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Kao Chih-kang
Catcher
Born: 7 February 1981 (1981-02-07) (age 43) Taoyuan, Taiwan
Batted: RightThrew: Right
CPBL debut
March 13, 2005, for the Uni-President Lions
Last CPBL appearance
August 26, 2018, for the Uni-President Lions
Career statistics
Batting average	.278
Home runs	21
Runs batted in	363
Stolen bases	49
Teams
Uni-President Lions (2005–2018)
Career highlights and awards
CPBL Gold Glove (2009, 2010)

Kao playing for the Chinese Taipei national team in 2013 World Baseball Classic
Medal record
Men’s baseball
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Baseball World Cup
	2001 Taipei	Team
Intercontinental Cup
	2002 Havana	Team
	2006 Taichung	Team
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
Asian Baseball Championship
	2001 Taipei	Team
	2003 Sapporo	Team
	2007 Taichung	Team

Kao Chih-kang (Chinese: 高志綱; pinyin: Gāo Zhìngāng; Wade–Giles: Kao Chih Kang; born 7 February 1981 in Taichung County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese former professional baseball catcher. He played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President Lions from 2005 to 2018.

Career

After a 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 catcher 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.

Before the 2012 season, Kao signed his second two-year contract with the Uni-President Lions.

In November 2011, Kao was appointed as the representative of players by the IBAF Asia Department.

Career statistics

See also

• Chinese Professional Baseball League
• Uni-President Lions

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kao Chih-Kang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
2. "中華職棒／高志綱簽2年複數合約". nownews. January 3, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
3. "任重道遠　高志綱獲聘國際棒總亞洲區球員代表". nownews. February 12, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2013.

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Kao Chih-Kang at Olympedia (archive)

• 1981 births
• 2006 World Baseball Classic players
• 2009 World Baseball Classic players
• 2013 World Baseball Classic players
• 2015 WBSC Premier12 players
• Asian Games medalists in baseball
• Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
• Baseball players at the 2002 Asian Games
• Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games
• Living people
• Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
• Olympic baseball players for Taiwan
• Baseball players from Taichung
• Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions players
• Uni-President Lions players
• Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions coaches