Chinatrust Brothers

The CTBC Brothers, or simply Brothers, was originally established as an amateur team in 1984 by the Brother Hotel located in Taipei City, and later joined the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 1989 as a founding member. The Brothers and the Uni Lions are the only two founding teams remaining in the league.

Brother Hotel’s chairman Hung Teng-sheng also acted as CPBL’s secretary-general from 1987 to 1991. The Brothers are currently owned by Hua Yi, a subdivision of CTBC Holding.

The team was known as the Brother Elephants through the 2013 season.  Following the sale to Hua Yi, a subdivision of CTBC Holding, the team’s name change reflected its new corporate parent, but it was felt that the branding from the previous owners was strong enough to rename the team Brothers, while retaining the elephant mascot.[4]

With its long history from the amateur era plus a successful marketing strategy and management, the team has long been one of the most popular Taiwanese baseball teams.  The Brothers have won the CPBL regular-season championship eleven times – in 1992, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020.  They have also finished in second place on eight other occasions.

In addition, the club has advanced the playoffs 15 times and won the Taiwan Series seven times – in 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2010.

Since 2015, the team has played its home games in Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, which has a capacity of 20,000.  Previously, it had played in the Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium, which had a capacity of 14,350.