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

Born: July 13, 1982 in Pusan, South Korea
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 2005
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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 .812 109 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 .846 118 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 71 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 .946 146 174 5 5 0 4 4 97D
2009 26 CLE AL 80 351 292 49 88 15 1 12 53 13 0 48 74 .301 .407 .483 .890 131 141 6 7 0 4 2 *97/D
5 Seasons 239 941 801 146 236 55 7 29 147 22 7 115 211 .295 .388 .489 .878 128 392 14 14 1 10 9
162 Game Avg. 162 638 543 99 160 37 5 20 100 15 5 78 143 .295 .388 .489 .878 128 266 9 9 1 7 6
CLE (4 yrs) 225 908 772 145 234 54 7 29 146 22 7 112 203 .303 .396 .504 .900 133 389 13 13 1 10 9
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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 SEA AL 22 CF 5 5 39.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.2 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 3.69 3.20 .988 2.70 2.38
2005 SEA AL 22 OF 5 5 39.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.2 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 3.69 3.20 .988 2.31 2.04
2006 TOT AL 23 OF 43 42 370.1 103 97 3 3 1 .971 7.7 25.0 4.7 5.5 -0.8 3 2.43 2.33 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 SEA AL 23 CF 4 4 36.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 0.1 3.3 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 1 4.25 4.25 .989 2.65 2.30
2006 SEA AL 23 OF 4 4 36.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 0.1 3.3 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 1 4.25 4.25 .989 2.30 2.00
2006 CLE AL 23 OF 39 38 334.1 85 81 2 2 1 .976 7.6 27.3 5.6 5.5 0.1 2 2.23 2.13 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 CLE AL 23 RF 30 29 256.2 70 67 2 1 1 .986 6.7 31.3 4.7 3.9 0.8 2 2.42 2.30 .984 2.20 1.85
2006 CLE AL 23 LF 9 9 77.2 15 14 0 1 0 .933 0.9 13.9 0.9 1.6 -0.7 0 1.62 1.56 .987 2.06 1.69
2006 CLE AL 23 DH 1
2007 CLE AL 24 OF 5 4 43.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.0 55.8 2.0 1.4 0.6 0 2.30 2.20 .991 2.30 2.00
2007 CLE AL 24 LF 3 3 32.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.0 75.0 2.0 1.4 0.6 0 3.09 3.67 .982 2.11 1.70
2007 CLE AL 24 RF 2 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.05 1.75
2008 CLE AL 25 OF 75 70 621.1 134 128 4 2 0 .985 -6.1 -11.8 -5.1 -5.2 0.1 -1 1.91 1.76 .986 2.31 2.02
2008 CLE AL 25 RF 51 45 398.1 90 88 1 1 0 .989 -3.9 -11.7 -1.9 -2.8 0.9 -2 2.01 1.75 .984 2.15 1.83
2008 CLE AL 25 LF 26 25 223.0 44 40 3 1 0 .977 -2.2 -11.8 -3.2 -2.4 -0.8 1 1.74 1.65 .984 2.05 1.66
2008 CLE AL 25 DH 11
2009 CLE AL 26 OF 73 72 639.2 163 151 8 4 2 .975 2.24 2.18 .988 2.32 2.05
2009 CLE AL 26 RF 61 60 538.2 143 131 8 4 2 .972 2.32 2.28 .980 2.11 1.76
2009 CLE AL 26 LF 12 12 101.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 1.67 .990 2.11 1.83
2009 CLE AL 26 DH 7
5 Seasons OF 201 193 1713.1 427 402 16 9 4 .979 3.8 2.7 1.8 2.0 -0.2 2 2.20 2.08 .987 2.31 2.02
4 Seasons RF 144 135 1204.2 303 286 11 6 3 .980 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.1 1.7 0 2.22 2.06 .983 2.14 1.80
4 Seasons LF 50 49 433.2 90 84 4 2 1 .978 0.7 1.9 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 1 1.83 1.76 .986 2.07 1.71
3 Seasons DH 19
2 Seasons CF 9 9 75.0 34 32 1 1 0 .971 0.3 4.8 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 1 3.96 3.67 .988 2.68 2.34
5 Seasons TOT 203 193 1713.1 427 402 16 9 4 .979 3.8 2.7 1.8 2.0 -0.2 2 2.20 2.06 .963 2.15 1.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
2009 AL--.407--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL--80--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 AL--48--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 AL--74--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 AL--64--4th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2009 AL--1.5--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
2009 AL--143--2nd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2009 AL--.696--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL--7--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 AL--4--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2009 AL--12.5--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2043), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (534), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

August 14, 2000: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.

July 26, 2006: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later, Ben Broussard and cash. The Seattle Mariners sent Shawn Nottingham (minors) (August 24, 2006) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2008Cleveland Indians$390,400
Career (may be incomplete)$390,400
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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