Many thanks to him. It was a pitch from Sanchez that hit Choo in 2011, resulting in a broken thumb and nearly two months on the disabled list. MVP voting. Shin-Soo Choo…he and his wife Won Mi Ha have 3 children, sons Alan (3/13/05) and Aiden (9/4/09), and daughter Abigail (8/22/11)…favorite player growing up was Ken Griffey, Jr…favorite activity away from the park is spending time with his kids, and his top vacation spot is Hawaii…was the Reds' recipient of the 2013 Heart & Hustle Award presented by the MLB Players Alumni Association. Latest on Texas Rangers left fielder Shin-Soo Choo including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN Diving in on veteran outfielder Shin-Soo Choo and why his steady diet of kimchi will help protect him from COVID-19 during the 2020 fantasy baseball season. After the Giants tied it 1-1, a Joey Gallo double plated Rougned Odor to make it …

in 59 G in the outfield was 5th-lowest among all MLB OF with 100+ chances…did not hit cleanup, but had starts in 5 of the top 6 slots in the lineup, batting leadoff (team-high 100), 2nd (40), 3rd (1), 5th (1), and 6th (2)…had .827 OPS in the leadoff slot, hitting 17 of his 21 HR while batting at the top of the order.Returned from an injury-riddled 2016 to post 2nd-highest batting average (.261) and OPS (.780) among his 4 seasons with the Rangers…team-high 77 walks, T10th in A.L… also finished among team leaders in hits (2nd, 142), runs (2nd, 96), games (3rd, 149), and TB (5th, 230)…the 149 games matched his most for Texas (also 2015)…made 140 total starts, team-high 65 GS as DH and 75 starts in RF…made 22 of his 1st 26 starts as DH, but 71 of final 114 starts in RF…starts in 5 different slots in batting order (1/2/7/8/9).BATTING // Had a .250 average at the break, but hit .273/.349/.438/.787 (70-256) in the second 'half' to finish at .261…after 8/1, his batting average hovered between .250 and .265 for the rest of the year…only month with an average above .275 was August (.314), but had an OPS above .800 in 3 months: April (.829), June (.814), and August (.817)…his 49 BB at the break ranked 5th in A.L., but he had just 28 BB after the break to finish with 77 BB…reached safely 4+ times in a teamhigh 9 games, T8th-most in A.L.

of pitches taken (57.9%) was lowest in a season since 2012 (57.2%)…career-high 18 GIDP's.In a season shortened by 4 separate disabled list stints, Choo batted .242 (43-178) with 7 HR and 17 RBI over 48 games in his 3rd year with Texas, his fewest games since an injury-ridden 2007 (6 games)…still had the most starts in the leadoff slot of any Ranger (40) and ranked 2nd on the club with 42 starts in RF…his 4.02 pitches per plate appearance ranked 3rd among Rangers with at least 200 plate appearances…had best PA/BB ratio (8.40) among any Ranger with 50+ PA's… reached safely via H/BB/HBP in 41 of the 48 games in which he appeared…had 42 starts in RF and 4 as DH…was 6-for-9 in steal attempts.After a total of five hits in April, Choo rebounded with strong efforts in both May and the second half, when he was among MLB leaders in batting average and on-base percentage…ranked among A.L. Shin-Soo Choo. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis.

leaders in on-base pct. The so-called “Choo Mi-ae Division” prosecutors occupied a large number of major posts in the Prosecutor General’s Office. Choo opened with a solo homer in a game against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on Wednesday (U.S. time). 176, passing Japan's Hideki Matsui (175) for most HR by Asia-born player in ML history…selected Rangers Player of Month for June (.347/.466/.621/1.087), his 2nd career selection (also Sept./Oct. Team: Texas Rangers (majors) Born: July 13, 1982 in Busan, South Korea kr High School: Pusan (South Korea) Debut: April 21, 2005 (Age 22-282d, 16,233rd in MLB history) vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB . 8/24, and hit one HR in his final 45 contests…hit his 4th career grand slam on 5/18 at CWS… his 3rd career walk-off HR on 5/26 vs. KC was also career HR no. Position: Rightfielder Bats: Left • Throws: Left 5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg) . Shin-Soo Choo went 1-for-4 with a home run, two RBI's, two runs, and a walk in Sunday's 9-5 win over the Giants. Many thanks to him. Shin-Soo Choo set a Rangers' on-base record and became the first Korean-born position player to make an All-Star team on a historic Sunday afternoon in Detroit.