Lin Han (; born 24 January 1985) is a

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player who plays for the

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. He is a cousin of former Taiwan national team pitcher Cheng-Hsun Hsieh. Lin played for

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in the 2001 World Youth Baseball Championship and

2006 World University Baseball Championship 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. In the

2006 Haarlem Baseball Week The 2006 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 21–30, 2006. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and featured teams from China, Chinese Taipei ...

, he went 1 for 11 in his first action with a senior Taiwan national team. During the

2007 World Port Tournament The 2007 World Port Tournament was an international baseball competition held at the DOOR Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from August 2–12, 2007. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Ta ...

, he hit .206/.289/.235 and made four errors in nine games. Lin was drafted by the

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 ...

in 2007. When the Whales were disbanded following a 2008 gambling scandal, he went to 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 ...

in the 2nd round of the disbursement draft. As he was completing his military service, he had not played yet for the Whales. Lin was on Taiwan's roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He played in their loss to China, pinch-hitting for Yen-Wen Kuo and drawing a Guoqiang Sun walk in the 7th. In the 9th, he grounded out against

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. Lin hit .226/.294/.226 in the

2009 World Port Tournament The 2009 World Port Tournament is an international baseball competition held at the DOOR Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, The Netherlands from July 2–12, 2009. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, ...

and fielded only .870 at third base. He also played for

in the

2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike ...

. Lin participated in the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, where Chinese Taipei won a silver medal, losing in the final to South Korea.

References

External links

Taiwan Baseball Blog2007 World Port TournamentHonkbalweek websiteCBS Sports
1985 births Living people 2009 World Baseball Classic players 2013 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players from Taipei Asian Games medalists in baseball Baseball players at the 2014 Asian Games Baseball players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games {{Taiwan-baseball-bio-stub