Lin En-yu (; born 25 March 1981) is a Taiwanese former

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. After serving on the Taiwanese national training team in 2003 and 2004, he was drafted by the Macoto Cobras of the

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(CPBL) in

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in early 2005 and stayed with the team until the end of 2006. He later played for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the

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(NPB) in

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starting 2007, under the introduction of former Cobras manager Kuo Tai-yuan and following his teammate Lin Ying-chieh. Lin throws a variety of different pitches and has a

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speed up to 151 km/h (94 mph), and has been a frequent member of the national team.

Records

Achievements

*In his first 2005 CPBL season Lin won the following awards: rookie of the year, best nine players on the field, and the annual most valuable player. *Lin pitched the first historical ball in

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history on March 3, 2006, at the

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(

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vs.

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). *In the 2006 CPBL season, Lin set the record of achieving most strike outs in a single season in the CPBL history (209K in 202.2 innings), as well as led in wins and

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* 1981 births Living people 2003 Baseball World Cup players 2006 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic baseball players for Taiwan Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players Macoto Cobras players Brother Elephants players Baseball players from Tainan {{taiwan-baseball-pitcher-stub