Tzu-Chieh Lin

Tzu-Chieh Lin (林祖傑) (Fielding Emperor)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 167 lb.

• School Chinese Culture University
• High School Qiang Shu High School

• Born May 13, 1991 in Keelung City Taiwan

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Biographical Information

Tzu-Chieh Lin has played in the CPBL and for the Taiwanese national team.

Lin was on Taiwan's roster for the 2012 World University Championship but the event got canceled due to not enough teams; he also was with Taiwan for the 2014 Haarlem Baseball Week. In the 2015 World Port Tournament, he was 0 for 6 as a bench player for Taiwan. He also played in the 2017 World Port Tournament, batting .143/.133/.357.

He did much better in the 2017 Asian Championship, hitting .333/.409/.556 with 6 runs and 7 RBI in 6 games as a regular outfielder, with ten putouts and no errors. In the Gold Medal Game, he was 1 for 4 from the leadoff slot in a 6-1 loss to Japan. He led Taiwan in both runs (one ahead of Po-Ting Hsiao) and RBI (by 3). He joined Min-hyeok Kim and Kazuki Kamizato as the tournament's All-Star outfielders. He and Han Lin were Taiwan's lone All-Stars. He hit only .118/.167/.118 in the 2018 Haarlem Baseball Week, on the other hand. He remained with Taiwan for the 2018 Asian Games, now as a backup infielder, behind Chen-Fei Lin at SS, Wei-Chih Chen at 3B and Hsiao at 2B. He was 1 for 9 with a run and handled four chances error-free in the main round, his lone hit coming off Hong Kong's Ching Connor Kwok. In the Bronze Medal Game, though, he started at short, then moved to CF when Chen-Fei Lin came in at short. He was 1 for 2 with a run and a putout in a win over China, singling off Yusong Lu after hitting into an error and laying down two sacrifices his first three trips up.

Lin turned pro in the 2019 CPBL with the President Lions, with his first CPBL hit coming off Cheng-Che Wu. He was 1 for 8 after 4 games. The amateur star adapted to the CPBL soon, hitting .219/.265/.329 with four home runs, and was selected into the All-Star Game in his rookie year. Lin was the everyday shortstop for the Lions in 2020 as a result of the unstable defense of other infielders of the Lions like Chung-Ting Chen. He batted .257/.309/.357 with a career-high 7 dingers in this year. Although Lin's offensive was not great, he still played many games due his elite shortstop fielding. He even earned the nickname "Fielding Emperor" for his outstanding defense skill. Lin hit .225/.269/.275 in 2021, and only hit .208/.267/.271 in 50 games during 2022 because of a left shoulder injury. Since Ching-Kai Lin shined as the starting shortstop, Lin didn't get many chances in 2023, and he only played 59 games with a .196/.265/.246 batting line.