| Chih-Hsien Chiang | |
| Team: | Fubon Guardians |
| Number: | 11 |
| Position: | Third baseman |
| Birth Date: | 1988 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Taitung County, Taiwan |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | CPBL |
| Debutdate: | July 31 |
| Debutyear: | 2015 |
| Debutteam: | Brother Elephants |
| Statyear: | June 18, 2024 |
| Statleague: | CPBL |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .328 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 97 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 388 |
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Chiang Chih-hsien (; born 21 February 1988) is a Taiwanese professional baseball player for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).
Chiang signed as an infielder for the Boston Red Sox organization in 2005. He was converted to the outfield after the 2008 season. He played for the Double A Portland Sea Dogs since 2010 and has a breakthrough year in 2011. Chiang was honored as Eastern League Player of the Month for June, and was selected to participate in both the Major League Baseball Futures Game and the Eastern League All-Star Game.[1]
On 31 July 2011, Chiang was traded to the Seattle Mariners in a package deal for Érik Bédard. Chiang concluded his stats as a Sea Dog, hitting .340/.402/.648 with 18 homers, 37 doubles, 76 RBI, 25 walks, 61 strikeouts in 321 at-bats. He led the league in AVG, SLG, RBI, OPS, extra base hits at the time of trade. He collected back-to-back Eastern League player of the month for his monstrous July: .430/.500/.740, 16 doubles, 5 homers, 25 RBI.[2] Chiang played 40 games for the Tacoma Rainiers before being demoted to Double A Jackson Generals. On 12 June, 2012, Chiang was removed from the 40-man roster to make room for Oliver Perez and designated for assignment.
After the 2012 season, Chiang became a free agent[3] and signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers organization.[4] He became a free agent after the 2013 season.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Chiang to a minor league contract on 18 November 2013 and he spent time with the Bowie Baysox and Frederick Keys before becoming a free agent after the 2014 season.
On 24 July 2015, Chinatrust Brothers signed a NT $12.42 million contract for multi-three years contract to Chiang.On 6 November 2017, Chiang was released by Chinatrust Brothers.
On 15 January 2018, Chiang signed a one-year contract with the Fubon Guardians. Chiang was in the Opening Day lineup for the Guardians in 2021.
Chiang also played for the Chinese Taipei baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2013 exhibition games against Japan and 2017 World Baseball Classic.