En-Yu Lin

Infobox NPB player
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name=En-Yu Lin


position=Starting pitcher
team=Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
number=29
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=April 13
debutyear=2007
debutteam=Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
statyear=2007
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=1-3
stat2label=Earned Run Average
stat2value=3.63
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=28
teams=
*Macoto Cobras (by|2005 – by|2006)
*Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (by|2007 – )

En-Yu Lin (zh-tpw|t=林恩宇|p=Lín Enyǔ|w=Lín En-yǚ; born March 25, 1981 in Tainan City, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher. After serving in Taiwan's National Training Team in 2003 and 2004, he was drafted by the Macoto Cobras of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan in early 2005 and stayed with the team until the end of 2006. He later played for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan since 2007, under the introduction of former Cobras manager Tai-Yuan Kuo and followed his teammate Ying-Chieh Lin. Lin throws a variety of different pitches and has a fastball speed up to 151 km/h (94 mph), and has been a frequent member of the Taiwan national baseball team 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 World Baseball Classic history on March 3, 2006, at the Tokyo Dome (Taiwan vs. South Korea).
*In the 2006 CPBL season, Lin set the record of achieving most strike outs in a single season in the CPBL history (209K in 202.2 innings), as well as led in wins and earned run average.

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/En-Yu_Lin En-Yu Lin in Baseball-Reference.com]

See also

*Taiwan national baseball team
*List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 Asian Games
*List of the Taiwan national baseball team squad at the 2006 World Baseball Classic