Shin-Soo Choo
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Shin-Soo Choo
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.
[edit] Biographical Information
Shin-Soo Choo has been in the major leagues in 2005-07.
He was named MVP and Best Pitcher in the 1999 and 2000 President's Cup, a Korean high school tournament.
Choo was a member of the Korean Junior National Team which won a gold medal at the 2000 Junior World Championship.
The Seattle Mariners signed him as a free agent in 2000. He has worked his way up the Mariners minor league organization, hitting mostly over .300 with moderate power. He was a minor league All Star in 2001, 2002, and 2004, and in 2002 was the Mariners Minor League Player of the Year.
He had a cup of coffee in 2005, and was also brought up briefly in 2006 when Jeremy Reed was injured.
As a player on the AAA Tacoma Rainiers, he had with an average over .320 and slugging of approximately .500.
He was traded to the Cleveland Indians organization on July 25, 2006. In his first seven games with the Indians, he was hitting .440.
In 2007 he has appeared in 58 games with the Buffalo Bisons and 6 with the Indians (through September 3, 2007).
