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{{short description|Taiwanese baseball player}}
{{Infobox NPB player
| name         = Lin En-yu
| image        = Lin En-yu by boomer-44 (1).jpg
| image_size        = 250
| position     = Starting pitcher
| team         = 
| number       = 11
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|3|25}}
| birth_place  = [[Tainan City]], [[Taiwan]]
| bats         = Right
| throws       = Right
| debutleague  = CPBL
| debutdate    = April 21
| debutyear    = 2005
| debutteam    = Macoto Cobras
| debut2league = NPB
| debut2date   = April 13
| debut2year   = 2007
| debut2team   = Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
| final2league  = CPBL
| final2date    = April 10
| final2year    = 2014
| final2team    = Chinatrust Brothers
| finalleague = NPB
| finaldate   = October 4
| finalyear   = 2007
| finalteam   = Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
|statleague=CPBL
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=38–23
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=2.37
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=446
| stat2league   = NPB
| stat21label   = [[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
| stat21value   = 1–3
| stat22label   = [[Earned run average]]
| stat22value   = 3.63
| stat23label   = [[Strikeout]]s
| stat23value   = 28
| teams        = 
*[[Macoto Cobras]] ({{by|2005}}–{{by|2006}})
*[[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles]] ({{npby|2007}}–{{npby|2009}})
*[[Brother Elephants|Brother Elephants/Chinatrust Brothers]] ({{by|2010}}–{{by|2014}})
| awards       =
* 2x [[List of CPBL MVP of the Year Award|CPBL MVP of the Year]] (2005, 2006)
* [[CPBL Rookie of the Year Award|CPBL Rookie of the Year]] (2005)
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry | {{TPE}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Baseball]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Intercontinental Cup (baseball)|Intercontinental Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2006 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)|2006 Taichung]] | [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Baseball Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2003 Asian Baseball Championship|2003 Sapporo]] | [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2007 Asian Baseball Championship|2007 Taichung]] | [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Team]]}}
}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Lin (surname)|Lin]]|lang=Chinese}}
'''Lin En-yu''' ({{zh|c=林恩宇|w=Lin2 En1 Yü3|p=Lín Enyǔ}}; born 25 March 1981) is a Taiwanese former [[professional baseball]] [[pitcher]]. After serving on the [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|Taiwanese national training team]] in 2003 and 2004, he was drafted by the [[Macoto Cobras]] of the [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]] (CPBL) 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]] (NPB) in [[Japan]] starting 2007, under the introduction of former Cobras manager [[Kuo Tai-yuan]] and following his teammate [[Lin Ying-chieh]]. Lin throws a variety of different pitches and has a [[fastball]] speed up to 151&nbsp;km/h (94&nbsp;mph), and has been a frequent member of the national team.

== Records ==
{|border=1
|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 ==
*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 national baseball team|Chinese Taipei]] vs. [[South Korea national baseball team|South Korea]]).
*In the 2006 CPBL season, Lin set the record of achieving most [[strike out]]s in a single season in the CPBL history (209K in 202.2 innings), as well as led in wins and [[earned run average]].

== External links ==
*{{Japanesebaseball|id=2184}}

{{Chinese Taipei roster 2003 Baseball World Cup}}
{{Taiwan 2006 World Baseball Classic roster}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2003 Baseball World Cup players]]
[[Category:2006 World Baseball Classic players]]
[[Category:Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic baseball players for Taiwan]]
[[Category:Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan]]
[[Category:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players]]
[[Category:Macoto Cobras players]]
[[Category:Brother Elephants players]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Tainan]]

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