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Hee Seop
Choi		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 260
 
Born: March 16, 1979 in South Korea, , CHUN-NA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2012   
Gold Glove Award 2015   
All-Star Selections 2009   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 DET AL $ 305,000   5 5 5 5 7 6 3 7 6 5 9 8 3 3 3
2005 26 SFN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 8 7 2 6 5 5 9 8 3 3 3
2006 27 DET AL $ 1,120,000   6 6 6 6 8 8 2 6 5 5 9 8 3 3 3
2007 28 DET AL $ 3,207,143   6 6 6 7 8 8 2 6 5 5 9 8 4 4 4
2008 29 DET AL $ 3,207,143   7 7 6 7 9 8 2 6 5 5 9 8 4 4 4
2009 30 DET AL $ 7,750,000   7 7 6 7 9 8 2 6 5 5 9 8 5 5 5
2010 31 DET AL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 2 6 5 5 9 8 5 5 5
2011 32 DET AL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 6 8 8 2 6 5 5 9 8 5 5 5
2012 33 DET AL $ 7,750,000   6 6 6 6 8 8 2 6 5 5 9 8 5 5 5
2013 34 STL NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 6 8 7 1 5 4 5 9 8 5 5 5
2014 35 STL NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 1 5 4 5 9 8 5 5 5
2015 36 NYA AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 5 5 7 6 1 5 4 5 9 8 4 4 4
2016 37 SEA AL     6 6 5 5 7 6 1 5 4 5 9 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 7 6 1 5 4 5 9 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,750,000   7 7 6 7 9 8 3 7 6 5 9 8 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 25 DET AL 55 192 25 49 10 0 8 33 0 0 23 52 .255 .339 .432 .772 28.1 4.6
    AAA   96 341 72 100 23 0 33 90 0 1 78 93 .293 .425 .651 1.076 89.1  
2005 26 SFN NL 141 264 39 71 14 0 13 41 0 0 32 72 .269 .350 .470 .820 42.4 7.3
2006 27 SFN NL 77 160 34 45 6 0 11 34 1 0 36 47 .281 .418 .525 .943 36.5 7.0
  DET AL 62 202 28 55 8 1 9 30 2 0 34 62 .272 .382 .455 .837 36.7 7.8
  TOT   139 362 62 100 14 1 20 64 3 0 70 109 .276 .398 .486 .884 73.2 14.8
2007 28 DET AL 157 574 63 122 19 0 21 82 2 0 79 190 .213 .319 .355 .674 69.8 7.3
2008 29 DET AL 143 449 82 112 21 1 32 89 0 0 84 133 .249 .376 .514 .890 86.1 15.7
2009 30 DET AL 142 433 93 138 23 1 24 94 0 1 86 120 .319 .438 .543 .980 97.0 18.4
2010 31 DET AL 146 477 75 128 24 1 22 82 1 0 77 144 .268 .370 .461 .832 81.9 13.6
2011 32 DET AL 137 417 58 102 20 1 18 71 0 0 47 128 .245 .323 .427 .750 58.0 8.9
2012 33 DET AL 132 384 75 104 25 0 16 56 0 1 48 111 .271 .355 .461 .815 61.4 10.5
2013 34 STL NL 153 520 75 131 20 1 23 91 1 0 67 151 .252 .344 .427 .771 78.0 12.5
2014 35 STL NL 148 509 67 124 16 3 18 62 2 1 61 154 .244 .328 .393 .720 68.3 9.4
2015 36 NYA AL 143 490 71 118 13 0 22 77 0 1 61 146 .241 .331 .402 .733 67.4 8.8
2016 37 AAA   66 82 15 23 1 0 6 19 0 0 15 27 .280 .392 .512 .904 16.8  
12 Years Sim 1636 5071 785 1299 219 9 237 842 9 4 735 1510 .256 .355 .443 .798 811.6 131.7
2 Years AAA 162 423 87 123 24 0 39 109 0 1 93 120 .291 .419 .624 1.043 105.9  
162 Game Average 502 77 128 21 0 23 83 0 0 72 149 .256 .355 .443 .798 80.4  
Career Highs 157 574 93 138 25 3 32 94 3 1 86 190 .319 .438 .543 .980 97.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4242 687 1123 212 7 210 722 7 3 668 1270 .265 .370 .467 .836 737.3
vs LH   829 98 176 7 2 27 120 2 1 67 240 .212 .278 .323 .601 76.1
Home 811 2455 373 654 96 6 112 424 4 2 336 710 .266 .360 .447 .807 398.1
Away 825 2616 412 645 123 3 125 418 5 2 399 800 .247 .351 .439 .791 415.4
RISP   1337 0 366 60 2 77 606 0 0 235 378 .274 .381 .494 .875 256.3
Pinch Hitting   212 37 68 11 1 15 56 0 0 32 50 .321 .405 .594 .999 48.1
Close/Late   588 70 155 28 1 30 93 0 0 104 180 .264 .377 .468 .845 106.2
Mar/Apr 247 738 115 169 29 0 32 116 2 1 118 218 .229 .340 .398 .738 106.5
May 274 819 133 207 33 2 37 144 0 1 130 247 .253 .361 .433 .794 131.7
June 266 774 132 223 31 1 44 163 1 0 128 241 .288 .393 .501 .894 151.0
July 254 809 123 215 35 1 37 136 2 0 109 255 .266 .358 .449 .807 130.9
August 295 969 145 242 52 5 37 141 3 2 133 278 .250 .348 .428 .776 145.2
Sep/Oct 300 962 137 243 39 0 50 142 1 0 117 271 .253 .337 .449 .786 148.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 25 DET AL 1B 18 17 160.0 227 15 0 17 1.000 13.61   0.2
2005 26 SFN NL 1B 51 50 409.0 489 42 4 37 .993 11.68   0.8
