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

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. After serving in Chinese Taipei's National Training Team in 2003 and 2004, he was drafted by the Macoto Cobras 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 ...

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

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

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of the

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since 2007, under the introduction of former Cobras manager

Kuo Tai-yuan Kuo Tai-yuan (; ja, かくたいげん (Kaku Taigen); born 20 March 1962) is a Taiwanese retired NPB baseball pitcher, and currently a baseball coach. With 117 wins accumulated during his 13 seasons pitching for the Seibu Lions, Kuo set the rec ...

and followed his teammate

Lin Ying-Chieh Lin Ying-chieh (; born 1 May 1981) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese baseball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. References

1981 births Living people Asian Games medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese ...

. 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

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since 2003.

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

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s 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 2006 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic baseball players of 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

Records

Achievements

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