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The 36th annual awards ceremony of the Chinese Professional Baseball League was held at the Kaohsiung Marriott Hotel to announce various annual individual and group awards.
[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] The 36th Annual Award Ceremony of the Secondary Vocational School was held at 6:30 tonight at the Kaohsiung Marriott Hotel. Three major awards were announced on site, including the annual Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year and Best Improvement Award winners. Unified Lion Blake, Wei Quan Long Jiang Wen, and Taipei Steel Eagle Magic Eagle will compete for the annual MVP.
The Newcomer King will be competed by CITIC Brothers Wu Lichen, Taisteel Eagle Li Xinying, and Unified Lion Bell Yunhua; in addition, Fubon star Li Dongming will compete with Lotte Tao Yuanma Jason and Zeng Jiahui for the Best Improvement Award.
Annual MVP
Finalists: Blake (Unified Lions), Jiang Wen (Wei Chuan Dragons), Magic Eagle (Taishang Eagles)
Nine-Man of the Year cum Designated Hitman
Designated strike: Magic Eagle (Taishang Eagle)
Guerrilla: Zhang Zhengyu (Wei Quan Long)
Third base: Pan Jiekai (Unified Lions)
Second base: Lin Zebin (Fubon Titans)
First base: Fan Guochen (Fubon Titans)
Outfield: Chen Jiexian (Unified Lions), Chen Chenwei (Lotte Peach Monkey), Guo Tianxin (Weiquan Dragons)
Catcher: Chen Chongyu (Unified Lions)
Pitcher: Jiang Wen (Weiquanlong)
Head Coach of the Year
Ye Junzhang (Wei Quan Long)
First Army Annual Champion
Wei Quan Long
Best Newcomer of the Year Award
Finalists: Wu Lichen (CITIC Brothers), Li Xinying (Taishang Eagles), Chung Yun-hua (Unified Lions)
Annual Art Award
Chen Shengping (Unified Lion)
annual golden glove award
Pitcher Blake (Unified Lions)
Catcher Song Jiaxiang (Lotte Peach Monkey)
First base Fan Guochen (Fubon Titans)
Second base Kaiwei Lee (Weiquanlong)
Third base Liu Jihong (Weiquanlong)
Guerrilla Jiang Kunyu (CITIC Brothers)
Outfield Chen Wenjie (Taishang Eagles)
Song Shengrui (CITIC Brothers)
Guo Tianxin (Wei Quan Long)
Annual Most Improved Award
Finalists: Li Dongming (Fubon Titans), Jason Ma (Lotte Peach Monkey), Zeng Jiahui (Lotte Peach Monkey)
Comeback Award
Chen Wenjie (Taiwan Steel Eagle)
Hitting King of the Year
Chen Jiexian (Unified Lion)
Annual Hit King
Magic Eagle (Taishang Eagle)
Annual stolen base king
Zhang Zhengyu (Wei Quan Long)
annual home run king
Magic Eagle (Taishang Eagle)
RBI King of the Year
Magic Eagle (Taishang Eagle)
Annual ERA leader and strikeout leader
Jiang Wen (Wei Quan Long)
Winning Investment King of the Year
Rogo (CITIC Brothers)
Rescue King of the Year
Zhong Yunhua (Unified Lion)
Relay King of the Year
Gaoxiaojiangshu (Unified Lion)

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