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Shin-Soo Choo
Shin-Soo Choo

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.

Debut April 21, 2005

Born July 13, 1982 in Pusan, South Korea

Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2005 22 SEA AL  10   18    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   4  .056  .190  .056  -28    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 23 TOT AL  49  157   23   44  12  3   3   22   5  3  18  50  .280  .360  .452  109   71   1   1   2   2   3
         SEA AL   4   11    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .091  .167  .182   -8    2   0   0   0   1   1
         CLE AL  45  146   23   43  11  3   3   22   5  3  18  46  .295  .373  .473  118   69   1   1   2   1   2
 2007 24 CLE AL   6   17    5    5   0  0   0    5   0  1   2   5  .294  .350  .294   71    5   0   1   1   0   0
 2008 25 CLE AL  41  127   22   32  11  1   4   23   2  1  18  31  .252  .349  .449  111   57   0   2   2   2   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      106  319   51   82  23  4   7   51   7  5  41  90  .257  .345  .420  100  134   1   4   5   4   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        488   78  125  35  6  11   78  11  8  63 138  .257  .345  .420  100  205   2   6   8   6  11
 Career High     49  157   23   44  12  3   4   23   5  3  18  50                          71   1   2   2   2   4
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2005 22 SEA AL   21   17    0   0.0   101| .056  .262| .190  .324| .056  .416| .246  .740| -28  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 2006 23 TOT AL  179  121   26   5.7   111| .280  .275| .360  .340| .452  .437| .812  .777| 109  .543   2.5   0.2  62%
         SEA AL   12   11    0   0.0   108| .091  .272| .167  .336| .182  .432| .349  .768|  -8  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
         CLE AL  167  110   26   6.3   111| .295  .275| .373  .340| .473  .438| .846  .778| 118  .585   4.2   0.4  62%
 2007 24 CLE AL   20   14    2   3.8   110| .294  .274| .350  .342| .294  .429| .644  .772|  71  .374  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2008 25 CLE AL  149  102   20   5.2   105| .252  .269| .349  .338| .449  .418| .798  .756| 111  .538   2.5   0.2  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       369  254   48   5.0   108| .257  .272| .345  .338| .420  .428| .765  .766| 100  .501   1.1   0.0  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 22 SEA AL CF 5 16 0 0 0 1.000 .988 3.20 2.38 3.69 2.70 5 39.0 2006 23 TOT AL OF 43 97 3 3 1 .971 .986 2.33 1.99 2.43 2.30 42 370.3 SEA AL CF 4 16 1 1 0 .944 .988 4.25 2.30 4.25 2.65 4 36.0 CLE AL OF 39 81 2 2 1 .976 .986 2.13 1.99 2.23 2.30 38 334.3 RF 30 67 2 1 1 .986 .984 2.30 1.85 2.42 2.20 29 256.7 LF 9 14 0 1 0 .933 .986 1.56 1.69 1.62 2.06 9 77.7 DH 1 2007 24 CLE AL OF 5 10 1 0 1 1.000 .991 2.20 2.00 2.30 2.30 4 43.0 LF 3 10 1 0 1 1.000 .982 3.67 1.70 3.09 2.11 3 32.0 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.75 0.00 2.05 1 11.0 2008 25 CLE AL RF 29 52 0 1 0 .981 .985 1.79 1.83 2.15 2.14 25 217.3 DH 5 LF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.70 2.00 2.10 3 27.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 22 SEA AL CF 5 16 0 0 0 1.000 .988 3.20 2.38 3.69 2.70 5 39.0 2006 23 SEA AL CF 4 16 1 1 0 .944 .988 4.25 2.30 4.25 2.65 4 36.0 2006 23 CLE AL DH 1 2008 25 CLE AL DH 5 2006 23 CLE AL LF 9 14 0 1 0 .933 .986 1.56 1.69 1.62 2.06 9 77.7 2007 24 CLE AL LF 3 10 1 0 1 1.000 .982 3.67 1.70 3.09 2.11 3 32.0 2008 25 CLE AL LF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.70 2.00 2.10 3 27.0 2005 22 SEA AL OF 5 16 0 0 0 1.000 .988 3.20 2.04 3.69 2.31 5 39.0 2006 23 TOT AL OF 43 97 3 3 1 .971 .986 2.33 1.99 2.43 2.30 42 370.3 SEA AL OF 4 16 1 1 0 .944 .988 4.25 2.00 4.25 2.30 4 36.0 CLE AL OF 39 81 2 2 1 .976 .986 2.13 1.99 2.23 2.30 38 334.3 2007 24 CLE AL OF 5 10 1 0 1 1.000 .991 2.20 2.00 2.30 2.30 4 43.0 2006 23 CLE AL RF 30 67 2 1 1 .986 .984 2.30 1.85 2.42 2.20 29 256.7 2007 24 CLE AL RF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.75 0.00 2.05 1 11.0 2008 25 CLE AL RF 29 52 0 1 0 .981 .985 1.79 1.83 2.15 2.14 25 217.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total RF* 61 119 2 2 1 .984 .985 1.98 1.84 2.25 2.17 55 485.0 OF* 53 123 4 3 2 .977 .987 2.40 2.00 2.53 2.30 51 452.3 16 9 61# LF* 16 30 1 1 1 .969 .984 1.94 1.69 2.04 2.08 15 136.7 CF* 9 32 1 1 0 .971 .988 3.67 2.34 3.96 2.68 9 75.0 DH 6 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 53 123 4 3 2 .977 .987 2.40 2.00 2.53 2.30 51 452
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

August 14, 2000: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.

July 26, 2006: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for Ben Broussard and cash. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham (minors) (August 24, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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