Lin Chung-chiu is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player(position: first baseman

First baseman

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, outfielder

Outfielder

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 or designated hitter

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

Amateur

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 career in Japan

Japan

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 and attended the 1988 Olympics

Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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 for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team. After Professional baseball in Taiwan

Professional baseball in Taiwan

Professional baseball in Taiwan started with the founding of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1989. At its 1997 peak, Taiwan had two leagues and 11 professional teams...

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

Mercuries Tigers

The Mercuries Tigers were a professional baseball team belonging to Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League between 1990 and 1999.-History:...

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

Sinon Bulls

Despite a nice start, this club had been performing poorly throughout its short history, mainly due to the controversial leading styles of Jungo Corporation's then chairman Chen I-ping...

(2000~2001) and Chinatrust Whales

Chinatrust Whales

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(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 home runs in the 1991, 1992, 2000 and 2001 seasons, at the age of 43. Throughout his Professional Baseball in Taiwan

Professional baseball in Taiwan

Professional baseball in Taiwan started with the founding of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1989. At its 1997 peak, Taiwan had two leagues and 11 professional teams...

 career he hit 162 home runs, which was only surpassed by Chang Tai-Shan

Chang Tai-Shan

Chang Tai-shan, , is a Taiwanese professional baseball player. Originally drafted by the Wei Chuan Dragons in 1996, he has been playing for the Sinon Bulls since 2000 after the Dragons' dissolution in 1999...

 and Hsieh Chia-hsien 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

Season	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	TB	GIDP	AVG
1990	Mercuries Tigers Mercuries Tigers The Mercuries Tigers were a professional baseball team belonging to Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League between 1990 and 1999.-History:...	29	103	28	6	13	0	7	13	51	2	0.272
1991	Mercuries Tigers	78	281	76	16	43	2	29	34	141	7	0.270
1992	Mercuries Tigers	88	339	98	24	56	5	34	36	183	10	0.289
1993	Mercuries Tigers	85	296	82	9	35	8	50	32	126	10	0.277
1994	Mercuries Tigers	83	300	92	14	52	3	25	31	158	6	0.307
1995	Mercuries Tigers	100	390	99	14	65	3	23	30	165	7	0.254
1996	Mercuries Tigers	84	320	104	9	45	6	22	30	151	9	0.325
1997	Mercuries Tigers	93	350	108	14	57	3	37	49	174	7	0.309
1998	Mercuries Tigers	103	378	111	15	60	6	59	54	180	14	0.294
1999	Mercuries Tigers	76	258	70	8	41	3	32	39	109	7	0.271
2000	Sinon Bulls Sinon Bulls Despite a nice start, this club had been performing poorly throughout its short history, mainly due to the controversial leading styles of Jungo Corporation's then chairman Chen I-ping...	86	302	85	15	45	2	40	45	149	11	0.281
2001	Sinon Bulls	89	329	94	18	54	2	39	53	160	4	0.286
2002	Chinatrust Whales Chinatrust Whales The Chinatrust Whales , formerly Koos Group Whales , were a Taiwanese professional baseball team. Originally founded as an amateur team in 1991, this club became professional and joined the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1997. It is administered by the Chinatrust Financial Holding...	6	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.000
Total	13 seasons	1000	3648	1047	162	566	43	401	448	1747	83	0.287