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{{Short description|Taiwanese professional baseball team}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2009}}
{{Infobox baseball team 
| name = Wei Chuan Dragons
| native_name = 味全龍
| logo = Wei Chuan Dragons.png
| cap_logo = Wei Chuan Dragons Cap Logo.png
| founded = 1989<br />2019 (refounded)
| nickname = 
| league = [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]]
| location = [[Taipei|Taipei City]] (1989–1999, 2021–present)<br />[[Hsinchu]] (2022–present)
| stadium = [[Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium]] (1989–1999)<br />[[Tianmu Baseball Stadium]] (2021–present)<br />[[Hsinchu Baseball Stadium]] (2022–present)
| colors = Red
| mascot = Weddie
| league_champs = 1990{{ref|Second|2}} • 1991{{ref|First|1}} • 1996{{ref|Second|2}} • 1997{{ref|Second|2}} • 2023{{ref|Second|2}}
| series = [[Taiwan Series]]
| series_champs = 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2023
| berths ='''8''' (1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2022, 2023)
| retired_numbers = {{hlist|[[Hsu Sheng-ming|85]]}}
| manager = [[Yeh Chun-chang]]
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The '''Wei Chuan Dragons''' ({{zh|t=味全龍|p=Wèiquán Lóng|poj=Bī-chôan-liông}}) are a Taiwanese [[professional baseball]] team. They are a member of Taiwan's [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]] (CPBL). The team originally existed between 1990 and 1999. In 2019, negotiations were held to revive the franchise and return to the CPBL. They played one season of minor league baseball in 2020 and rejoined the CPBL in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shan |first1=Shelley |title=Wei Chuan Dragons are fifth team to join CPBL |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/05/14/2003715097 |access-date=14 May 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 May 2019}}</ref>

The Dragons have won the [[Taiwan Series]] championship five times, in 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2023.

== History ==
[[File:CPBL Wei Chuan Dragons uniform 20150912.jpg|thumb|Wei Chuan Dragons uniform]]
Wei Chuan Dragons had a long amateur history when its parent company, the [[Wei Chuan Foods Corporation]], started sponsoring [[Chinese Culture University]]'s baseball team in the 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]] (CPBL). Due to the club's long history in the amateur era, its matches often attracted large crowds, and games with the [[CTBC Brothers|Brother Elephants]], another popular team, were often sold out. The team played at the now-demolished [[Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium]].

During the 1990s, the club won the CPBL championship four times, in 1990, 1997, 1998 and 1999, and by the end of the 1999 season became the team with the most CPBL championship titles. In 1999, Wei Chuan Food Corporation announced its decision to disband the club,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shan |first1=Shelley |title=CPBL welcomes back Dragons after 20 years |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/06/25/2003717528 |access-date=25 June 2019 |date=25 June 2019|work=Taipei Times}}</ref> mainly because the [[Ting Hsin International Group]], who became the largest shareholder of Wei Chuan Food Corporation in 1998, did not show interest in supporting the baseball club.

In 2019, 20 years after the disbandment, the club was re-established and played the 2020 season in the minor league, before rejoining the CPBL in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Expansion club Weichuan Dragons open camp as CPBL gets ready for its first-ever 5-team season |url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/expansion-club-weichuan-dragons-open-camp-as-cpbl-gets-ready-for-its-first-ever-5-team-season |website=World Baseball Softball Confederation |access-date=16 November 2023 |language=en |date=1 February 2021}}</ref> In 2023, the Dragons defeated [[Rakuten Monkeys]] in the 2023 Taiwan Series with four wins in seven games to win their fifth championship, 24 years since their last championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20231112002834-260403?chdtv|title=中職》味全龍6比3打退桃猿 睽違24年總冠軍賽封王|publisher=[[China Times]]|date=12 November 2023|access-date=16 November 2023|lang=zh-t}}</ref>

== Records ==

{| class = "wikitable" width = 650
| width = 50% align = "center" bgcolor = "#FFE6BD" | <small> Qualified for playoffs </small>
| width = 50% align = "center" bgcolor = "#bbffbb" | <small> [[Taiwan Series]] Championship </small>
|}

