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Shin-Soo Choo

Shin-Soo Choo

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 13, 1982 in Pusan, South Korea
High School:
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 2005
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mariners 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$4.9M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.119, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Alan Nero [*]
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 SEA AL 22 CF 5 5 3 39.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 6 31 3.69 3.20 .989 2.70 2.66
2005 SEA AL 22 OF 5 5 3 39.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 6 30 3.69 3.20 .986 2.31 2.28
2006 TOT AL 23 OF 43 42 41 370.1 103 97 3 3 1 .971 8 6 25 19 2.43 2.33 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 SEA AL 23 CF 4 4 4 36.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 0 -1 3 -33 4.25 4.25 .989 2.65 2.60
2006 SEA AL 23 OF 4 4 4 36.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 0 6 3 200 4.25 4.25 .986 2.30 2.28
2006 CLE AL 23 OF 39 38 37 334.1 85 81 2 2 1 .976 8 6 27 21 2.23 2.13 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 CLE AL 23 RF 30 29 29 256.2 70 67 2 1 1 .986 7 6 31 28 2.42 2.30 .984 2.20 2.17
2006 CLE AL 23 LF 9 9 8 77.2 15 14 0 1 0 .933 1 1 14 15 1.62 1.56 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 CLE AL 23 DH 1 0
2007 CLE AL 24 OF 5 4 4 43.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 2 1 56 27 2.30 2.20 .987 2.30 2.28
2007 CLE AL 24 LF 3 3 3 32.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 2 1 75 38 3.09 3.67 .985 2.11 2.10
2007 CLE AL 24 RF 2 1 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.05 2.05
2008 CLE AL 25 OF 75 70 65 621.1 134 128 4 2 0 .985 -6 -1 -12 -1 1.91 1.76 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 CLE AL 25 RF 51 45 41 398.1 90 88 1 1 0 .989 -4 -4 -12 -12 2.01 1.75 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 CLE AL 25 LF 26 25 24 223.0 44 40 3 1 0 .977 -2 3 -12 16 1.74 1.65 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 CLE AL 25 DH 12 11
2009 CLE AL 26 OF 143 142 136 1256.2 335 317 11 7 2 .979 9 2 8 1 2.35 2.29 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 CLE AL 26 RF 124 121 118 1084.2 297 279 11 7 2 .976 9 4 10 4 2.41 2.34 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 CLE AL 26 LF 20 20 17 164.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -4 -15 2.03 1.85 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 CLE AL 26 DH 12 11
2009 CLE AL 26 CF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 1.12 1.00 .990 2.70 2.70
2010 CLE AL 27 OF 142 142 137 1249.2 285 267 14 4 3 .986 11 5 11 4 2.02 1.98 .986 2.30 2.28 MVP-14
2010 CLE AL 27 RF 142 142 137 1249.2 285 267 14 4 3 .986 11 5 11 5 2.02 1.98 .984 2.10 2.08 MVP-14
2010 CLE AL 27 DH 2 2 MVP-14
2011 CLE AL 28 OF 85 84 79 735.1 185 172 9 4 2 .978 -2 3 -3 4 2.22 2.13 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 CLE AL 28 RF 85 84 79 735.1 185 172 9 4 2 .978 -2 3 -3 5 2.22 2.13 .986 2.09 2.07
2012 CLE AL 29 OF 44 43 40 393.0 80 78 2 0 1 1.000 -7 1 -22 3 1.83 1.82 .988 2.14 2.14
2012 CLE AL 29 RF 44 43 40 393.0 80 78 2 0 1 1.000 -7 1 -22 3 1.83 1.82 .989 1.96 1.95
8 Seasons OF 542 532 505 4708.1 1149 1085 44 20 10 .983 15 18 4 4 2.16 2.08 .986 2.29 2.27
7 Seasons RF 478 465 445 4128.2 1007 951 39 17 9 .983 14 15 4 4 2.16 2.07 .984 2.10 2.08
4 Seasons LF 58 57 52 496.2 107 101 4 2 1 .981 0 3 0 7 1.90 1.81 .986 2.08 2.06
3 Seasons CF 10 10 8 83.0 35 33 1 1 0 .971 1 0 7 0 3.69 3.40 .989 2.68 2.64
8 Seasons TOT 542 532 505 4708.1 1149 1085 44 20 10 .983 15 36 4 9 2.16 2.08 .986 2.29 2.27
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2005 SEA AL 22 CF 0 6 0 -0 0 0 1 31 1 0
2006 SEA AL 23 CF 0 3 -1 -1 0 1 -1 -33 -1 0
2006 CLE AL 23 RF 7 31 5 1 4 2 6 28 4 1
2006 CLE AL 23 LF 1 14 1 -1 2 0 1 15 1 0
2007 CLE AL 24 LF 2 75 2 1 1 0 1 38 1 0
2007 CLE AL 24 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CLE AL 25 RF -4 -12 -2 1 -3 -2 -4 -12 0 -2
2008 CLE AL 25 LF -2 -12 -3 -1 -2 1 3 16 1 2
2009 CLE AL 26 RF 9 10 13 10 3 -4 4 4 3 0
2009 CLE AL 26 LF -1 -4 0 0 0 -1 -2 -15 0 -2
2009 CLE AL 26 CF 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 CLE AL 27 RF 11 11 6 5 1 5 5 5 -10 10
2011 CLE AL 28 RF -2 -3 -3 2 -4 1 3 5 2 2
2012 CLE AL 29 RF -7 -22 -7 -1 -6 0 1 3 -1 1
7 Seasons RF 14 4 12 17 -5 2 15 4 -2 12
4 Seasons LF 0 0 0 -1 1 0 3 7 3 0
3 Seasons CF 1 7 -0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT 23 5 17 14 2 6 36 9 1 12

