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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated May 30, 2012, 7:00PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #727. Bobby Lowe… #728. Casey Stengel… #729. Pat Burrell… #730. SHIN-SOO CHOO… #731. Jim Ray Hart… #732. Roy McMillan… #733. Freddy Parent… 

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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 .733 106 122 7 6 0 3 3 9
2012 29 CLE AL 43 191 160 26 42 13 0 3 16 8 1 25 39 .263 .382 .400 .782 123 64 1 6 0 0 0 *9
8 Yrs 587 2470 2115 328 611 133 17 70 322 72 22 289 523 .289 .384 .467 .851 132 988 36 47 1 18 26
162 Game Avg. 162 682 584 91 169 37 5 19 89 20 6 80 144 .289 .384 .467 .851 132 273 10 13 0 5 7
CLE (7 yrs) 573 2437 2086 327 609 132 17 70 321 72 22 286 515 .292 .386 .472 .858 134 985 35 46 1 18 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 -0.3 .431 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $ /8
2006 23 CLE AL 45 167 4 -1 1 7 -2 9 0.9 6 15 1.4 .520 .505 0.7 0.5 8 $ 9/7D
2007 24 CLE AL 6 20 -0 -0 0 1 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ /79
2008 25 CLE AL 94 370 24 2 1 -1 -5 21 2.2 13 34 3.4 .522 .513 3.4 -0.5 34 $390,400 97D
2009 26 CLE AL 156 685 32 3 1 2 -8 30 3.2 23 53 5.2 .519 .518 5.0 -0.5 51 $420,300 *97D/8
2010 27 CLE AL 144 646 36 -1 0 5 -7 33 3.7 22 55 5.6 .524 .521 5.1 -0.1 50 $461,100 *9/D MVP-14
2011 28 CLE AL 85 358 2 1 0 3 -4 3 0.4 12 15 1.5 .503 .502 1.2 -0.0 12 $3,975,000 9
2012 29 CLE AL 43 191 5 2 0 -1 -2 4 0.4 6 11 1.0 .511 .503 1.2 -0.3 12 $ *9
8 Seasons 587 2470 97 6 4 16 -27 96 10.4 84 180 17.8 .516 .507 16.2 -0.7 164 $5,246,800
CLE (7 yrs) 573 2437 102 6 4 16 -27 101 10.9 83 183 18.2 .518 .509 16.6 -0.7 167 $5,246,800
SEA (2 yrs) 14 33 -5 0 -0 0 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .466 .499 -0.4 0.0 -4 $

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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 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 43 42 39 384.0 80 78 2 0 1 1.000 -6 -1 -19 -3 1.88 1.86 .988 2.14 2.14
2012 CLE AL 29 RF 43 42 39 384.0 80 78 2 0 1 1.000 -6 -1 -19 -3 1.88 1.86 .989 1.96 1.96
8 Seasons OF 541 531 504 4699.1 1149 1085 44 20 10 .983 16 16 4 4 2.16 2.09 .986 2.29 2.27
7 Seasons RF 477 464 444 4119.2 1007 951 39 17 9 .983 15 13 4 3 2.16 2.08 .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 541 531 504 4699.1 1149 1085 44 20 10 .983 16 32 4 8 2.16 2.09 .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

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)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2010 AL  5.6 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2010 AL  5.6 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.0 (6th)
2010 AL  5.1 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2009 AL  .394 (8th)
2010 AL  .401 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2010 AL  .885 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 AL  83 (8th)

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

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2012 AL  8 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2009 AL  136 (9th)
2010 AL  147 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 AL  122 (5th)
2010 AL  112 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  35 (7th)
2010 AL  40 (5th)
Active  109 (48th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  3.2 (7th)
2010 AL  3.8 (5th)
Active  10.3 (48th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2009 AL  270 (5th)
2010 AL  259 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2009 AL  .680 (8th)
2010 AL  .698 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL  17 (2nd)
2010 AL  11 (8th)
2012 AL  6 (1st)

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

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

SB % s c a p y
2009 AL  91.30 (2nd)
2012 AL  88.89 (10th)
Active  76.60 (40th)
Career  76.60 (107th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2009 AL  20.5 (8th)
2010 AL  22.0 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 AL  38.62 (7th)
2009 AL  30.07 (9th)
2010 AL  39.36 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2010 AL  4.7 (3rd)
Active  10.1 (50th)

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)

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)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  142 (3rd)
Active  477 (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  15 (23rd)
Career  15 (86th)

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)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (841), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Chad Tracy (951)
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  3. Wally Judnich (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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
200825Cleveland Indians$390,400
200926Cleveland Indians$420,300
201027Cleveland Indians$461,100
201128Cleveland Indians$3,975,000
201229Cleveland Indians$4,900,000
2013 Status2nd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,246,800Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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