Lin Chung-chiu (; 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.
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 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 SeasonTeamGABHHRRBISBBBKTBGIDPAVG1990Mercuries Tigers291032861307135120.2721991Mercuries Tigers782817616432293414170.2701992Mercuries Tigers8833998245653436183100.2891993Mercuries Tigers852968293585032126100.2771994Mercuries Tigers833009214523253115860.3071995Mercuries Tigers1003909914653233016570.2541996Mercuries Tigers843201049456223015190.3251997Mercuries Tigers9335010814573374917470.3091998Mercuries Tigers103378111156065954180140.2941999Mercuries Tigers76258708413323910970.2712000Sinon Bulls8630285154524045149110.2812001Sinon Bulls893299418542395316040.2862002Chinatrust Whales62000042000.000Total13 seasons100036481047162566434014481747830.287
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