'''Regular seasons'''

{| class = wikitable style = "text-align:left; font-size:95%"
|-
! rowspan = "2" width = "90" | Season 
! colspan = "5" | First half-season
! colspan = "5" | Second half-season
|-
! width = "50" | Wins
! width = "50" | Losses
! width = "50" | Ties
! width = "50" | Pct.
! width = "50" | Place
! width = "50" | Wins
! width = "50" | Losses
! width = "50" | Ties
! width = "50" | Pct.
! width = "50" | Place
|-bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align="center" | 1990
| align="center" | 25
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | .556
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 27
| align="center" | 14
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | .659
| align="center" | 1
|-bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align="center" | 1991
| align="center" | 26
| align="center" | 17
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | .605
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 19
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | .513
| align="center" | 2
|-
| align="center" | 1992
| align="center" | 23
| align="center" | 20
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | .535
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 18
| align="center" | 22
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | .450
| align = "center" | 4
|-
| align = "center" | 1993
| align = "center" | 26
| align = "center" | 19
| align = "center" | 0
| align = "center" | .578
| align = "center" | 2
| align = "center" | 22
| align = "center" | 21
| align = "center" | 2
| align = "center" | .512
| align = "center" | 3
|-
| align = "center" | 1994
| align = "center" | 17
| align = "center" | 27
| align= "center" | 1
| align = "center" | .386
| align = "center" | 5
| align = "center" | 19
| align = "center" | 25
| align = "center" | 1
| align = "center" | .432
| align =  "center" | 4
|-
| align = "center" | 1995
| align = "center" | 25
| align = "center" | 25
| align = "center" | 0
| align = "center" | .500
| align = "center" | 3
| align = "center" | 22
| align = "center" | 27
| align = "center" | 1
| align = "center" | .449
| align = "center" | 5
|-bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align = "center" | 1996
| align = "center" | 25
| align = "center" | 23
| align = "center" | 2
| align = "center" | .521
| align = "center" | 4
| align = "center" | 30
| align = "center" | 20
| align = "center" | 0
| align = "center" | .600
| align = "center" | 1
|- bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align = "center" | 1997
| align = "center" | 15
| align = "center" | 31
| align = "center" | 2
| align = "center" | .326
| align = "center" | 7
| align = "center" | 31
| align = "center" | 15
| align = "center" | 2
| align = "center" | .674
| align = "center" | 1
|- bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align = "center" | 1998
| align = "center" | 56
| align = "center" | 48
| align = "center" | 1
| align = "center" | .538
| align = "center" | 3
| align = "center" colspan = "5" rowspan = "2" | <small> No half-seasons </small>
|- bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align = "center" | 1999
| align = "center" | 49
| align = "center" | 39
| align = "center" | 4
| align = "center" | .557
| align = "center" | 3
|-
| align = "center" | 2021
| align = "center" | 22
| align = "center" | 36
| align = "center" | 2
| align = "center" | .379
| align = "center" | 5
| align = "center" | 28
| align = "center" | 31
| align = "center" | 1
| align = "center" | .475
| align = "center" | 3
|- bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align = "center" | 2022
| align = "center" | 31
| align = "center" | 29
| align = "center" | 0
| align = "center" | .517
| align = "center" | 4
| align = "center" | 26
| align = "center" | 29
| align = "center" | 5
| align = "center" | .473
| align = "center" | 4
|- bgcolor = "FFE6BD"
| align = "center" | 2023
| align = "center" | 30
| align = "center" | 27
| align = "center" | 3
| align = "center" | .526
| align = "center" | 2
| align = "center" | 32
| align = "center" | 26
| align = "center" | 2
| align = "center" | .552
| align = "center" | 1
|-
| align = "center" | 2024
| align = "center" | 26
| align = "center" | 34
| align = "center" | 0
| align = "center" | .433
| align = "center" | 5
| align = "center" | 32
| align = "center" | 28
| align = "center" | 0
| align = "center" | .533
| align = "center" | 2
|}

