Lin Yueh-ping (; born 28 January 1982 in

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million p ...

, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese baseball

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and former

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for the

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 ...

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). Lin is among the fastest Taiwanese pitchers of the

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. He consistently throws around 145 km/h (90 mph), and when needed can reach back for more and has been clocked as fast as 154 km/h (96 mph). He features a slider as his out pitch. At the end of the 2006 season, he was diagnosed with

aortic regurgitation Aortic regurgitation (AR), also known as aortic insufficiency (AI), is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. As a conse ...

and underwent surgical aortic valve replacement in May 2007. He made a full recovery and was able to continue his career with the Lions until retiring in the 2017 season.

Family

He married footballer Chen Hui-shan in April 2009. He has two children.

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Playing career

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1982 births 2009 World Baseball Classic players Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Baseball players at the 2002 Asian Games Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Living people Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from Kaohsiung Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions players Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions managers 2023 World Baseball Classic managers {{taiwan-baseball-pitcher-stub

Family

Career statistics

Playing career

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