Chiang Tai-chuan explained

Chiang Tai-chuan
Position:Catcher/Outfielder
Birth Date:26 October 1960
Birth Place:Chiayi County, Taiwan
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:CPBL
Debutdate:March 12
Debutyear:1993
Debutteam:Uni-President Lions
Finaldate:October 19
Finalyear:1996
Finalteam:Uni-President Lions
Statleague:CPBL
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.278
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:5
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:118
Teams:As player

As manager

As coach

Highlights:

Chiang Tai-chuan (; born 26 October 1960 in Chiayi County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese retired professional baseball player and baseball coach. He is best known for being the first baseball player to compete in three consecutive Olympic Games: in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics where he won a bronze medal in 1984 (as a demonstration sport) and silver medal in 1992.[1]

A member of China Times Eagles' amateur forerunner Black Eagles since 1990, after the 1992 Summer Olympics Chiang planned to join CPBL along with this soon-to-be-professionalized club. However, in November 1992, the Eagles accidentally traded him to Uni-President Lions due to its unfamiliarity with CPBL's trading rules. Chiang stayed with the Lions until the end of 1996 season. Before CPBL's 1997 season started, he planned to transfer to then just-established Koos Groups Whales, but also in this time CPBL expelled him after it was determined that he was involved in The Black Eagles Incident. Chiang was forced to retire after this scandal and he later found a coaching job in the China Baseball League.

Statistics

In the 1992 Olympics:

hitting averageGamesAt batRunsHitsRBIDoubleTripleHRKWalk
.31092929440058

CPBL career:

YearClubGamesAt batRunsHitsDoubleTripleHRRBITotal basesWalkKStolen BaseCaught StealingHitting Average
1993Uni-President Lions8831938100210139124232520190.313
1994Uni-President Lions56183174450126521814330.240
1995Uni-President Lions9931730821201299729211260.259
1996Uni-President Lions8827430781802241022317840.285

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Nauright, J. . Sports around the World [4 volumes]

    History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes] ]

    . Bloomsbury Publishing . 2012 . 978-1-59884-301-9 . 2024-02-23 . 3-PA51.