'''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 = "bbffbb"
| 1990
| colspan = "3" | <small> ''Did not play'' </small>
| [[Mercuries Tigers]]
| 4
| 2
|-
| 1991
| colspan = "3" | <small> ''Did not play'' </small>
| [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions|Uni-President Lions]]
| 3
| 4
|-
| 1996
| colspan = "3" | <small> ''Did not play'' </small>
| [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions|Uni-President Lions]]
| 2
| 4
|-bgcolor = "bbffbb"
| 1997
| colspan = "3" | <small> ''Did not play'' </small>
| [[China Times Eagles]]
| 4
| 2
|-bgcolor = "bbffbb"
| 1998 
| [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions|Uni-President Lions]]
| 2
| 1
| [[Fubon Guardians|Sinon Bulls]]
| 4
| 3
|-bgcolor = "bbffbb"
| 1999
| [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions|Uni-President Lions]]
| 2
| 1
| [[Chinatrust Whales]]
| 4
| 1
|-
| 2022
| [[CTBC Brothers]]
| 1
| 3
| colspan = "3" | <small> Eliminated </small>
|-bgcolor = "bbffbb"
| 2023
| colspan = "3" | <small> ''Did not play'' </small>
| [[Rakuten Monkeys]]
| 4
| 3
|}

== Roster ==
<section begin=Roster />
{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! colspan=9 style="background:#bf0000; color:white; text-align: center;"| Wei Chuan Dragons roster
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| colspan="6" style="background-color:#bf0000; color: white; text-align: center;" width="440"| '''Players'''
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#bf0000; color: white; text-align: center;" width="215"| '''Coaches'''
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" | 
'''Pitchers'''
* {{ player | &nbsp;0 |TWN| [[Li Chao (baseball)|Li Chao]] }}
* {{ player | &nbsp;5 |TWN| [[Chen Yu-hsun (baseball)|Chen Yu-hsun]] }}
* {{ player | 15 |TWN| [[Yang Yu-siang]] }}
* {{ player | 16 |TWN| [[Wei-Chung Wang|Wang Wei-chung]] }}
* {{ player | 17 |TWN| [[Kuo Yu-cheng]] }}
* {{ player | 18 |TWN| [[Hsu Jo-hsi]] }}
* {{ player | 20 |TWN| [[Wu Chun-chieh]] }}
* {{ player | 33 |USA| [[Zac Lowther]] }}
* {{ player | 35 |USA| [[Tyler Eppler]] }}
* {{ player | 37 |USA| [[Drew Gagnon]] }}
* {{ player | 39 |TWN| [[Lu Wei-cheng]] }}
* {{ player | 41 |TWN| [[Zheng Yi-xuan]] }}
* {{ player | 42 |TWN| [[Zhao Jing-long]] }}
* {{ player | 43 |TWN| [[Yao En-duo]] }}
* {{ player | 45 |TWN| [[Chen Chih-chieh]] }}
* {{ player | 47 |TWN| [[Sung Wen-hua]] }}
* {{ player | 48 |TWN| [[Lin Yi-da]] }}
* {{ player | 51 |TWN| [[Chang Jin-yu]] }}
* {{ player | 52 |USA| [[Bryan Woodall (baseball)|Bryan Woodall]] }}
* {{ player | 55 |USA| [[Aaron Leasher]] }}
* {{ player | 56 |COL| [[Jasier Herrera]] }}
* {{ player | 59 |TWN| [[Chen Kuan-wei]] }}
* {{ player | 67 |TWN| [[Tsao Yu-chi]] }}
* {{ player | 68 |TWN| [[Lo Hua-wei]] }}
* {{ player | 71 |TWN| [[Lin Tzu-yu (baseball)|Lin Tzu-yu]] }}
* {{ player | 74 |TWN| [[Zhang Jun-shou]] }}
* {{ player | 77 |TWN| [[Lin Hsin-jie]] }}
* {{ player | 78 |TWN| [[Wu Jun-yi]] }}
* {{ player | 90 |TWN| [[Wang Ting-ying]] }}
* {{ player | 99 |TWN| [[Lin Kai-wei]] }}
* {{ player | 00 |TWN| [[Weng Wei-chun]] }}
* {{ player | 104 |TWN| [[Huang Jun-cheng]] }}
* {{ player | 106 |TWN| [[Lin Bo-you]] }}
* {{ player | 107 |TWN| [[Wang Bo-yang]] }}
* {{ player | 122 |TWN| [[Lee Chin-lin]] }}
* {{ player | 124 |TWN| [[Hsueh Yu-da]] }}
* {{ player | 128 |TWN| [[Wu Cheng-hen]] }}
* {{ player | 129 |TWN| [[Chen Po-an]] }}
* {{ player | 999 |TWN| [[Lee Cheng-feng]] }}

