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Shin-Soo Choo played 16 major-league seasons (2005-2020) as a OF (1,307). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 23 | SEA | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .056 | .246 | -29 |
| 2006 | 24 | SEA|CLE | 49 | 157 | 23 | 44 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 50 | .280 | .812 | 109 |
| 2007 | 25 | CLE | 6 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .294 | .644 | 73 |
| 2008 | 26 | CLE | 94 | 317 | 68 | 98 | 14 | 66 | 4 | 44 | 78 | .309 | .946 | 149 |
| 2009 | 27 | CLE | 156 | 583 | 87 | 175 | 20 | 86 | 21 | 78 | 151 | .300 | .883 | 132 |
| 2010 | 28 | CLE | 144 | 550 | 81 | 165 | 22 | 90 | 22 | 83 | 118 | .300 | .885 | 141 |
| 2011 | 29 | CLE | 85 | 313 | 37 | 81 | 8 | 36 | 12 | 36 | 78 | .259 | .733 | 102 |
| 2012 | 30 | CLE | 155 | 598 | 88 | 169 | 16 | 67 | 21 | 73 | 150 | .283 | .815 | 124 |
| 2013 | 31 | CIN | 154 | 569 | 107 | 162 | 21 | 54 | 20 | 112 | 133 | .285 | .885 | 153 |
| 2014 | 32 | TEX | 123 | 455 | 58 | 110 | 13 | 40 | 3 | 58 | 131 | .242 | .714 | 104 |
| 2015 | 33 | TEX | 149 | 555 | 94 | 153 | 22 | 82 | 4 | 76 | 147 | .276 | .838 | 130 |
| 2016 | 34 | TEX | 48 | 178 | 27 | 43 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 25 | 46 | .242 | .756 | 106 |
| 2017 | 35 | TEX | 149 | 544 | 96 | 142 | 22 | 78 | 12 | 77 | 134 | .261 | .780 | 109 |
| 2018 | 36 | TEX | 146 | 560 | 83 | 148 | 21 | 62 | 6 | 92 | 156 | .264 | .810 | 123 |
| 2019 | 37 | TEX | 151 | 563 | 93 | 149 | 24 | 61 | 15 | 78 | 165 | .265 | .826 | 119 |
| 2020 | 38 | TEX | 33 | 110 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 33 | .236 | .723 | 98 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | OF | 5 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | OF | 43 | 42 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2007 | OF | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | OF | 75 | 70 | 128 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | OF | 143 | 142 | 317 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| 2010 | OF | 142 | 142 | 267 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | OF | 85 | 84 | 172 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | OF | 154 | 151 | 293 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | OF | 153 | 153 | 353 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | OF | 75 | 75 | 129 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | OF | 148 | 144 | 315 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 | OF | 43 | 42 | 85 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | OF | 77 | 75 | 151 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | OF | 59 | 59 | 105 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | OF | 81 | 80 | 153 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | OF | 19 | 17 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2013, 2010.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 9 / 392 | 0 |
| 2013 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 23 / 420 | 0 |
Shin-Soo Choo ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #148 | center fielders | 2013 | 153 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.