Kao Chih-kang

	; Kao playing for the Chinese Taipei national team in 2013 World Baseball Classic
Medal record
Men’s baseball
Representing Chinese Taipei
Baseball World Cup
Intercontinental Cup
Asian Games
Asian Baseball Championship

Kao Chih-kang
Kao Chih-kang
	Catcher
	Born: 7 February 1981 (age 43); Taoyuan, Taiwan
	Batted: Right Threw: 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 Chih-kang (Chinese: 高志綱; pinyin: Gāo Zhìngāng; Wade–Giles: Kao¹ Chih⁴ Kang¹; 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.^{[citation needed]}

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

Before the 2012 season, Kao signed his second two-year contract with the Uni-President Lions.^[2]

In November 2011, Kao was appointed as the representative of players by the IBAF Asia Department.^[3]

year	team	games	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	TB	GDP	BA	FLd%
2005	Uni-President Lions	82	197	45	2	14	3	23	25	59	1	0.228	0.982
2006	Uni-President Lions	58	174	55	1	18	2	17	17	70	6	0.316	0.989
2007	Uni-President Lions	86	303	89	5	48	1	31	34	120	11	0.294	0.992
2008	Uni-President Lions	77	224	54	2	28	0	21	29	66	4	0.241	0.987
2009	Uni-President Lions	83	255	86	4	42	7	28	40	106	6	0.337	0.995
2010	Uni-President Lions	80	256	59	0	25	6	25	45	75	11	0.230	0.993
2011	Uni-President Lions	75	197	51	3	17	7	23	23	72	3	0.259	0.990
2012	Uni-President Lions	104	339	104	2	37	5	30	34	136	12	0.322	0.991
Total	8 years	645	1945	548	19	228	31	198	247	728	54	0.282	0.990

^ 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.
^ "中華職棒／高志綱簽2年複數合約". nownews. January 3, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
^ "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.

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Kao Chih-Kang at Olympedia