Hee-Seop Choi

Hee-Seop Choi

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: March 16, 1979 in Chun-Nam, South Korea
High School: Kwang-Ju (Unknown, KR)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2002
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/Marlins 2002-2005

Final Game: October 2, 2005
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1999	20	CHC-min	A	79	344	290	71	93	18	6	18	70	2	1	50	68	.321	.422	.610	1.032		177	8	2	0	2	0	LNS · MIDW
2000	21	CHC-min	A+,AA	132	541	467	85	139	34	6	25	95	7	2	62	116	.298	.383	.557	.939		260	12	6	0	6	5	DYT,WTN · FLOR,SOUL
2001	22	CHC-min	AAA	77	304	266	38	61	11	0	13	45	5	1	34	67	.229	.313	.417	.730		111	5	0	0	4	1	IWA · PCL
2002	23	CHC-min	AAA	135	586	478	94	137	24	3	26	97	3	2	95	119	.287	.406	.513	.919		245	6	6	0	7	4	IWA · PCL
2002	23	CHC	NL	24	57	50	6	9	1	0	2	4	0	0	7	15	.180	.281	.320	.601	60	16	2	0	0	0	0	3
2003	24	CHC-min	AAA	18	77	66	12	17	4	1	6	16	0	1	9	19	.258	.351	.621	.972		41	2	1	0	1	0	IWA · PCL
2003	24	CHC	NL	80	245	202	31	44	17	0	8	28	1	1	37	71	.218	.350	.421	.771	100	85	2	4	2	0	1	3
2004	25	TOT	NL	126	416	343	53	86	21	1	15	46	1	0	63	96	.251	.370	.449	.819	116	154	6	4	2	4	6	*3
2004	25	FLA	NL	95	340	281	48	76	16	1	15	40	1	0	52	78	.270	.388	.495	.882	132	139	4	3	2	2	4	3
2004	25	LAD	NL	31	76	62	5	10	5	0	0	6	0	0	11	18	.161	.289	.242	.531	43	15	2	1	0	2	2	3
2005	26	LAD	NL	133	368	320	40	81	15	2	15	42	1	3	34	80	.253	.336	.453	.789	107	145	10	8	2	4	1	3
2006	27	BOS-min	AAA	66	277	227	35	47	9	1	8	27	0	0	47	56	.207	.347	.361	.708		82	7	2	0	1	3	PAW · IL
2009	30	-min	Fgn	131	545	435	98	134	23	0	33	100	2	4	96	108	.308	.435	.589	1.023		256	14	7	0	7	13	KIA · KBO
2010	31	-min	Fgn	126	532	444	78	127	22	1	21	84	4	3	81	109	.286	.398	.482	.880		214	17	4	0	3	7	KIA · KBO
4 Seasons				363	1086	915	130	220	54	3	40	120	3	4	141	262	.240	.349	.437	.786	106	400	20	16	6	8	8
162 Game Avg.				162	485	408	58	98	24	1	18	54	1	2	63	117	.240	.349	.437	.786	106	179	9	7	3	4	4

LAD (2 yrs)				164	444	382	45	91	20	2	15	48	1	3	45	98	.238	.328	.419	.747	96	160	12	9	2	6	3
CHC (2 yrs)				104	302	252	37	53	18	0	10	32	1	1	44	86	.210	.337	.401	.737	92	101	4	4	2	0	1
FLA (1 yr)				95	340	281	48	76	16	1	15	40	1	0	52	78	.270	.388	.495	.882	132	139	4	3	2	2	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2002	23	CHC	NL	57	-3	0	0	0	-2	-1	2	-4	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$	3
2003	24	CHC	NL	245	1	1	1	1	5	-4	7	12	1.2	7	0.7	0.5	$305,000	3
2004	25	FLA	NL	340	16	1	-1	1	-6	-5	10	16	1.6	22	2.2	-0.6	$310,000	3
2004	25	LAD	NL	76	-6	0	0	0	0	-1	2	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$	3
2005	26	LAD	NL	368	4	-1	0	0	2	-5	10	10	1.1	8	0.8	0.3	$351,500	3
4 Seasons				1086	12	1	0	2	-1	-16	31	29	2.9	30	3.0	-0.1	$966,500

