In 1990 Taiwan's professional league, the Chinese Professional Baseball League, was founded, starting with four teams and later expanding to seven. The establishment of this league solved the long-standing issue of the lack of a development track for new players, and made Taiwan the third country in Asia (behind Japan and South Korea) and the sixth country in the world to set up its own professional baseball league.
1990 年以 4 隊的規模開始、隨後陸續增加為 7 隊的「中華職棒」，則使長期難以解決的選手發展問題有了出路，也使台灣成為亞洲第 3 個（次於日、韓）、世界第 6 個擁有職棒的國家，開啟台灣棒球運動的新紀元。