Chiang Tai-chuan

Chiang Tai-chuan
Chiang Tai-chuan
	Catcher/Outfielder
	Born: October 26, 1960 (age 64); Chiayi County, Taiwan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
CPBL debut
	March 12, 1993, for the Uni-President Lions
Last appearance
	October 19, 1996, for the Uni-President Lions
CPBL statistics
Batting average	.278
Home runs	5
Runs batted in	118
Teams
	As player Uni-President Lions (1993–1996); As manager Tianjin Lions (2014–2021); As coach Tianjin Lions (2000–2009, 2012–2013); Guangdong Leopards (2010–2011);
Career highlights and awards
	2x CPBL All-Star (1993–1994);
Medals
Representing Chinese Taipei
Men's Baseball
Olympic Games

Chiang Tai-chuan (Chinese: 江泰權; pinyin: Jiāng Tàiquán; 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 average	Games	At bat	Runs	Hits	RBI	Double	Triple	HR	K	Walk
.310	9	29	2	9	4	4	0	0	5	8

CPBL career:

Year	Club	Games	At bat	Runs	Hits	Double	Triple	HR	RBI	Total bases	Walk	K	Stolen Base	Caught Stealing	Hitting Average
1993	Uni-President Lions	88	319	38	100	21	0	1	39	124	23	25	20	19	0.313
1994	Uni-President Lions	56	183	17	44	5	0	1	26	52	18	14	3	3	0.240
1995	Uni-President Lions	99	317	30	82	12	0	1	29	97	29	21	12	6	0.259
1996	Uni-President Lions	88	274	30	78	18	0	2	24	102	23	17	8	4	0.285

References

^ Nauright, J. (2012). Sports around the World [4 volumes]: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 3-PA51. ISBN 978-1-59884-301-9. Retrieved 2024-02-23.

External links

"Tai-Chuan Chiang". databaseOlympics. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007.

[Nauright_2012_p._3-PA51-1] Nauright, J. (2012). Sports around the World [4 volumes]: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 3-PA51. ISBN 978-1-59884-301-9. Retrieved 2024-02-23.

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