LAD (2 yrs)				444	-2	-1	0	0	2	-6	12	5	0.6	3	0.3	0.3	$351,500
CHC (2 yrs)				302	-2	1	1	1	3	-5	9	8	0.7	5	0.5	0.2	$305,000
FLA (1 yr)				340	16	1	-1	1	-6	-5	10	16	1.6	22	2.2	-0.6	$310,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2002	23	CHC	NL	57	43	4	2.5	105	.212	.180	.264	.281	.337	.320	.419	.601	.756	60	.231	-3.1	-0.3	.535	.280	.140	.0
2003	24	CHC	NL	245	163	32	5.3	110	.293	.218	.270	.350	.342	.421	.433	.771	.775	100	.530	0.8	0.1	.783	.386	.203	1.8
2004	25	TOT	NL	416	269	63	6.3	107	.301	.251	.264	.370	.334	.449	.427	.819	.762	116	.600	10.7	1.0	.844	.385	.198	1.9
2004	25	FLA	NL	340	213	58	7.3	107	.321	.270	.264	.388	.334	.495	.427	.882	.762	132	.664	15.3	1.4	.933	.413	.224	1.9
2004	25	LAD	NL	76	56	5	2.4	107	.217	.161	.264	.289	.334	.242	.427	.531	.762	43	.204	-4.5	-0.4	.500	.258	.081
2005	26	LAD	NL	368	258	48	5.0	106	.288	.253	.266	.336	.336	.453	.424	.789	.760	107	.512	3.2	0.3	.734	.300	.200	1.9
4 Seasons				1086	733	147	5.4	107	.290	.240	.266	.349	.337	.437	.427	.786	.764	106	.538	11.7	1.1	.773	.350	.197	5.6
162 Game Avg.				485	327	66	5.4	107	.290	.240	.266	.349	.337	.437	.427	.786	.764	106	.538	5	0	.773	.350	.197	2

LAD (2 yrs)				444	314	53	4.5	106	.276	.238	.266	.328	.336	.419	.425	.747	.760	96	.465	-1.3	-0.1	.693	.293	.181	1.9
CHC (2 yrs)				302	206	36	4.7	109	.276	.210	.269	.337	.341	.401	.430	.737	.771	92	.478	-2.2	-0.2	.730	.365	.190	1.8
FLA (1 yr)				340	213	58	7.3	107	.321	.270	.264	.388	.334	.495	.427	.882	.762	132	.664	15.3	1.4	.933	.413	.224	1.9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	25	LAD	NL	NLDS	STL	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2002	23	CHC	NL	57	3.5%	26.3%	12.3%	5.3%	33%	2.14	3.3	25.0	12.5	0.57	0.87	58%	23%	10.5%	10%
2003	24	CHC	NL	245	3.3%	29.0%	15.1%	10.2%	57%	1.92	2.8	25.3	7.2	0.63	0.98	50%	23%	10.7%	6%
2004	25	TOT	NL	416	3.6%	23.1%	15.1%	8.9%	43%	1.52	3.6	22.9	7.5	0.62	0.86	57%	17%	10.8%	10%
2004	25	FLA	NL	340	4.4%	22.9%	15.3%	9.4%	42%	1.50	3.6	18.7	7.0	0.58	0.80	56%	18%	12.6%	8%
2004	25	LAD	NL	76	0.0%	23.7%	14.5%	6.6%	50%	1.64	3.4		10.3	0.84	1.12	61%	13%	0.0%	20%
2005	26	LAD	NL	368	4.1%	21.7%	9.2%	8.7%	40%	2.35	4.0	21.3	7.6	0.63	1.07	62%	24%	10.5%	5%
4 Seasons				1086	3.7%	24.1%	13.0%	8.9%	44%	1.86	3.5	22.9	7.6	0.62	0.96	57%	21%	10.6%	7%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.96	5.3	32.1	7.7	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.9%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	23	CHC	NL	-3.1	-0.3	59	-0.2	1.1	-1.3	1.16	0.0	-0.2	-3.5	-0.3	0.94	-0.7	1.53	2
2003	24	CHC	NL	0.8	0.1	248	0.1	3.7	-3.6	.94	0.5	-0.3	7.2	0.7	0.97	5.3	1.28	10
2004	25	TOT	NL	10.7	1.0	418	1.1	7.6	-6.4	.97	1.2	-0.1	9.9	0.9	0.93	14.4	1.90	11
2004	25	FLA	NL	15.3	1.4	342	1.2	6.3	-5.0	.93	1.6	-0.3	13.6	1.3	0.93	18.1	2.52	5
2004	25	LAD	NL	-4.5	-0.4	76	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	1.12	-0.3	0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.92	-3.7	1.39	6
2005	26	LAD	NL	3.2	0.3	374	0.9	7.9	-7.0	1.12	0.5	0.3	-1.9	-0.2	0.99	3.1	1.06	42
4 Seasons				11.7	1.1	1099	1.9	20.3	-18.4	1.02	2.2	-0.3	11.7	1.1	0.96	22.1	1.25	65

