = "6" |<small>No playoffs. The Elephants won the championship by virtue of winning both half-seasons.</small>
|-bgcolor = bbffbb
| 1993
| colspan = "3" |<small>No first round.</small>
| [[Uni-President Lions]]
| 4
| 2
|-bgcolor = bbffbb
| 1993
| colspan = "6" |<small>No playoffs. The Elephants won the championship by virtue of winning both half-seasons.</small>
|-bgcolor = bbffbb
| 2001
| colspan = "3" |<small>No first round.</small>
| [[Uni-President Lions]]
| 4
| 3
|-bgcolor = bbffbb
| 2002
| colspan = "3" |<small>No first round.</small>
| [[Chinatrust Whales]]
| 4
| 0
|-bgcolor = bbffbb
| 2003
| colspan = "3" |<small>No first round.</small>
| [[Sinon Bulls]]
| 4
| 2
|-
! Total
! colspan="4"|<small>Combining the first round and Taiwan Series</small>
! 16
! 7
|}
== Roster ==
*[[Tsao Chun-yang]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.brothers.com.tw The Brother Elephants Official Website]
*[http://www.brotherhotel.com.tw Brother Hotel Official Website]
*[http://www.cpbl.com.tw The CPBL Official Website]
*[http://www.cybaseball.co.nz Cola Yeh Baseball]
==See also==
*[[2007 CPBL season]]
{{CPBL}}
[[Category:Baseball teams in Taiwan]]
[[es:Elefantes Brother]]
[[ja:兄弟エレファンツ]]
[[tw:兄弟象隊]]
[[zh:兄弟象]]
[[ko:형제 엘리펀츠]]