Lin Chih-sheng (baseball)

Ngayaw Ake'
Infielder
Born: (1982-01-01) January 1, 1982 (age 44)
Taitung County, Taiwan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
CPBL debut
June 3, 2004, for the La New Bears
Last CPBL appearance
September 7, 2025, for the Wei Chuan Dragons
CPBL statistics
Batting average.308
Hits1,860
Home runs305
Runs batted in1,237
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Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Asian Baseball Championship
Gold medal – first place 2001 Taipei Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Taichung Team
World Youth Baseball Championship
Silver medal – second place 1998 Fairview Heights Team
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Chih-sheng (Chinese: 林智勝; pinyin: Lín Zhì Shèng; Wade–Giles: Lin2 Chih4 Sheng4; born January 1, 1982), also known as Ngayaw Ake' in Amis language, is a Taiwanese former professional baseball infielder. He played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the La New Bears / Lamigo Monkeys, Chinatrust Brothers / CTBC Brothers, and Wei Chuan Dragons. He began his career with the Bears in 2004. The team changed its name to the Lamigo Monkeys in 2011, and Lin left after the 2015 season to sign with the Brothers.

While with the Bears and later Monkeys, Lin and his teammate Shih Chih-wei were often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection," a reference to the glove puppet film Legend of the Sacred Stone.[1] Alone, Lin is nicknamed "Big Brother."[2] He joined the Wei Chuan Dragons in 2022 and retired at the end of the 2025 season.

Career

Lin competed at the 2006 Asian Games and had the game-winning hit at the championship game against Japan.[3] In 2008, Lin was chosen to play on the Taiwanese national baseball team at the 2008 Olympic Games.[4] He also played in the 2010 Asian Games,[5] and captained the national team in the inaugural WBSC Premier12 held in November 2015.[6]

He recorded the CPBL's first 30–30 season in 2015, and also won the MVP award that season.[7] On 4 January 2016, Lin signed with the Chinatrust Brothers. He is the first player to change teams since the implementation of free agency in 2010. The three-year deal, worth a guaranteed NT$45 million (US$1.36 million), is the richest in CPBL history, and also includes NT$9 million in incentives.[8][9]

On 3 April 2022, while playing for the Wei Chuan Dragons, Lin hit his 290th career home run off of Uni-President Lions pitcher Ching-Ming Wang. With the solo blast, Lin set the all-time CPBL home run record.[10] He played in 103 games for Wei Chuan in 2022, batting .300/.392/.432 with 10 home runs and 62 RBI.

On 16 April 2023, Lin hit his 300th career home run off of Bradin Hagens of the Rakuten Monkeys. In doing so, he became the first player in CPBL history to reach the 300 home run mark.[11] In February 2025, Lin announced that he would retire at the end of the season.[12] Lin hit the 305th home run of his career in his final game on 7 September 2025.[13] Over the course of his career, Lin tied the record with six Taiwan Series championship wins, and set a CBPL postseason home run record with fourteen.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Bears on the rampage after lackluster start". Taipei Times (Press release). 15 October 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ^ Street, Michael (1 March 2013). "The Asian Equation". Baseball Prospectus. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Asian Games: Japan wins 3 more swimming golds, but silver in baseball". Asian Economic News. No. The Free Library. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  4. ^ Das, Andrew (23 July 2008). "Baseball's Olympic Swan Song". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  5. ^ Wang, Chris (21 September 2010). "Taiwan announces Asian Games baseball roster without Kuo". Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  6. ^ Pan, Jason (15 November 2015). "Taiwan score three late runs to defeat Cuba". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  7. ^ Huang, Paul (6 November 2015). "Lin Chih-sheng is top winner at CPBL awards". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  8. ^ Yeh, Joseph (5 January 2016). "Lin Chih-sheng joins Chinatrust Brothers". China Post. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  9. ^ Lee, Yu-cheng; Wu, Lilian (4 January 2016). "Lin Chih-sheng becomes highest paid baseball player in Taiwan". Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Lin Chih-Sheng Breaks CPBL Record With 290th Career Home Run". cpblstats.com. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Ngayaw Ake' hits 300th homer to create CPBL history". Central News Agency. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  12. ^ Chen, Jung-chen; Chao, Yen-hsiang (31 March 2025). "BASEBALL/All-time CPBL home run leader Ngayaw‧Ake' to retire in September". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  13. ^ Yang, Chi-fang; Lo, James. "PHOTO ESSAY/All-time CPBL home run leader Ngayaw‧Ake' ends career with 305th homer". Central News Agency. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  14. ^ Chao, Yen-hsiang (5 September 2025). "BASEBALL/Career recap: All-time CPBL home run leader Ngayaw‧Ake'". Central News Agency. Retrieved 8 September 2025.


Awards
Preceded by CPBL Home Run Champion Award
2009,2010
2012 		Succeeded by
Preceded by CPBL RBI Champion Award
2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by CPBL MVP of the Year Award
2015 		Succeeded by
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chih-Sheng_Lin