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	23	CHC	NL	0	29%	20	0	0		0	0	1	2	33%	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
2003	24	CHC	NL	4	30%	90	1	1	50%	1	1	0	5	52%	16	9	7	4	1	3	5	2	3
2004	25	TOT	NL	3	28%	162	1	0	100%	1	0	1	5	48%	26	15	11	11	3	8	11	7	4
2004	25	FLA	NL	1	28%	131	1	0	100%	1	0	1	4	50%	22	12	10	11	3	8	9	6	3
2004	25	LAD	NL	2	23%	31	0	0		0	0	0	1	33%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
2005	26	LAD	NL	3	23%	127	1	3	25%	1	3	3	4	42%	15	11	4	6	2	4	10	4	5
4 Seasons				10	27%	399	3	4	43%	3	4	5	16	46%	61	37	24	23	8	15	26	13	12

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2002	23	CHC	NL	57	91%	9	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.53	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		10	2	20%	6	0	0%	31	2	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2003	24	CHC	NL	245	90%	44	4	0	10	0	0	0	1.28	8	0	6	8	0	5	3	0	2	2	100%	46	2	4%	24	6	25%	159	20	13%	14	6	43%	18	10	56%	0
2004	25	TOT	NL	416	90%	86	8	0	11	0	0	1	1.90	15	0	4	14	1	8	7	1	2	2	100%	76	6	8%	40	12	30%	239	32	13%	21	13	62%	17	6	35%	0
2004	25	FLA	NL	340	90%	76	7	0	5	0	0	0	2.52	15	0	2	14	1	8	7	1	2	2	100%	62	4	6%	30	9	30%	193	25	13%	15	9	60%	12	4	33%	0
2004	25	LAD	NL	76	92%	10	1	0	6	0	0	1	1.39	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	2	14%	10	3	30%	46	7	15%	6	4	67%	5	2	40%	0
2005	26	LAD	NL	368	90%	81	4	0	42	8	1	3	1.06	15	1	15	14	1	9	6	0	2	2	100%	80	10	13%	46	15	33%	239	27	11%	18	8	44%	21	13	62%	0
4 Seasons				1086	90%	220	17	0	65	8	1	4	1.25	40	1	27	38	2	23	17	1	6	6	100%	212	20	9%	116	33	28%	668	81	12%	54	27	50%	56	29	52%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2002	23	CHC	NL	57	241	4.23	145	60%	21%	21%	34%	24%	79%	0%	47%	74%	35%	4%	2	1	16%	9	4	16%	9	7	27%	0	0	0
2003	24	CHC	NL	245	1041	4.25	605	58%	24%	24%	31%	22%	76%	1%	44%	69%	34%	6%	14	0	17%	42	19	15%	36	21	27%	0	0	0
2004	25	TOT	NL	416	1641	3.94	951	58%	26%	21%	27%	27%	74%	3%	43%	72%	29%	9%	36	5	17%	70	19	13%	54	28	29%	0	0	0
2004	25	FLA	NL	340	1356	3.99	778	57%	26%	21%	26%	27%	74%	3%	42%	71%	28%	9%	30	5	15%	52	13	13%	45	23	29%	0	0	0
2004	25	LAD	NL	76	285	3.75	173	61%	23%	18%	33%	27%	77%	4%	47%	77%	34%	8%	6	0	24%	18	6	12%	9	5	28%	0	0	0
2005	26	LAD	NL	368	1480	4.02	895	60%	26%	19%	28%	27%	74%	1%	45%	75%	31%	6%	21	0	18%	68	27	11%	39	25	28%	0	0	0
4 Seasons				1086	4403	4.05	2596	59%	25%	21%	29%	26%	75%	2%	44%	72%	31%	7%	73	6	17%	189	69	13%	138	81	28%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	23	24	57	50	6	9	1	0	2	4	0	0	7	15	.180	.281	.320	.601	60	16	2	0	0	0	0
2003	24	104	302	252	37	53	18	0	10	32	1	1	44	86	.210	.337	.401	.737	92	101	4	4	2	0	1
2004	25	230	718	595	90	139	39	1	25	78	2	1	107	182	.234	.356	.429	.784	106	255	10	8	4	4	7
2005	26	363	1086	915	130	220	54	3	40	120	3	4	141	262	.240	.349	.437	.786	106	400	20	16	6	8	8

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	23	24	59	51	7	10	1	0	2	4	0	8	15	.196	.305	.333	.638	5	24
2003	24	80	239	200	29	42	16	0	8	26	1	35	71	.210	.339	.410	.749	27	80
2004	25	126	416	344	53	87	21	1	15	46	1	64	96	.253	.373	.451	.823	58	126
2005	26	133	367	321	41	82	15	2	15	43	1	34	80	.255	.338	.455	.793	48	133
4 Seasons		363	1081	916	130	221	53	3	40	119	3	141	262	.241	.350	.437	.786	138	363
162 Game Avg.		162	482	409	58	99	24	1	18	53	1	63	117	.241	.350	.437	.786	62	363

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