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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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Reds/Mariners 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$7.38M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.119, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Alan Nero [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 5:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #798. Rick Burleson… #799. Carl Reynolds… #800. Mookie Wilson… #801. SHIN-SOO CHOO… #802. Ron Hansen… #803. Barney McCosky… #804. Ruppert Jones… 

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 .883 136 285 9 17 0 7 5 *97D/8
2010 27 CLE AL 144 646 550 81 165 31 2 22 90 22 7 83 118 .300 .401 .484 .885 147 266 11 11 0 2 11 *9/D MVP-14
2011 28 CLE AL 85 358 313 37 81 11 3 8 36 12 5 36 78 .259 .344 .390 .733 107 122 7 6 0 3 3 9
2012 29 CLE AL 155 686 598 88 169 43 2 16 67 21 7 73 150 .283 .373 .441 .815 129 264 10 14 0 1 0 *9
2013 30 CIN NL 42 202 158 35 50 10 1 9 19 5 1 31 37 .316 .463 .563 1.026 175 89 0 12 1 0 3 *8
9 Yrs 741 3167 2711 425 788 173 20 92 392 90 29 368 671 .291 .386 .471 .857 135 1277 45 67 2 19 29
162 Game Avg. 162 692 593 93 172 38 4 20 86 20 6 80 147 .291 .386 .471 .857 135 279 10 15 0 4 6
CLE (7 yrs) 685 2932 2524 389 736 162 19 83 372 85 28 334 626 .292 .383 .469 .853 134 1185 44 54 1 19 26
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
CIN (1 yr) 42 202 158 35 50 10 1 9 19 5 1 31 37 .316 .463 .563 1.026 175 89 0 12 1 0 3
AL (8 yrs) 699 2965 2553 390 738 163 19 83 373 85 28 337 634 .289 .381 .465 .847 132 1188 45 55 1 19 26
NL (1 yr) 42 202 158 35 50 10 1 9 19 5 1 31 37 .316 .463 .563 1.026 175 89 0 12 1 0 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 22 SEA AL 10 21 -3 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 /8
2006 23 SEA AL 4 12 -2 0 -0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .429 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -1 /8
2006 23 CLE AL 45 167 4 -1 1 7 -2 9 0.9 6 15 1.5 .520 .506 0.8 0.5 8 9/7D
2007 24 CLE AL 6 20 -0 -0 0 1 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.0 0.1 0 /79
2008 25 CLE AL 94 370 24 2 1 -1 -4 21 2.3 14 35 3.6 .522 .513 3.6 -0.5 36 $390,400 97D
2009 26 CLE AL 156 685 32 3 1 2 -7 31 3.2 25 56 5.5 .519 .519 5.3 -0.4 54 $420,300 *97D/8
2010 27 CLE AL 144 646 36 -1 0 5 -6 35 3.8 23 58 6.0 .525 .522 5.4 -0.1 53 $461,100 *9/D MVP-14
2011 28 CLE AL 85 358 2 1 0 3 -3 3 0.3 13 16 1.6 .503 .502 1.3 -0.0 13 $3,975,000 9
2012 29 CLE AL 155 686 27 1 0 -12 -6 10 1.0 25 35 3.4 .507 .506 4.8 -1.9 47 $4,900,000 *9
2013 30 CIN NL 42 202 18 -0 1 -8 1 11 1.1 6 17 1.6 .528 .507 2.6 -0.8 25 $7,375,000 *8
9 Seasons 741 3167 137 5 4 -3 -28 116 12.1 114 229 23.0 .516 .507 23.5 -3.1 232 $17,521,800
CLE (7 yrs) 685 2932 124 5 4 5 -29 109 11.5 107 216 21.8 .516 .510 21.3 -2.3 211 $10,146,800
SEA (2 yrs) 14 33 -5 0 -0 0 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .465 .498 -0.4 0.0 -4
CIN (1 yr) 42 202 18 -0 1 -8 1 11 1.1 6 17 1.6 .528 .507 2.6 -0.8 25 $7,375,000

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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 28 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 -1 3 -33 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 7 27 25 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 14 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 17 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 154 151 142 1331.2 302 293 7 2 1 .993 -16 -12 -14 -10 2.03 1.95 .986 2.17 2.16
2012 CLE AL 29 RF 154 151 142 1331.2 302 293 7 2 1 .993 -16 -12 -14 -11 2.03 1.95 .984 1.99 1.98
2013 CIN NL 30 CF 42 42 41 382.0 95 92 1 2 0 .979 2 -8 7 -25 2.19 2.21 .987 2.45 2.43
2013 CIN NL 30 OF 42 42 41 382.0 95 92 1 2 0 .979 2 -8 7 -25 2.19 2.21 .985 2.15 2.13
9 Seasons OF 694 682 648 6029.0 1466 1392 50 24 10 .984 9 -3 2 0 2.15 2.08 .986 2.27 2.25
7 Seasons RF 588 573 547 5067.1 1229 1166 44 19 9 .985 6 2 1 0 2.15 2.06 .984 2.08 2.07
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
4 Seasons CF 52 52 49 465.0 130 125 2 3 0 .977 3 -8 7 -20 2.46 2.44 .987 2.49 2.47
9 Seasons TOT 694 682 648 6029.0 1466 1392 50 24 10 .984 9 -3 2 0 2.15 2.08 .986 2.27 2.25
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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 (1402nd)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
2010 AL  6.0 (10th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
2010 AL  6.0 (9th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
2009 AL  5.3 (6th)
2010 AL  5.4 (9th)
2013 NL  2.6 (1st)

