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(Redirected from Yi-Chuan Lin) Taiwanese baseball player In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin. Baseball player
Lin Yi-chuan
Uni-President Lions
First baseman/Third baseman
Born: (1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 39)
Tainan, Taiwan
Bats: LeftThrows: Right
CPBL debut
March 29, 2009, for the EDA Rhinos
CPBL statistics
(through August 17, 2024)
Batting average.332
Home runs209
Runs batted in1,139
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Lin Yi-chuan (Chinese: 林益全; born 11 November 1985) is a Taiwanese baseball infielder for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in the CPBL for the Fubon Guardians.

He was the first position player to be named Rookie of the Year and MVP in the Chinese Professional Baseball League the same year.

Career

Sinon Bulls/EDA Rhinos/Fubon Guardians

Lin debuted for the Taiwan national baseball team in the 2005 Asian Baseball Championship, which he led in home runs. He hit .250/.294/.313 as a part-time third sacker in the 2005 Baseball World Cup. In the 2006 Intercontinental Cup, he hit .135/.158/.162 as the starting third baseman for Taiwan. He batted .306/.342/.500 in the 2007 World Port Tournament – he tied Sidney de Jong for fifth in the tournament in home runs (2), tied Yosvani Peraza for 6th in runs (6) and was 6th in RBI (5). His offensive production was similar to the USA's third baseman, top prospect Pedro Alvarez. He helped Taiwan win a Silver Medal. In the 2007 Baseball World Cup, Lin went 0 for 1 as the backup third baseman to Tai-Shan Chang.

Lin hit .130/.231/.174 for Taiwan in the 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament as the starting third baseman. Despite his struggles, they won a spot in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Lin had a couple defensive gaffes in a loss to the South Korean national baseball team. In the second inning, he did not get to a grounder by Dae-ho Lee that reporters said was within his range. Later in the inning, he again did not get to a ball in close range of third hit by Jin-man Park. The two plays, coupled with a Che-Hsuan Lin miscue, contributed to two Korean runs and the win.

Lin was the top pick in the 2007 CPBL draft, taken by the Sinon Bulls. He had played for the amateur Fubon Bull previously. He did not play in 2008, as he was fulfilling his military commitment. In late 2008, he announced that he didn't want to play for Sinon when he came out of the military and that he wanted to remain an amateur. Lin changed his mind and signed with Sinon in March 2009, inking a deal with a signing bonus equivalent to $145,000. That was the second-largest bonus in CPBL history, behind Chung-Nan Tsai and even with Chang-Wei Tu, Chih-Yuan Chen and Yi-Cheng Tseng.

Lin was 0 for 8 with two strikeouts as one of Taiwan's worst performers in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Lin had a great pro debut. Manning first base and hitting 7th, he was 3 for 4 in Sinon's 2009 opener. He reached 100 hits in 249 AB and 62 games, the fastest player to that mark in CPBL history to that point. On August 13, he set new CPBL rookie records for RBI (77, surpassing Tai-Shan Chang) and hits (119, breaking the mark held by Chih-Wei Shih). He hit .348/.395/.543 for the 2009 CPBL campaign and drove in 113 runs, breaking Tilson Brito's CPBL record. He finished 4th in average (behind Wu-Hsiung Pan, Cheng-Min Peng and Wilton Veras), second in hits (169, behind Veras) and third in home runs (18, behind Chih-Sheng Lin and Chin-Feng Chen). He won a Gold Glove at first base and made the Best Ten. He was named Rookie of the Year and MVP, the third player and first position player ever to accomplish that double honor; En-Yu Lin had been the last pitcher to pull off the feat (in 2005).

He played in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. 2013CPBL Home Run Derbychampion.

Lin won the Taiwan Series with the then EDA Rhinos in 2016. Lin was in the Opening Day lineup for the Fubon Guardians in 2021.

Uni-President Lions

On January 19, 2023, Lin signed with the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. In 89 games for the Lions, he slashed .306/.357/.387 with three home runs and 54 RBI.

On August 14, 2024, Lin recorded his 2,000th career hit, becoming the third CPBL player to achieve the milestone.

Career statistics

Year Team G AB H HR RBI SB BB SO TB GDP BA OBP SLG OPS
2009 Sinon Bulls 120 486 169 18 113 6 40 46 264 19 0.348 0.395 0.543 0.938
2010 Sinon Bulls 107 406 134 8 55 4 30 52 184 14 0.330 0.374 0.453 0.827
2011 Sinon Bulls 101 368 117 8 55 2 42 56 170 8 0.318 0.383 0.462 0.845
2012 Sinon Bulls 113 450 167 13 92 2 38 46 258 17 0.371 0.419 0.573 0.992
2013 EDA Rhinos 113 417 149 18 79 4 43 42 229 20 0.357 0.415 0.549 0.964
2014 EDA Rhinos 119 465 161 14 88 1 45 33 237 13 0.346 0.398 0.510 0.908
2015 EDA Rhinos 117 452 166 23 126 1 50 53 265 12 0.367 0.422 0.586 1.008
2016 EDA Rhinos 106 417 146 17 81 1 50 62 221 11 0.350 0.416 0.530 0.946
2017 Fubon Guardians 105 385 136 17 71 4 42 50 212 15 0.353 0.420 0.551 0.971
Total — 1001 3846 1345 136 760 25 339 440 2040 129 0.350 0.405 0.530 0.935

References

  1. "Uni-Lions Sign Lin Yi-Chuan". cpblstats.com. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  2. "x.com".

External links


Awards
Preceded byTilson Brito CPBL RBI Champion Award
2009 		Succeeded byLin Chih-sheng(林智勝)
Preceded byLin Chi-wei(林其緯) CPBL Rookie of the Year Award
2009 		Succeeded byWang Ching-ming(王鏡銘)
Preceded byMike Johnson
Chou Ssu-chi(周思齊) 		CPBL MVP of the Year Award
2009
2013-14 		Succeeded byPeng Cheng-min(彭政閔)
Lin Chih-sheng(林智勝)
Chinese Taipei roster – 2009 World Baseball Classic
Chinese Taipei roster – 2013 World Baseball Classic
Chinese Taipei roster – 2017 World Baseball Classic
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