# 2023 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

The 2023 Chinese Professional Baseball League season was the 34th season of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), based in Taiwan.

## Season schedule

The regular season began on 1 April 2023. Teams will play a split-season, with second-half games starting July 14. The CPBL All-Star Game is scheduled for the weekend of July 29–30.

## Standings
### First half standings

| Team | G | W | T | L | Pct. | GB |
| Uni-President Lions | 60 | 34 | 2 | 24 | .586 | — |
| Wei Chuan Dragons | 60 | 30 | 3 | 27 | .526 | 3½ |
| Rakuten Monkeys | 60 | 29 | 3 | 28 | .509 | 4½ |
| CTBC Brothers | 60 | 28 | 4 | 28 | .500 | 5 |
| Fubon Guardians | 60 | 21 | 4 | 35 | .375 | 12 |

### Second half standings

| Team | G | W | T | L | Pct. | GB |
| Wei Chuan Dragons | 60 | 32 | 2 | 26 | .552 | — |
| Rakuten Monkeys | 60 | 31 | 1 | 28 | .525 | 1½ |
| CTBC Brothers | 60 | 29 | 1 | 30 | .492 | 3½ |
| Uni-President Lions | 60 | 28 | 1 | 31 | .475 | 4½ |
| Fubon Guardians | 60 | 27 | 1 | 32 | .458 | 5½ |

### Full season standings

| Team | G | W | T | L | Pct. | GB |
| Wei Chuan Dragons | 120 | 62 | 5 | 53 | .539 | — |
| Uni-President Lions | 120 | 62 | 3 | 55 | .530 | 1 |
| Rakuten Monkeys | 120 | 60 | 4 | 56 | .517 | 2½ |
| CTBC Brothers | 120 | 57 | 5 | 58 | .496 | 5 |
| Fubon Guardians | 120 | 48 | 5 | 67 | .417 | 14 |
* Green denotes first-half or second-half champion.
* Yellow denotes clinching playoff qualification as the wild card.

## Playoffs

| 2023 CPBL playoff series | 2023 CPBL playoff series | 2023 CPBL playoff series | 2023 Taiwan Series | 2023 Taiwan Series | 2023 Taiwan Series |
| | | | 1 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4 |
| 2 | Uni-President Lions | 1 | 3 | Rakuten Monkeys | 3 |
| 3 | Rakuten Monkeys | 3 | | | |

### CPBL Playoff Series

The team that won a half starts with a one-win advantage over the team with the best record among non-half winners.
Rakuten Monkeys won the series, 1−3.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 28 | Rakuten Monkeys – 3, Uni-President Lions – 2 | Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium | 3:01 | 7,132 |
| 2 | October 29 | Uni-President Lions – 2, Rakuten Monkeys– 3 | Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium | 3:11 | 13,532 |
| 3 | October 30 | Rakuten Monkeys – 7, Uni-President Lions – 1 | Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium | 3:25 | 5,065 |

### Taiwan Series

Wei Chuan Dragons won the series, 4−3.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | November 4 | Rakuten Monkeys – 2, Wei Chuan Dragons – 3 (14) | Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 5:17 | 10,000 |
| 2 | November 5 | Rakuten Monkeys – 4, Wei Chuan Dragons – 0 (11) | Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 3:46 | 10,000 |
| 3 | November 7 | Wei Chuan Dragons – 4, Rakuten Monkeys – 7 | Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium | 3:51 | 11,013 |
| 4 | November 8 | Wei Chuan Dragons – 4, Rakuten Monkeys – 1 | Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium | 3:35 | 12,029 |
| 5 | November 10 | Rakuten Monkeys – 11, Wei Chuan Dragons – 0 | Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 3:23 | 10,000 |
| 6 | November 11 | Rakuten Monkeys – 0, Wei Chuan Dragons – 2 | Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 2:41 | 10,000 |
| 7 | November 12 | Rakuten Monkeys – 3, Wei Chuan Dragons – 6 | Tianmu Baseball Stadium | 3:19 | 10,000 |