| width="25px" | 
| style="vertical-align:top;" | 
'''Catchers'''
* {{ player | &nbsp;4 |TWN| [[Giljegiljaw Kungkuan]] }}
* {{ player | &nbsp;9 |TWN| [[Lin Chen-hsun]] }}
* {{ player | 22 |TWN| [[Chuan Hao-wei]] }}
* {{ player | 60 |TWN| [[Liu Shih-hao]] }}
* {{ player | 63 |TWN| [[Jiang Shao-hong]] }}
* {{ player | 65 |TWN| [[Wu Bing-an]] }}
* {{ player | 123 |TWN| [[Huang Zan-wei]] }}
* {{ player | 125 |TWN| [[Liu Yao-hao]] }}

'''Infielders'''
* {{ player | &nbsp;3 |TWN| [[Ou Chin|Masegesege Abalrini]] }}
* {{ player | &nbsp;6 |TWN| [[Kuo Yen-wen]] }}
* {{ player | 10 |TWN| [[Huang Po-hao]] }}
* {{ player | 21 |TWN| [[Li Kai-wei]] }}
* {{ player | 23 |TWN| [[Liu Jun-wei]] }}
* {{ player | 25 |TWN| [[Chang Cheng-yu]] }}
* {{ player | 26 |TWN| [[Yang Nian-zu]] }}
* {{ player | 31 |TWN| [[Ngayaw Ake]] }}
* {{ player | 36 |TWN| [[Li Chan-yi]] }}
* {{ player | 44 |TWN| [[John Clark (baseball)|John Peter Clark]] }}
* {{ player | 46 |TWN| [[Liu Ji-hong]] }}
* {{ player | 57 |TWN| [[Chu Hsiang-lin|Namoh Iyang]] }}
* {{ player | 61 |TWN| [[Wu Tung-jung]] }}
* {{ player | 72 |TWN| [[Shih Hsiang-yu]] }}
* {{ player | 88 |TWN| [[Chou Wei-hung]] }}
* {{ player | 127 |TWN| [[Hsu Tzu-chien]] }}

| width="25px" | 
| style="vertical-align:top;" |

'''Outfielders'''
* {{ player | &nbsp;1 |TWN| [[Chen Tzu-hao]] }}
* {{ player | &nbsp;2 |TWN| [[Kuo Tian-shin]] }}
* {{ player | &nbsp;7 |TWN| [[Lin Xiao-cheng]] }}
* {{ player | 11 |TWN| [[Chu Yu-hsien]] }}
* {{ player | 24 |TWN| [[Wang Shun-ho]] }}
* {{ player | 28 |TWN| [[Cheng Kai-wen (baseball, born 1991)|Cheng Kai-wen]] }}
* {{ player | 34 |TWN| [[Chang Yu-ming]] }}
* {{ player | 69 |TWN| [[Tung Ping-hsuan]] }}
* {{ player | 81 |TWN| [[Chang You-jia]] }}
* {{ player | 82 |TWN| [[Jan Cheng-lin]] }}
* {{ player | 121 |TWN| [[Zeng Shen-an]] }}
* {{ player | 126 |TWN| [[Hsu Po-hung]] }}

| style="vertical-align:top;" |
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
'''Manager'''
* {{ player | 27 |TWN| [[Yeh Chun-chang]] }}

