Kao Chih-kang

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.