Shin-Soo Choo
Shin-Soo Choo
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: July 13, 1982 in Pusan, South Korea
High School: Pusan (Unknown, KR)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 2005
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
2005 22 SEA AL 10 21 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .056 .190 .056 .246 -28 1 0 0 0 0 0 /8
2006 23 TOT AL 49 179 157 23 44 12 3 3 22 5 3 18 50 .280 .360 .452 .812 110 71 3 2 1 1 2 9/78D
2006 23 SEA AL 4 12 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .167 .182 .348 -8 2 1 1 0 0 0 /8
2006 23 CLE AL 45 167 146 23 43 11 3 3 22 5 3 18 46 .295 .373 .473 .846 119 69 2 1 1 1 2 9/7D
2007 24 CLE AL 6 20 17 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 5 .294 .350 .294 .644 72 5 0 0 0 1 1 /79
2008 25 CLE AL 94 370 317 68 98 28 3 14 66 4 3 44 78 .309 .397 .549 .946 151 174 5 5 0 4 4 97D
2009 26 CLE AL 156 685 583 87 175 38 6 20 86 21 2 78 151 .300 .394 .489 .883 137 285 9 17 0 7 5 *97D/8
5 Seasons 315 1275 1092 184 323 78 12 37 180 30 9 145 288 .296 .386 .491 .877 133 536 17 24 1 13 12
162 Game Avg. 162 656 562 95 166 40 6 19 93 15 5 75 148 .296 .386 .491 .877 133 276 9 12 1 7 6
CLE (4 yrs) 301 1242 1063 183 321 77 12 37 179 30 9 142 280 .302 .392 .501 .893 138 533 16 23 1 13 12
SEA (2 yrs) 14 33 29 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .069 .182 .103 .285 -20 3 1 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2005 22 SEA AL 21 17 0 0.0 101 .071 .056 .262 .190 .324 .056 .416 .246 .740 -28 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .235 .167 .000
2006 23 TOT AL 179 121 26 5.7 110 .390 .280 .274 .360 .339 .452 .436 .812 .774 110 .543 2.7 0.2 .782 .299 .172 3.8
2006 23 SEA AL 12 11 0 0.0 108 .143 .091 .272 .167 .336 .182 .432 .348 .768 -8 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .273 .091 .091
2006 23 CLE AL 167 110 26 6.3 110 .408 .295 .274 .373 .339 .473 .436 .846 .775 119 .585 4.5 0.4 .833 .315 .178 3.8
2007 24 CLE AL 20 14 2 3.8 108 .385 .294 .272 .350 .340 .294 .425 .644 .765 72 .374 -0.5 -0.1 .462 .059 .000
2008 25 CLE AL 370 231 71 8.2 104 .367 .309 .266 .397 .333 .549 .417 .946 .751 151 .716 25.0 2.3 .987 .382 .240 6.2
2009 26 CLE AL 685 426 122 7.6 102 .370 .300 .260 .394 .328 .489 .417 .883 .745 137 .680 36.0 3.3 .952 .355 .189 20.5
5 Seasons 1275 809 221 7.3 104 .367 .296 .264 .386 .331 .491 .420 .877 .751 133 .662 59.8 5.5 .913 .347 .195 33.1
162 Game Avg. 656 416 114 7.3 104 .367 .296 .264 .386 .331 .491 .420 .877 .751 133 .662 31 3 .913 .347 .195 17
CLE (4 yrs) 1242 781 221 7.6 104 .374 .302 .264 .392 .331 .501 .420 .893 .751 138 .676 64.9 6.0 .937 .353 .199 33.1
SEA (2 yrs) 33 28 0 0.0 104 .095 .069 .266 .182 .328 .103 .422 .285 .750 -20 .000 -5.1 -0.5 .250 .138 .034

