SHIN-SOO CHOO

'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, a 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 Marte.[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 a player to be named later) 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 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.

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2007

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2007

In 2007, Choo played for Buffalo Bisons in Triple-A International League and finished the season with .260 with 3 HR and 26 RBI. However, Choo missed several months of 2007 season due to injury.

External links

★ Player Page at MLB.com

★ Minor League Statistics at The Baseball Cube

★ Minor League Splits and Situational Stats

★ Frank's Field of Dreams - Shin-Soo Choo