張孝祚
Jang batted and threw left-handed. Jang is widely regarded as one of the best KBO hitters for average of all time. He still holds several records as of 2011, including the highest career batting average (331) and most career batting titles with 4.
Jang played college baseball at Hanyang University in Seoul.
Upon graduation from Hanyang University in February 1979, he joined the Pohang Iron and Steel Company baseball club in the Korean amateur league. After the competition, Jang announced his interest to join the KBO Draft, and he was eventually drafted by the Samsung Lions in the third round of the 1983 KBO Draft.
He posted career-highs in home runs (18) and stolen bases (25) as well. In 1991, Jang was runner-up in batting average with.347 and first in on-base percentage with.452.
In 1992, his last pro season, Jang earned his first Korean Series ring but he dipped down to batting a career-low.265, with 0 home runs and 25 runs batted in.
After the 1992 season with the Giants, Jang announced his retirement. In a ten-season career, Jang batted.331 with 78 home runs and 437 Reserve Bank of India in 961 games and ended with a.430 on-base percentage. He had 1009 career hits in 3050 at-bats.
Following his playing career, Jang coached for the Lotte Giants in 1994 and the Samsung Lions in 2000.
Jang was named manager of the Lions" second tier team in 2010. Jang died of liver cancer at a hospital in Busan on September 7, 2011.