Shin-Soo Choo
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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Choo.
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| Cleveland Indians — No. 17 | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: July 13, 1982 Busan, South Korea |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| April 21, 2005 for the Seattle Mariners | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2007) |
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| Batting average | .260 |
| Home runs | 3 |
| Runs batted in | 28 |
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Shin-Soo Choo (Hangul: 추신수; Hanja: 秋信守; born July 13, 1982 in Busan, South Korea) is a professional baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball. He spent the first few weeks of the 2007 regular season with the Buffalo Bisons, an AAA team in the International League affiliated with the Indians, before being called up on April 23, 2007 to take the place of the injured third baseman Andy Marté.[1] He was optioned back to Buffalo on May 3.[2]
Choo made his Major League Baseball debut with the Seattle Mariners on April 21, 2005, but spent most of the 2005 season and the first half of the 2006 season in the Minor Leagues with the Mariners' AAA affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers. 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 3HR and 22 RBI. Choo has many nicknames among fans including "The Train" , "Coo Coo Ca Choo" and "Big League Choo".
Choo was selected as the Most Valuable Player and best pitcher of the 2000 World Junior Baseball Championship held in Edmonton, Canada as South Korea won the event. Choo signed a $1.35M contract with the Mariners after the championship and converted to the outfield. At Busan High School, Choo batted fourth and could throw in the mid-90s as a pitcher.
[edit] 2007
In 2007, Choo played for Buffalo Bisons in Triple-A International League and finished the season batting .260 with 3 HR and 26 RBI. However, Choo missed several months of the 2007 season due to injury, and in September 2007 underwent Tommy John surgery on his left elbow.
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