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
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 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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