Lin Chung-chiu (; born 23 September 1958 in Fengyuan City,

Taichung County Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Yuanlin Township before 1950 and Fongyuan City after 1950. History Taichung County was established on 26 November 1945 on the territory of Taichū P ...

(now part of Taichung City),

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) is a retired Taiwanese

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player(position:

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outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

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) and currently a baseball coach. During the 1980s Lin spent most of his

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career in

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and attended the 1988 Olympics for the

Chinese Taipei national baseball team The Chinese Taipei baseball team () is the national men's baseball team of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association. The team is ranked second in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederat ...

. After

Professional baseball in Taiwan Professional baseball in Taiwan started with the founding of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 1989. At its 1997 peak, Taiwan had two leagues and 11 professional teams. The competing Taiwan Major League ran from 1997 until its abs ...

's debut in 1990, Lin left Japan to join CPBL's

Mercuries Tigers The Mercuries Tigers () were a professional baseball team belonging to Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) between 1990 and 1999. History The Tigers were owned and administered by the local Mercuries Corporation whose then cha ...

in July 1990 and stayed with the team until its collapse in November 1999. He later played for the

Sinon Bulls In Greek mythology, Sinon (Ancient Greek: Σίνων, from the verb "σίνομαι"—''sinomai'', "to harm, to hurt") or Sinopos, was a Greek warrior during the Trojan War. Family Sinon was the son of Aesimus, son of Autolycus. He was th ...

(2000~2001) and

Chinatrust Whales The Chinatrust Whales (中信鯨), formerly Koos Group Whales (和信鯨), were a Taiwanese professional baseball team. Founded as an amateur team in 1991, this club became professional and joined the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in ...

(2002), and retired as a player midway in the Whale's 2002 season. Right after his retirement Lin was immediately promoted as the Whale's head coach until the end of CPBL's 2003 season. Between 2004 and 2006 Lin ran a small restaurant in his Fengyuan hometown. In early 2007, Lin returned to CPBL as Sinon Bulls' hitting coach and holds the position to date. Despite his relative short figure, Lin is well known for his excellent batting skills and led the CPBL in

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in the 1991, 1992, 2000 and 2001 seasons, at the age of 43. Throughout his

Professional Baseball in Taiwan Professional baseball in Taiwan started with the founding of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 1989. At its 1997 peak, Taiwan had two leagues and 11 professional teams. The competing Taiwan Major League ran from 1997 until its abs ...

career he hit 162 home runs, which was only surpassed by

Chang Tai-Shan Chang Tai-shan (; Amis name Ati Masaw; born 31 October 1976 in Taitung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese former professional baseball player. Career He originally drafted by the Wei Chuan Dragons in 1996, he has played for the Sinon Bulls and Uni-Pres ...

and

Hsieh Chia-hsien Hsieh Chia-hsien (; born 8 April 1976 in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player. Originally drafted by the Taiwan Major League's Taichung Agan in 1998, after TML's merger into CPBL he has been playing ...

as of 2008.

Basic Information

*Number: 6 (1990~2002 as player), 67 (2002 as coach ~ present) *Height: 167 cm *Weight: 83 kg *Bats/Throws: Right/Right

Career statistics

''Bold letter indicates leading in the CPBL league''

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Chung-Chiu 1958 births Living people Baseball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Mercuries Tigers players Olympic baseball players of Taiwan Baseball players from Taichung Chinatrust Whales managers