Tzu-Wei Lin
| Tzu-Wei Lin | |
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Lin batting for the Saint Paul Saints in 2021 | |
| Rakuten Monkeys – No. 15 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born: February 15, 1994 Kaohsiung County, Taiwan | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| MLB: June 24, 2017, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| CPBL: August 19, 2023, for the Rakuten Monkeys | |
| MLB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
| Batting average | .223 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 12 |
| CPBL statistics (through April 27, 2025) | |
| Batting average | .209 |
| Home runs | 5 |
| Runs batted in | 31 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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Medals | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 林子偉 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 林子伟 | ||||||||||||||
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Tzu-Wei Lin (Chinese: 林子偉; born February 15, 1994) is a Taiwanese professional baseball infielder for the Rakuten Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.
Listed at 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) and 155 pounds (70 kg), Lin bats left-handed and throws right-handed. Scouts view Lin as a capable fielder with an average throwing arm. He is seen as a fast runner and good hitter who could bat .300, though not with much power. He is also known as a patient hitter, foul-tipping pitches often to extend his at bats.