Ratio Batting*

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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
2005 22 SEA AL 21 0.0% 19.1% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 1.33 4.5 18.0 1.33 1.60 67% 14% 0.0% 33%
2006 23 TOT AL 179 1.7% 27.9% 10.1% 10.1% 41% 2.78 3.1 52.3 7.1 1.18 2.09 59% 22% 6.3% 2%
2006 23 SEA AL 12 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 8.3% 100% 2.8 0.40 0.75 58% 43% 0.0% 20%
2006 23 CLE AL 167 1.8% 27.5% 10.8% 10.2% 40% 2.56 3.2 48.7 6.6 1.27 2.39 59% 21% 6.8% 0%
2007 24 CLE AL 20 0.0% 25.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 2.50 3.4 3.4 0.63 0.40 65% 38% 0.0% 0%
2008 25 CLE AL 370 3.8% 21.1% 11.9% 12.2% 46% 1.77 4.1 22.6 4.8 0.76 0.93 62% 20% 11.4% 10%
2009 26 CLE AL 685 2.9% 22.0% 11.4% 9.3% 37% 1.94 3.9 29.2 6.8 0.78 1.15 61% 21% 8.8% 7%
5 Seasons 1275 2.9% 22.6% 11.4% 10.0% 39% 1.99 3.8 29.5 6.1 0.82 1.16 61% 21% 9.0% 7%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 22 SEA AL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2006 23 TOT AL 1 0 33% 58 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 53% 6 4 2 1 0 1 8 3 5
2006 23 SEA AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 CLE AL 1 0 34% 56 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 53% 6 4 2 1 0 1 8 3 5
2007 24 CLE AL 1 0 71% 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
2008 25 CLE AL 4 0 41% 166 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 19 46% 28 22 6 8 4 4 20 4 16
2009 26 CLE AL 4 0 27% 284 21 2 91% 15 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 8 19 41% 37 27 10 15 9 6 19 6 13
5 Seasons 10 0 32% 521 30 9 77% 24 8 6 1 0 0 5 2 11 43 45% 73 55 18 25 13 12 50 14 36
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2005 22 SEA AL 21 67% 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1.97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 17 1 6% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2006 23 TOT AL 179 88% 44 3 1 6 2 0 1 2.29 3 1 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 35 3 9% 10 5 50% 143 19 13% 11 7 64% 10 5 50% 0
2006 23 SEA AL 12 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 CLE AL 167 87% 43 3 1 6 2 0 1 2.29 3 1 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 33 2 6% 10 5 50% 139 19 14% 11 7 64% 10 5 50% 0
2007 24 CLE AL 20 80% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.21 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 1 100% 18 6 33% 3 3 100% 0 0 0
2008 25 CLE AL 370 77% 98 8 1 7 3 0 5 1.61 14 0 12 11 3 10 4 0 1 0 0% 71 5 7% 30 9 30% 247 54 22% 25 12 48% 28 14 50% 0
2009 26 CLE AL 685 69% 175 13 3 1 0 0 1 2.99 20 0 11 14 6 11 9 0 0 0 130 9 7% 59 18 31% 470 70 15% 45 18 40% 50 27 54% 0
5 Seasons 1275 74% 323 25 5 19 6 0 8 1.90 37 1 33 28 9 23 14 0 2 1 50% 244 17 7% 103 34 33% 895 150 17% 86 40 47% 90 47 52% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2005 22 SEA AL 21 89 4.24 56 63% 23% 25% 27% 25% 77% 0% 48% 67% 19% 5% 1 0 5% 1 0 10% 2 2 0% 0 0 0
2006 23 TOT AL 179 708 3.96 456 64% 21% 24% 31% 24% 79% 3% 51% 70% 41% 5% 9 2 15% 27 13 7% 12 6 16% 0 0 0
2006 23 SEA AL 12 35 2.92 27 77% 33% 22% 19% 26% 67% 0% 51% 67% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
2006 23 CLE AL 167 673 4.03 429 64% 21% 24% 32% 24% 79% 3% 51% 70% 43% 5% 9 2 16% 27 13 7% 12 6 15% 0 0 0
2007 24 CLE AL 20 73 3.65 44 60% 20% 18% 32% 30% 80% 14% 48% 77% 40% 15% 3 1 20% 4 1 5% 1 0 40% 0 0 0
2008 25 CLE AL 370 1418 3.83 830 59% 24% 20% 27% 29% 76% 2% 45% 74% 28% 6% 21 4 18% 66 31 12% 44 26 31% 0 0 0
2009 26 CLE AL 685 2771 4.05 1655 60% 25% 19% 29% 27% 75% 2% 45% 74% 27% 5% 31 2 14% 98 50 11% 78 45 20% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1275 5059 3.97 3041 60% 24% 20% 29% 27% 76% 2% 46% 73% 29% 5% 65 9 15% 196 95 11% 137 79 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2005 22 10 21 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .056 .190 .056 .246 -28 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 59 200 175 24 45 12 3 3 23 5 3 21 54 .257 .342 .411 .753 96 72 3 2 1 1 2
2007 24 65 220 192 29 50 12 3 3 28 5 4 23 59 .260 .342 .401 .744 94 77 3 2 1 2 3
2008 25 159 590 509 97 148 40 6 17 94 9 7 67 137 .291 .377 .493 .870 129 251 8 7 1 6 7
2009 26 315 1275 1092 184 323 78 12 37 180 30 9 145 288 .296 .386 .491 .877 133 536 17 24 1 13 12

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2005 22 10 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 10
2006 23 49 178 157 22 44 12 3 3 21 5 18 50 .280 .360 .452 .812 25 49
2007 24 6 20 17 6 5 0 0 0 6 0 2 5 .294 .350 .294 .644 2 6
2008 25 94 374 320 69 101 29 3 14 67 4 45 78 .316 .404 .556 .960 72 94
2009 26 156 706 597 88 189 41 6 22 87 23 84 151 .317 .412 .516 .928 123 156
5 Seasons 315 1299 1109 185 339 82 12 39 181 32 152 288 .306 .397 .507 .904 222 315
162 Game Avg. 162 668 570 95 174 42 6 20 93 16 78 148 .306 .397 .507 .904 114 315

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
2009 AL  .394 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 AL  151 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2009 AL  137 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 AL  122 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  36 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  3.3 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2009 AL  270 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2009 AL  .680 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL  17 (2nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL  7 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2009 AL  20.5 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1678), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (688), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Josh Hamilton (954)
  2. Mark Quinn (954)
  3. Hack Miller (949)
  4. Adam Lind (949)
  5. Justin Upton (949)
  6. Ike Boone (947)
  7. David Murphy (945)
  8. Ben Paschal (945)
  9. Dutch Zwilling (940)
  10. Ed Coleman (940)
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  1. Hack Wilson (981) *
  2. Marty Cordova (979)
  3. Mitchell Page (972)
  4. Andre Ethier (966)
  5. Tommy Henrich (962)
  6. Aaron Rowand (960)
  7. Jason Giambi (957)
  8. Dutch Zwilling (955)
  9. Pedro Guerrero (955)
  10. Richie Zisk (955)
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  1. Mike Brown (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hack Wilson (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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