# 2000–01 Taiwan national baseball team season

The 2000-01 Taiwan season was the first season for the Taiwan national baseball team in the International Baseball League of Australia's Development League. The team played in the one and only season. All games were held on the Gold Coast at Palm Meadows with some showcase games played at Carrara Oval.
The team's roster was a mix of professional and amateur players from the countries various Leagues. The team was the national team selected for the 2001 Asian Baseball Championship.

## Regular season

The regular season consisted of 42 games, All games were played at Palm Meadows with the exception of showcase games that were played at Carrara Oval.

### Standings

2000-01 IBLA Development League standings :
| Team | W | L | D | Pct. | GB |
| IBLA Internationals | 25 | 15 | 3 | .658 | – |
| IBLA Australia | 17 | 19 | 2 | .472 | 3.5 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 19 | 4 | .472 | 4.5 |
| MLB Stars | 17 | 25 | 1 | .405 | 9 |

#### Record vs opponents

| Opponent | W–L Record | Largest Victory | Largest Victory | Largest Victory | Largest Defeat | Largest Defeat | Largest Defeat | Current Streak |
| Opponent | W–L Record | Score | Date | Ground | Score | Date | Ground | Current Streak |
| IBLA Australia | - | - | | | - | | | |
| IBLA Internationals | - | - | | | - | | | |
| MLB Stars | - | - | | | - | | | |
| Total | – | | | | | | | |
| Total | – | - | | | - | | | |

### Game log

| W | Taiwan win |
| L | Taiwan loss |
| T | Taiwan tie |
| | Game postponed |
| Bold | Taiwan team member |
2000-01 Game Log :
November
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
1
29 October 2000 (Carrara Oval)
Australia
5-2
1-0
2
30 October 2000 (Carrara Oval)
@ Australia
5-4
2-0 :
December
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
3
1 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
Australia
4-12
2-1
4
2 December 2000
@ Australia
3-2
2-2
5
4 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
MLB Stars
2-2
3-2
6
5 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
@ MLB Stars
2-4
3-3
7
6 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
MLB Stars
2-8
3-4
8
7 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
Internationals
1-0
4-4
9
8 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
@ Internationals
0-3
4-5
10
9 December 2000
Internationals
10-5
5-5
11
11 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
@ Australia
1-5
5-6
12
12 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
Australia
3-5
5-7
13
13 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
@ Australia
0-1
5-8
14
14 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
MLB Stars
4-3
6-8
15
16 December 2000
MLB Stars
3-2
7-8
16
18 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
@ Internationals
7-1
8-8
17
19 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
@ Internationals
2-2
8-8
18
20 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)
Internationals
2-4
8-9
19
21 December 2000
@ Australia
7-4
9-9
20
22 December 2000
Australia
13-8
10-9
21
23 December 2000
@ Australia
5-5
10-9
22
27 December 2000
Internationals
5-3
11-9
23
27 December 2000
MLB Stars
4-16
10-10
24
30 December 2000
@ Internationals
2-0
11-10
25
31 December 2000
@ MLB Stars
0-3
11-11 :
December
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
26
2 January 2000 (Carrara Oval)
@ Australia
3-2
12-11
27
3 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)
Australia
7-6
13-11
28
4 January 2001
@ Internationals
3-3
13-11
29
5 January 2001
Internationals
5-12
13-12
30
6 January 2001
@ Internationals
2-6
13-13
31
8 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)
@ Australia
2-2
13-13
32
9 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)
Australia
1-12
13-14
33
10 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)
@ Australia
4-2
14-14
34
11 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)
MLB Stars
6-4
15-14
35
12 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)
@ MLB Stars
0-2
15-15
36
13 January 2001
@ MLB Stars
4-2
16-15
37
15 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)
Internationals
7-0
17-15
38
16 January 2001
Australia
7-6
18-15
39
17 January 2001
@ Internationals
1-7
18-16
40
18 January 2001
MLB Stars
2-7
18-17
41
19 January 2001
Australia
1-3
18-18
42
20 January 2001
MLB Stars
0-6
18-19 :

## Postseason

All games for the 2001 postseason were played at Palm Meadows on the Gold Coast. All finals were a 1-game play-off.

### Finals Series

Winners of Game 1 and 2 went into Championship games, Losers of game 1 and 2 went into a playoff for 3rd.

#### Game 2 2nd vs 3rd: 19 January 2001

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| IBLA Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Home runs: Australia: ? Taiwan: ? |||||||||||||

#### Game 3 Loser 1 vs Loser 2: 20 January 2001

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| MLB Stars | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Home runs: MLB: ? Taiwan: ? |||||||||||||

## Awards

| Award | Person | Team |
| Golden Glove | Chi-Sheng Lin | Taiwan |
| Pitcher of the Year | Chao-Hao Tseng | Taiwan |