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2005 SEA AL 22 10 5 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 1
2006 CLE AL 23 45 38 45 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 30 39 1 7 0
2006 SEA AL 23 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
2007 CLE AL 24 6 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 1 1
2008 CLE AL 25 94 81 94 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 51 77 12 13 0
2009 CLE AL 26 156 153 156 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 124 145 12 3 0
2010 CLE AL 27 144 144 144 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 142 2 0 0
2011 CLE AL 28 85 84 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 85 0 0 0
2012 CLE AL 29 44 43 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 44 0 0 0
8 Seasons 588 556 588 542 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 10 478 546 27 28 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 CLE AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 15 11 0 5 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 10 5 0 34 21 61.8% 13 0 0.0% 2 1076 69% 82% 43% 122 56%
2007 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 32% 86% 30% 0
2008 CLE AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 29 14 0 10 2 0 9 6 0 4 2 0 11 6 0 63 30 47.6% 33 0 0.0% 1 1733 63% 78% 41% 189 47%
2009 CLE AL 26 7 0 4 3 0 11 0 6 2 3 78 27 1 47 17 0 20 15 1 20 5 2 26 14 0 191 78 40.8% 109 4 2.1% 7 4786 59% 78% 41% 545 53%
2010 CLE AL 27 4 0 3 1 1 14 2 4 1 7 84 41 0 47 20 6 23 18 0 25 10 1 26 12 0 205 101 49.3% 97 7 3.4% 7 5415 52% 78% 38% 572 49%
2011 CLE AL 28 4 0 4 0 0 9 1 3 1 4 38 15 0 35 14 3 15 7 1 11 2 0 17 13 1 116 51 44.0% 60 5 4.3% 4 3119 49% 79% 40% 380 47%
2012 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 33 17 0 20 8 0 10 7 0 5 2 0 5 2 0 73 36 49.3% 37 0 0.0% 2 1712 49% 76% 38% 194 41%
7 Seasons 17 0 12 5 1 39 5 16 4 14 277 125 1 164 64 9 80 55 2 66 21 3 95 52 1 682 317 46.5% 349 16 2.3% 23 17885 55% 78% 39% 2002 49%
MLB Averages 47.1% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 CLE AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 347 68% 77% 41% 30 47%
2007 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 2 1 16.7% 0 131 60% 73% 44% 18 56%
2008 CLE AL 25 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 15 9 1 12 8 0 12 7 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 45 29 64.4% 15 1 2.2% 2 982 56% 80% 42% 110 39%
2009 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 0 7 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 27 16 59.3% 11 0 0.0% 0 736 60% 78% 42% 83 45%
4 Seasons 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 2 1 1 32 23 1 22 10 0 20 11 0 6 3 1 7 7 0 87 54 62.1% 31 2 2.3% 2 2196 60% 78% 42% 241 43%
MLB Averages 63.9% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 SEA AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 175 59% 75% 46% 32 50%
2006 SEA AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 1 163 65% 82% 47% 30 57%
2009 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 34 32% 79% 24% 1 100%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 6 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 22 11 50.0% 11 0 0.0% 1 372 59% 78% 44% 63 54%
MLB Averages 45.2% 1.8% 58% 76% 40% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (14, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  142 (3rd)
Active  478 (20th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  279 (4th)
2010 AL  267 (3rd)
Active  951 (19th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  11 (2nd)
2010 AL  14 (1st)
2011 AL  9 (5th)
Active  39 (14th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  7 (2nd)
2010 AL  4 (5th)
2011 AL  4 (4th)
Active  17 (17th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  11 (4th)
2010 AL  14 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  7 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 AL  7 (4th)
2010 AL  11 (1st)
Active  14 (24th)
Career  14 (93rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2009 AL  2.41 (3rd)
2011 AL  2.22 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  2.34 (2nd)
2010 AL  1.98 (5th)
2011 AL  2.13 (2nd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  .986 (5th)
2012 AL  1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2012 AL  1.000 (1st)

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