'''Coaches'''
* {{ player | 14 |PUR| [[Tommy Cruz|Cirilo Cruz Dilan]] }} <small>(hitting)</small>
* {{ player | 54 |TWN| [[Lin Wei-en]] }} <small>(bench)</small>
* {{ player | 66 |TWN| [[Chang Chien-ming]] }} <small>(bench)</small>
* {{ player | 70 |JPN| [[Yōsuke Takasu]] }} <small>(hitting)</small>
* {{ player | 80 |TWN| [[Wang Hao (baseball)|Wang Hao]] }} <small>(assistant strength)</small>
* {{ player | 86 |TWN| [[Chen Chih-wei]] }} <small>(infield)</small>
* {{ player | 91 |TWN| [[Kuo Sheng-an]] }} <small>(bullpen)</small>
* {{ player | 92 |TWN| [[Huang Yi-chih]] }} <small>(pitching)</small>
* {{ player | 93 |TWN| [[Chiu Chang-jung]] }} <small>(fielding)</small>
* {{ player | 94 |TWN| [[Liu Chia-hao]] }} <small>(catching)</small>
* {{ player | 95 |TWN| [[Kao Hsiao-yi]] }} <small>(base running)</small>
* {{ player | 97 |TWN| [[Chiu Shih-chieh]] }} <small>(strength)</small>

'''Second team manager'''
* {{ player | 12 |TWN| [[Chang Chia-hao]] }}

'''Second team coaches'''
* {{ player | 19 |TWN| [[Chia-Jen Lo|Lo Chia-jen]] }} <small>(bullpen)</small>
* {{ player | 30 |PUR| [[Orlando Román]] }} <small>(pitching)</small>
* {{ player | 32 |TWN| [[Wang Ying-peng]] }} <small>(battery)</small>
* {{ player | 53 |TWN| [[Wu Jia-you]] }} <small>(assistant hitting)</small>
* {{ player | 62 |TWN| [[Wu Chung-chun]] }} <small>(hitting)</small>
* {{ player | 76 |TWN| [[Liu Jung-hua]] }} <small>(fielding)</small>
* {{ player | 79 |TWN| [[Lin Tsung-nan (baseball)|Lin Tsung-nan]] }} <small>(bench)</small>
* {{ player | 83 |TWN| [[Peng Li-yao]] }} <small>(strength and conditioning)</small>
* {{ player | 87 |TWN| [[Liu Chia-kai]] }} <small>(assistant strength)</small>
* {{ player | 89 |TWN| [[Hsiao I-chieh]] }} <small>(pitching)</small>

<small>
<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.cpbl.com.tw/team?ClubNo=AAA Roster]</span> updated on 27 March 2025</small>
|}<section end=Roster />

=== Retired numbers ===
*{{player|85|TWN|[[Hsu Sheng-ming]]}}

=== List of managers ===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
|-
! width="10"| No.
! width="200"| Name
! width="90"|Years
! width="70" | Playoffs
! width="70" | Championships
|-
| 1
| [[Sung Huan-hsun]]
| 1990
| 1
| 1
|-
| 2
| [[Hsu Sheng-ming]]
| 1991–1993
| 1
| 0
|-
| 3
| [[Kenjiro Tamiya]]
| 1994–1995
| 0
| 0
|-
| –
| [[Hsu Sheng-ming]]
| 1996–1999
| 4
| 3
|-
| 4
| [[Yeh Chun-chang]]
| 2021–present
| 2
| 1
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Chinese Professional Baseball League#The Black Eagles Incident|The Black Eagles Incident]]

==Notes==
:{{note|First|1}} First half-season champions
:{{note|Second|2}} Second half-season champions

== References ==
{{commons category|Wei Chuan Dragons}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.wdragons.com/CWS Wei Chuan Dragons official website] {{in lang|zh}}

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