Chang Chih-chiang
# Chang Chih-chiang

Chang Chih-chiang (Chinese: 張志強; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìqiáng, born 22 October 1978 in Taiwan) is a Taiwanese baseball pitcher for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He got his first career win on 7 July 2005. He is a starting pitcher for the Lions. Because of his resemblance to Kuo Yuen-chih, a famous Taiwanese baseball player who had a successful baseball career in Japan before retiring, he was assigned the number 33, the same number Kuo wore during almost his entire career. He is nicknamed by fans as Ban-chang (Chinese: 班長, literally "squad leader") due to his experience in the army. Teammate Wang Tzu-sung also served in his squad while in the army.

## Career statistics

| Year | Team | G | W | L | SV | H | IP | K | BB | HR | ERA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Uni-President | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.800 |
| 2004 | Uni-President | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3.552 |
| 2005 | Uni-President | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 55.2 | 48 | 28 | 4 | 4.365 |
| 2006 | Uni-President | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 52.1 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 5.159 |
| 2007 | Uni-President | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 78.2 | 47 | 46 | 6 | 5.263 |
| 2008 | Uni-President | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 66.0 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 2.182 |
| Total | Total | 87 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 265.1 | 180 | 128 | 12 | 4.172 |

Last updated June 3, 2008

