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

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Kao.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

See also

• Chinese Professional Baseball League
• Uni-President Lions

References

1. ^ Olympic results

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Name	Kao, Chih-kang
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Date of birth	February 7, 1981
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