Kao Chih-Kang
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 Uni-President Lions - 34 |
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| Catcher | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Current League Debut | |
| March 13, 2005 for Uni-President Lions of CPBL | |
| Selected statistics (through 2007) |
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| Games | 226 |
| Batting average | 0.280 |
| Hits | 189 |
| Home runs | 8 |
| RBIs | 79 |
| Stolen bases | 6 |
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.
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