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2006 27 SFN NL 1B 57 49 363.4 417 34 2 42 .996 11.17   1.0
    RF 1 1 4.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 1 3.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL 1B 46 40 437.6 502 40 2 50 .996 11.15   0.4
    RF 0 0 4.9 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 103 89 801.0 919 74 4 92 .996 11.16   1.4
      RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 1 0 .000 .00   0.0
      3B 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2007 28 DET AL 1B 156 155 1361.3 1487 122 12 141 .993 10.64   3.1
2008 29 DET AL 1B 136 125 1126.7 1231 102 21 129 .984 10.65   3.0
2009 30 DET AL 1B 133 113 1028.7 1036 102 8 105 .993 9.96   2.7
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
2010 31 DET AL 1B 137 127 1131.0 1154 69 6 133 .995 9.73   1.9
2011 32 DET AL 1B 122 114 1003.0 946 74 6 72 .994 9.15   2.0
2012 33 DET AL 1B 123 115 983.7 904 75 9 66 .991 8.96   2.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2013 34 STL NL 1B 151 145 1293.0 1256 93 9 113 .993 9.39   2.6
2014 35 STL NL 1B 146 144 1269.0 1251 74 7 103 .995 9.40   2.8
2015 36 NYA AL 1B 138 133 1180.7 1183 109 7 100 .995 9.85   2.7
  1B 1414 1327 11747.0 12083 951 93 1108 .993 9.99   25.4
  3B 4 2 20.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.45   0.0
  RF 3 1 15.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.60   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1422 1330 11784.0 12084 952 94 1108 .993 9.96   25.4
Career Highs   156 155 1361.3 1487 122 21 141 1.000 13.61    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2009 30 DET AL 7 22 2 10 0 0 2 9 0 1 1 6 .455 .520 .727 1.247
2011 32 DET AL 6 19 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 5 .158 .304 .368 .673
2012 33 DET AL 8 27 1 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 4 .259 .310 .407 .718
Career Post-Season Batting 21 68 6 20 2 0 4 15 0 1 7 15 .294 .377 .500 .877
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
2009-1-.438
 Slugging Pct
2009-9-.543
 OPS
2008-10-.890
2009-4-.980
 Games
2007-10-157
 Homeruns
2008-8-32
 Walks
2008-8-84
2009-5-86
Strikeouts
2007-1-190
2014-10-154
CAR-41-1510
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  1. Thomas Primus (945)
  2. Justin Morneau (944)
  3. Carlos Pena (931)
  4. Carl Coil (903)
  5. Jason Stokes (901)
  6. Andruw Jones (896)
  7. Brandon Nickel (891)
  8. Carlos Lee (891)
  9. J.J. Davis (888)
  10. Brian Barden (887)
History
Traded from Florida to New York (A) on 4/5/2004 (Going to FLO: 1B Jason Giambi, P Javier Vazquez. Going to NYA: P A.J. Burnett, 1B Hee Seop Choi, P Jeff Allison)
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 4/5/2004 (Going to NYA: C Mike Difelice, RF Bobby Higginson. Going to DET: RF Gary Sheffield, P Jose Garcia, P Jeff Allison, 1B Hee Seop Choi)
Had first career hit on 7/24/2004, off Bobby Seay (TB)
Hit first career homerun on 8/4/2004, off Mark Mulder (OAK)
Traded from Detroit to San Francisco on 2/13/2005 (Going to SFN: P Nate Cornejo, P Mike Maroth, 1B Hee Seop Choi. Going to DET: P Mark Phillips, LF Todd Linden, 1B Travis Ishikawa)
Traded from San Francisco to Detroit on 7/19/2006 (Going to SFN: 3B Joe Crede, CF Milton Bradley, 1B Michael Kelley, P Leslie Nacar, P Neil Clothier. Going to DET: 1B Hee Seop Choi, P Vicente Padilla, P Logan Kensing)
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 9 runs against Tampa Bay on 5/13/2008
10/9/2008: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $7,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 6/5/2009
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/2009, hitting .632 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2009, hitting .427 with 8 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 10/8/2009
Won World Championship with Detroit in 2012
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/14/2013 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/14/2015 to a 1-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 2015
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 5/14/2016 to a minor league deal
 
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