Batting Average s c a p y
Active  .291 (29th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2009 AL  .394 (8th)
2010 AL  .401 (4th)
2012 AL  .373 (10th)
2013 NL  .463 (2nd)
Active  .386 (9th)
Career  .386 (121st)

Slugging % s c a p y
2013 NL  .563 (10th)
Active  .471 (47th)
Career  .471 (241st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2010 AL  .885 (9th)
2013 NL  1.026 (2nd)
Active  .857 (24th)
Career  .857 (143rd)

Games Played s c a p y
2013 NL  42 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2012 AL  686 (10th)
2013 NL  202 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2013 NL  35 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
2013 NL  89 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
2012 AL  43 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2013 NL  9 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  83 (8th)
2013 NL  31 (2nd)

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

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2009 AL  136 (10th)
2010 AL  147 (5th)
2013 NL  175 (2nd)
Active  135 (15th)
Career  135 (118th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 AL  122 (5th)
2010 AL  112 (7th)
2013 NL  47 (1st)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  35 (7th)
2010 AL  40 (5th)
2013 NL  19 (1st)
Active  150 (28th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  3.2 (7th)
2010 AL  3.8 (5th)
2013 NL  1.9 (1st)
Active  14.3 (28th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2013 NL  20 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2009 AL  270 (5th)
2010 AL  259 (8th)
2012 AL  256 (7th)
2013 NL  93 (2nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2009 AL  .680 (8th)
2010 AL  .698 (5th)
2013 NL  .851 (1st)
Active  .666 (16th)
Career  .666 (147th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL  17 (2nd)
2010 AL  11 (8th)
2012 AL  14 (3rd)
2013 NL  12 (1st)
Active  67 (34th)
Career  67 (231st)

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

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  11 (7th)
2013 NL  3 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL  7 (10th)

SB % s c a p y
2009 AL  91.30 (2nd)
2013 NL  83.33 (10th)
Career  75.63 (146th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2009 AL  20.5 (8th)
2010 AL  22.0 (4th)
2013 NL  6.4 (9th)
Active  91.0 (48th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
2008 AL  38.75 (7th)
2009 AL  30.15 (9th)
2010 AL  39.36 (7th)
2013 NL  22.47 (2nd)
Active  154.77 (33rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2010 AL  4.7 (3rd)
2013 NL  2.3 (2nd)
Active  14.2 (30th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2008 AL  3.0 (8th)
2009 AL  3.0 (8th)
2010 AL  3.9 (7th)
2013 NL  2.2 (2nd)
Active  14.7 (31st)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
2008 AL  3.6 (7th)
2009 AL  2.9 (9th)
2010 AL  3.9 (7th)
2013 NL  2.1 (2nd)
Active  14.9 (33rd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  1 (5th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 NL  42 (1st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 NL  92 (3rd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 NL  2 (3rd)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  142 (3rd)
2012 AL  154 (2nd)
Active  588 (16th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  279 (4th)
2010 AL  267 (3rd)
2012 AL  293 (2nd)
Active  1,166 (16th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  11 (2nd)
2010 AL  14 (1st)
2011 AL  9 (5th)
Active  44 (10th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  7 (2nd)
2010 AL  4 (5th)
2011 AL  4 (4th)
Active  19 (14th)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  2 (5th)
2010 AL  3 (2nd)
Active  9 (11th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2013 NL  42 (2nd)

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)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2010 AL  3 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 AL  7 (4th)
2010 AL  11 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)s c a p y
2009 AL  2.41 (3rd)
2011 AL  2.22 (3rd)
Active  2.15 (8th)
Career  2.15 (44th)

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)
Active  2.06 (6th)
Career  2.06 (37th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  .986 (4th)
2012 AL  .993 (2nd)
Active  .985 (9th)
Career  .985 (39th)

                           

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (538), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (1123), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1184), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (89th), 21.9 career WAR/22.1 7yr-peak WAR/22.0 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200825Cleveland Indians$390,400
200926Cleveland Indians$420,300
201027Cleveland Indians$461,100
201128Cleveland Indians$3,975,000
201229Cleveland Indians$4,900,000contracts
201330Cincinnati Reds$7,375,000 $3.5M paid by Cleveland Indians
2013 Status3rd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,521,800
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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