Lin En-yu (Chinese: 林恩宇; pinyin: Lín Enyǔ; Wade–Giles: Lin2 En13; born 25 March 1981) is a former Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher. After serving on the Taiwanese 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 starting 2007, under the introduction of former Cobras manager Kuo Tai-yuan and followed his teammate Lin Ying-chieh. 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 national team.

Lin En-yu
Starting pitcher
Born: (1981-03-25) 25 March 1981 (age 43)
Tainan City, Taiwan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
CPBL: April 21, 2005, for the Macoto Cobras
NPB: April 13, 2007, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Last appearance
NPB: October 4, 2007, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
CPBL: April 10, 2014, for the Chinatrust Brothers
CPBL statistics
Win–loss record38–23
Earned run average2.37
Strikeouts446
NPB statistics
Win–loss record1–3
Earned run average3.63
Strikeouts28
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Men's Baseball
Intercontinental Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Taichung Team
Asian Baseball Championship
Silver medal – second place 2003 Sapporo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Taichung Team

Records

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Season Team G IP W L ERA K
2005 Macoto Cobras 31 167.2 12 8 1.72 152
2006 Macoto Cobras 31 202.2 17 8 1.73 209
2007 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 8 34.2 1 3 3.63 28

Achievements

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  • 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 (Chinese Taipei 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.
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