2006 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs
The Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and crowned a champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2006. The winner represented Taiwan in the Konami Cup in Japan with the champions from Japan, South Korea, and an all-star team from China to determine an Asian champion in November.
Participants
- La New Bears : The Bears won the number one seed by being the regular season champion for both halves of the season, thus securing the best overall record as well. This is the first time ever in the playoff for the Bears and, as the top seed, secure automatic entry into the Taiwan Series.
- Uni-President Lions : The Lions are returning to the playoffs after missing out last year. They are the second seed based on their having the second best overall record through the whole season. They lost the Taiwan series to the Bulls in 2004.
- Sinon Bulls : The Bulls are entering the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year and are the number three seed based on having the third best overall record through the season. Sinon is the two-time defending Taiwan Series champion, and also made an appearance in the Taiwan Series in 2003.
First round
Game 1, October 13
, Tainan City| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sinon Bulls | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Uni-President Lions | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
WP: Jeriome Robertson LP: Alfredo Gonzalez
HRs: Sinon - Hsu Kuo-lung , Chang Tai-shan ; Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung , Tilson Brito
Attendance: 2,430
Game 2, October 14
, Tainan City| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sinon Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
WP: Pan Wei-lun LP: Kuo Yung-chih
Attendance: 4,755
Game 3, October 14
, Tainan City| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Sinon Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Uni-President Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 1 |
WP: Hansel Izquierdo LP: Billy Sylvester
HRs: Uni-President - Chen Chia-wei
Attendance: 5,392
Taiwan Series
The Taiwan Series was played between the La New Bears and the Uni-President Lions.Game 1
October 21 @ Kaohsiung La New Bears 4 Uni-President Lions 3| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| La New Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Game 2
October 22 @ Douliou - La New Bears 6 Uni-President Lions 5| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Uni-President Lions | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| La New Bears | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
Game 3
October 24 @ Sinjhuang La New Bears 5 Uni-President Lions 2| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| La New Bears | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 1 |
Game 4
October 25 @ Tainan La New Bears 7 Uni-President Lions 3| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| La New Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Uni-President Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
La New Bears win series 4 games to 0 for their first ever CPBL/Taiwan Series championship and advance to the 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series.