Kao Chih-kang

Kao Chih-kang

Uni-President Lions — No. 34
Catcher
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Professional debut
CPBL: March 13, 2005 for the Uni-President Lions
statistics
(through 2007)
Games     226
Batting average     0.280
Hits     189
Home runs     8
RBIs     79
Stolen bases     6
Medal record
Competitor for  Chinese Taipei
Men’s Baseball
Baseball World Cup
Bronze 2001 Taipei Team
Intercontinental Cup
Silver 2002 Havana Team
Bronze 2006 Taichung Team
Asian Games
Silver 2002 Busan Team
Silver 2010 Guangzhou Team
Asian Baseball Championship
Gold 2001 Taipei Team
Silver 2003 Sapporo Team
Bronze 2007 Taichung Team

Kao Chih-kang, (traditional Chinese: 高志綱; simplified Chinese: 高志纲; pinyin: Gāo Zhìngāng; Wade–Giles: Kao1 Chih4 Kang1; born February 7, 1981 in Taichung County (now part of Taichung City), Taiwan, Republic of China), is a Taiwanese professional baseball player (position: catcher). After brief amateur career in the Taiwan Cooperative Bank he was drafted by the Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League in early 2005 and stayed in this team to date. Kao is widely regarded as the best Taiwanese catchers of his generation, and has been a frequent member of the Chinese Taipei national baseball team since 2001.

Kao is best known for hitting the game winning RBI in the Chinese Taipei versus South Korea match in the 2003 Asian Baseball Championship series. This victory qualified the Taiwan national baseball team for the 2004 Olympics.

He has competed at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games.[1]

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