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Full Name:
 

Shin-Soo Choo​

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Nicknames:

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None​

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Born:  
   

July 13, 1982

Busan, South Korea

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Family:  

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Spouse: Won-mi Ha
Uncle: Park Jeong-Tae 

Dog: Ricky (Doberman) 

 

His uncle was the former second baseman for the Lotte Giants.

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Friends:  

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Lee Dae-Ho: First baseman for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Attended the same elementary school together.

 

2010 - Choo hired baseball agent Scott Boras (Previous agent: Alan Nero)
 

School:  

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Busan High School (Also listed as Pusan)
He was a pitcher in high school.

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Baseball Related:

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2005 - April 21 - Major League debut with the Seattle Mariners. 

 

2006 - Traded from the Seattle Mariners (with Shawn Nottingham) to Cleveland for Ben Broussard.

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2012 - Traded from Cleveland to the Cincinnati Reds. It was a three team trade (Arizona Diamondbacks) involving nine players. The trade brought Trevor Bauer, Matt Albers, Bryan Shaw, and Drew Stubbs to Cleveland.

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2013 - Signed a 7-year contract with the Texas Rangers ($130 million). The New York Yankees also offered him a 7-year deal worth $140 million; however Choo and his agent Scott Boras rejected the offer.

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Extra:

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May 4, 2011 - Choo was arrested and charged with drunk driving in Sheffield Lake, Ohio

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Former pitcher Jonathan Sánchez hit Choo on numerous occasions (once resulting in him breaking his thumb and another in a bench clearing incident).
 

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