Chiang Tai-chuan
Chiang Tai-chuan (Chinese: 江泰權; pinyin: Jiāng Tàiquán; born 26 October 1960 in Chiayi County, Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player (position:outfielder) and currently a baseball coach. He is best known for being the first baseball player to compete in 3 consecutive Olympic Games: in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics where he won a bronze medal in 1984(as demonstration sport) and silver medal in 1992.
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Baseball | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | Team |
A member of China Times Eagles' amateur forerunner Black Eagles since 1990, after the 1992 Summer Olympics Chiang originally 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, Chiang 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 be 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. He currently coaches Tianjin Lions.
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