Lin Chung-chiu (Chinese: 林仲秋; pinyin: Lín Zhòngqiū; born 23 September 1958 in Fengyuan City, Taichung County (now part of Taichung City), Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player(position: first baseman, outfielder or designated hitter) and currently a baseball coach. During the 1980s Lin spent most of his amateur career in Japan and attended the 1988 Olympics for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team. After Professional baseball in Taiwan's debut in 1990, Lin left Japan to join CPBL's Mercuries Tigers in July 1990 and stayed with the team until its collapse in November 1999. He later played for the Sinon Bulls(2000~2001) and Chinatrust Whales(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.

Lin Chung-chiu
Born: 23 September 1958 (1958-09-23) (age 66)
Fengyuan City, Taichung County, Taiwan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
CPBL debut
August 3, 1990, for the Mercuries Tigers
Career statistics
(through 2003)
Batting average.287
Home runs162
Runs batted in566
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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 career he hit 162 home runs, which was only surpassed by Chang Tai-Shan and Hsieh Chia-hsien as of 2008.

Basic Information

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  • Number: 6 (1990~2002 as player), 67 (2002 as coach ~ present)
  • Height: 167 cm
  • Weight: 83 kg
  • Bats/Throws: Right/Right

Career statistics

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Bold letter indicates leading in the CPBL league

Season Team G AB H HR RBI SB BB K TB GIDP AVG
1990 Mercuries Tigers 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 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 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

References

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