Kuei-Hsing Lin

Kuei-Hsing Lin (林桂興)

• Born December 13, 1899 in Taitung County Taiwan
• Died September 15, 1947 in Taitung County Taiwan

Biographical Information

Kuei-Hsing Lin is a member of the Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame.

Lin was the founder of the first Taiwan aboriginal people baseball team - the Nenggao Team. Some NPB players like Jiro Itoh and Toshiaki Okamura would play for that team. He also played an important role in promoting baseball in Eastern Taiwan. He committed suicide during the White Terror era of Taiwan. Lin was posthumously elected to the Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2024.

Sources

• Taiwan Baseball Wiki