Kao Chih-Kang

Infobox asian baseball player
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width=150
position=Catcher
team= Uni-President Lions
number=34
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=March 13
debutyear=2005
debutteam=Uni-President Lions
debutleague=CPBL
statyear= 2007
stat1label=Games
stat1value=226
stat2label=Batting average
stat2value=0.280
stat3label=Hits
stat3value=189
stat4label=Home runs
stat4value=8
stat5label=RBIs
stat5value=79
stat6label=Stolen bases
stat6value=6
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Kao Chih-kang (Traditional Chinese:高志綱 b. February 7, 1981 in Taichung County, Taiwan) 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 Taiwan national baseball team since 2001.

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

ee also

*Chinese Professional Baseball League
*Uni-President Lions