Shin-Soo Choo has played in Major League Baseball for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, and Texas Rangers.
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29 Facts About Shin-Soo Choo
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In 2018, Shin-Soo Choo earned a selection to his first career Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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Shin-Soo 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' Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers.
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Shin-Soo Choo was traded to the Cleveland Indians along with minor leaguer Shawn Nottingham on July 26,2006, for first baseman Ben Broussard.
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Shin-Soo Choo spent the first few weeks of the 2007 regular season with the Buffalo Bisons, a Triple-A 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.
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Shin-Soo 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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Shin-Soo Choo's hit and RBI totals were a new record by a South Korean-born player in the MLB.
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Shin-Soo Choo is the first Asian to accomplish this feat in the Major Leagues.
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Shin-Soo Choo became eligible for arbitration after the 2010 season, and agreed to a $3.
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Shin-Soo Choo hit three home runs in a road game against the Kansas City Royals on September 17,2010.
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Shin-Soo Choo finished the game a three-run homer away from the elusive "home run cycle".
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On December 11,2012, Shin-Soo Choo was traded to the Cincinnati Reds along with Jason Donald in a three team, nine player deal involving the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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On February 11,2013, Shin-Soo Choo avoided arbitration with his new team, the Reds, by agreeing to a one-year, $7.
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On May 8,2013, Shin-Soo Choo hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning in a game with the Atlanta Braves.
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On September 9,2013, Shin-Soo Choo set the Reds' team record for hit by pitches in a season.
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On October 2,2013 Shin-Soo Choo homered in the top of the 8th inning in the wild-card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Shin-Soo Choo is the first South Korean batter to hit a home run in Major League Baseball postseason.
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On December 21,2013, it was reported that Shin-Soo Choo had agreed to a seven-year, $130 million contract with the Texas Rangers, pending a physical examination.
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On July 21,2015, Shin-Soo Choo hit for the cycle against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.
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Shin-Soo Choo vastly improved in 2015 compared to his injury-riddled 2014.
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Since Shin-Soo Choo was inside the batter's box, he was ruled to have not interfered on the play, thereby allowing the run to stand.
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On May 26,2018, Shin-Soo Choo hit a walk-off home run against Kevin McCarthy of the Kansas City Royals.
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Shin-Soo Choo was named the 2018 Texas Rangers Player of the Year by the DFW BBWAA chapter.
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Shin-Soo Choo was on the 2009 World Baseball Classic South Korean roster.
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Shin-Soo Choo is the nephew of Park Jeong-Tae, a former second baseman for the Lotte Giants.
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Shin-Soo Choo has been a close friend of Lee Dae-Ho, former infielder with the Seattle Mariners organization, since attending the same elementary school together.
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