Shin-Soo Choo

Choo with the Texas Rangers in 2014

Texas Rangers – No. 17

Right Fielder

Born: July 13, 1982 (age 34)
Busan, South Korea

Bats: Left

Throws: Left

MLB debut

April 21, 2005, for the Seattle Mariners

MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)

.280

146

566

676

118

Teams

Career highlights and awards

AL Player of the Month (Sept. 2008, Sept. 2015)
Hit for the cycle on July 21, 2015

Shin-Soo Choo
Medal record

Men's baseball
World Baseball Classic
	2009 Los Angeles	Team
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Team

Korean name
Shin-Soo Choo
Choo in 2012.
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization	Chu Sinsu
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'u Sinsu

Shin-Soo Choo (Hangul: 추신수; Hanja: 秋信守; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰu.ɕin.su]; born July 13, 1982) is a South Korean professional baseball right fielder for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Reds.

Choo was selected as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Best Pitcher of the 2000 World Junior Baseball Championship as South Korea won the event. Choo signed a $1.35 million contract with the Mariners after the championship and converted to the outfield.

Choo made his Major League Baseball debut with the Seattle Mariners on April 21, with the Class A affiliate for the Seattle Mariners the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in 2005, but spent most of the 2005 season and the first half of the 2006 season in the minor leagues with the Mariners' Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers. He batted .068 in a handful of major league at-bats over two years. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians along with minor leaguer Shawn Nottingham on July 26, 2006, for first baseman Ben Broussard.

Two days after being traded, Choo hit a solo home run against his former club in a 1–0 Indians victory. In 45 games with the Indians, he batted .295 (43 for 146) with three home runs and 22 RBIs.

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