Staff writer, with CNAThe Lamigo Monkeys’ Chu Yu-hsien on Saturday broke a 30-year Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) record for half-season home runs after hitting two and pushing the grand total to 22. The previous record of 21 home runs in a half-season was set in 1996 by Denio Gonzalez of the Dominican Republic, who played for the now-disbanded China Times Eagles. CPBL teams at the time only played 100 contests per season, whereas today’s teams play 120. In 2015, the Guardians’ Kao Kuo-hui set the record for home runs in a single season with 39. The Monkeys on Tuesday last week won the CPBL first-half season title, making them eligible for post-season competition.

Source: Taipei Times June 30, 2019 15:56 UTC