Kao Chih-kang
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions – No. 34
Catcher
Bats: Right Throws: Right
CPBL debut
March 13, 2005, for the Uni-President Lions
Career statistics (through 2012)
Games	645
Batting average	0.282
Hits	548
Home runs	19
RBIs	228
Stolen bases	31
Career highlights and awards
Golden glove of CPBL (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: Kao¹ Chih⁴ Kang¹; born 7 February 1981 in Taichung County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player (position: catcher).

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]

Career statistics