Ji-Man Choi

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 260lb (185cm, 117kg)

Team: Tampa Bay Rays (majors, 10-day IL)

Born: May 19, 1991 in Incheon, South Korea kr

High School: Dong San (Incheon, South Korea)

Debut: April 5, 2016 (Age 24-322d, 18,674th in MLB history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 1 yr/$2.45M (21)

Service Time (01/2021): 3.076 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Gman Sports Management

Full Name: Ji-Man Choi

Nicknames: Ji or G-Money

Pronunciation: \GEE-man CHOY\

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

0.8

3.9

AB

895

H

222

HR

BA

.304

.248

R

114

RBI

139

SB

OBP

.448

.351

SLG

.522

.455

OPS

.970

.805

OPS+

184

120

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Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
2010	19	SEA-min	Rk,A+	50	209	178	30	64	16	3	2	30	10	1	27	39	.360	.440	.517	.957		92	6	1	0	3	0		MRE,HDS · ARIZ,CALL
2012	21	SEA-min	A	66	294	242	43	72	14	1	8	43	0	2	39	55	.298	.420	.463	.883		112	7	12	1	0	5		CLI · MIDW
2013	22	SEA-min	AA,A+,AAA	122	499	424	64	125	36	6	18	85	2	3	63	68	.295	.394	.535	.929		227	12	8	1	3	3		WTN,HDS,TAC · SOUL,CALL,PCL
2014	23	SEA-min	AAA,AA	74	296	248	44	70	8	2	6	35	2	2	40	44	.282	.386	.403	.789		100	10	3	3	2	2		TAC,WTN · PCL,SOUL
2015	24	SEA-min	AAA,Rk	23	80	69	9	20	5	0	1	18	0	1	11	16	.290	.388	.406	.793		28	2	0	0	0	1		TAC,MRE · PCL,ARIZ
2016	25	LAA-min	AAA	53	227	188	31	65	17	1	5	31	4	3	31	34	.346	.434	.527	.960		99	4	2	1	5	1		SLK · PCL
2016	25	LAA	AL	54	129	112	9	19	4	0	5	12	2	4	16	27	.170	.271	.339	.611	68	38	2	0	0	1	1	37H/D
2017	26	NYY-min	AAA	87	338	288	42	83	25	1	15	69	3	1	39	86	.288	.373	.538	.911		155	2	4	0	7	3		SWB · IL
2017	26	NYY	AL	6	18	15	2	4	1	0	2	5	0	0	2	5	.267	.333	.733	1.067	169	11	1	0	0	1	0	/3H
2018	27	MIL-TBR-min	AAA	62	249	203	26	59	13	0	7	37	1	0	43	49	.291	.410	.458	.868		93	6	0	0	3	0		CSP,DHM · PCL,IL
2018	27	TOT	MLB	61	221	190	25	50	14	1	10	32	2	0	26	55	.263	.357	.505	.863	135	96	1	3	0	2	1	D/H37
2018	27	MIL	NL	12	32	30	4	7	2	0	2	5	0	0	2	14	.233	.281	.500	.781	104	15	1	0	0	0	1	/DH37
2018	27	TBR	AL	49	189	160	21	43	12	1	8	27	2	0	24	41	.269	.370	.506	.877	141	81	0	3	0	2	0	D/H3
2019	28	TBR	AL	127	487	410	54	107	20	2	19	63	2	3	64	108	.261	.363	.459	.822	121	188	7	6	0	7	2	3HD
2020	29	TBR	AL	42	145	122	16	28	13	0	3	16	0	0	20	36	.230	.331	.410	.741	109	50	1	0	0	3	2	3H/D
2021	30	TBR-min	AAA	6	27	23	4	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.261	.333	.348	.681		8	1	0	0	1	0		DHM · AAAE
2021	30	TBR	AL	15	58	46	8	14	4	0	2	11	0	0	11	19	.304	.448	.522	.970	184	24	1	1	0	0	0	3/HD
6 Yrs				305	1058	895	114	222	56	3	41	139	6	7	139	250	.248	.351	.455	.805	120	407	13	10	0	14	6
162 Game Avg.				162	562	475	61	118	30	2	22	74	3	4	74	133	.248	.351	.455	.805	120	216	7	5	0	7	3

TBR (4 yrs)				233	879	738	99	192	49	3	32	117	4	3	119	204	.260	.365	.465	.830	127	343	9	10	0	12	4
LAA (1 yr)				54	129	112	9	19	4	0	5	12	2	4	16	27	.170	.271	.339	.611	68	38	2	0	0	1	1
NYY (1 yr)				6	18	15	2	4	1	0	2	5	0	0	2	5	.267	.333	.733	1.067	169	11	1	0	0	1	0
MIL (1 yr)				12	32	30	4	7	2	0	2	5	0	0	2	14	.233	.281	.500	.781	104	15	1	0	0	0	1

AL (6 yrs)				293	1026	865	110	215	54	3	39	134	6	7	137	236	.249	.353	.453	.806	121	392	12	10	0	14	5
NL (1 yr)				12	32	30	4	7	2	0	2	5	0	0	2	14	.233	.281	.500	.781	104	15	1	0	0	0	1

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