Lin Chih-sheng (; born January 1, 1982), also known as Ngayaw Ake' in

Amis language Amis ( or ) is a Formosan language of the Amis (or Ami), an indigenous people living along the east coast of Taiwan. Currently, the largest of the Formosan languages, it is spoken from Hualien in the north to Taitung in the south, with anoth ...

, is a Taiwanese professional

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infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field, between first base and third base. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns pla ...

for the

Wei Chuan Dragons The Wei Chuan Dragons () are a Taiwanese professional baseball team. They are a member of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). The team originally existed between 1990 and 1999. In 2019, negotiations were held to revive the fran ...

of the

Chinese Professional Baseball League The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL; ) is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 20 ...

(CPBL). He began his career with the

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in 2004. The team changed its name to the Lamigo Monkeys in 2011, and Lin left after the 2015 season to sign with the

CTBC Brothers The CTBC Brothers () or simply Brothers are a professional baseball team in Taiwan. The team was originally established as an amateur team in 1984 by the Brother Hotel located in Taipei City, and later joined the Chinese Professional Baseball Lea ...

. While with the Bears and later Monkeys, Lin and his teammate Shih Chih-wei were often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection," a reference to the

glove puppet Glove puppetry () is a type of opera using cloth puppets that originated during the 17th century in Quanzhou or Zhangzhou of China's Fujian province, and historically practised in the Min Nan-speaking areas such as Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, the Chao ...

film '' Legend of the Sacred Stone''. Alone, Lin is nicknamed "Big Brother."

Career

Lin competed at the

2006 Asian Games The 2006 Asian Games (), officially known as the XV Asiad or 15th Asian Games (, and commonly known as Doha 2006 (), were an Asian multi-sport event held in Doha, Qatar, from December 1 to 15, 2006, with 424 events in 39 sports featured in the ga ...

and had the game-winning hit at the championship game against

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. In 2008, Lin was chosen to play on the Taiwanese national baseball team at the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

. He also played in the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), were a regional multi-sport event held from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced ear ...

, and captained the national team in the inaugural

WBSC Premier12 The WBSC Premier12 is the international baseball tournament organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), featuring the 12 highest-ranked national baseball teams in the world. The first tournament was held by Taiwan and Japan ...

held in November 2015. He recorded the CPBL's first 30–30 season in 2015, and also won the MVP award that season. On 4 January 2016, Lin signed with the

Chinatrust Brothers The CTBC Brothers () or simply Brothers are a professional baseball team in Taiwan. The team was originally established as an amateur team in 1984 by the Brother Hotel located in Taipei City, and later joined the Chinese Professional Baseball Lea ...

. He is the first player to change teams since the implementation of free agency in 2010. The three-year deal, worth a guaranteed NT$45 million (US$1.36 million), is the richest in CPBL history, and also includes NT$9 million in incentives. On 3 April 2022, while playing for the

, Lin hit his 290th career home run off of

Uni-President Lions The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, stylized as Uni-President 7-ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇn Lions, also known as Uni-Lions (), are a professional baseball team playing in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). The Lions are based in Tainan City, Ta ...

pitcher

Ching-Ming Wang Ching-Ming Wang (王鏡銘) (born January 16, 1986) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Career Uni-President Lions On December 31, 2008, the Uni-Presid ...

. With the solo blast, Lin set the all-time CPBL home run record. He played in 103 games for Wei Chuan in 2022, batting .300/.392/.432 with 10 home runs and 62 RBI. On 16 April 2023, Lin hit his 300th career home run off of Bradin Hagens of the

Rakuten Monkeys The Rakuten Monkeys (), formerly known as La New Bears (2004–2010) and Lamigo Monkeys (2011–2019), are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. Owned and administered by the Japanese technol ...

. In doing so, he became the first player in CPBL history to reach the 300 home run mark. In February 2025, Lin announced that he would retire at the end of the season.

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* 1982 births 2003 Baseball World Cup players 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players 2017 World Baseball Classic players Amis people Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games baseball players for Chinese Taipei Asian Games gold medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Baseball infielders Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Brisbane Bandits players CTBC Brothers players La New Bears players Lamigo Monkeys players Living people Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Olympic baseball players for Taiwan Sportspeople from Taitung County Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Australia Wei Chuan Dragons players Taiwanese indigenous sportspeople {{Taiwan-baseball-bio-stub