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Hee Seop Choi
Hee-Seop Choi

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 235 lb.

Debut September 3, 2002
  vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born March 16, 1979 in Chun-Nam, South Korea

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 23 CHC NL  24   50    6    9   1  0   2    4   0  0   7  15  .180  .281  .320   60   16   0   0   0   0   2
 2003 24 CHC NL  80  202   31   44  17  0   8   28   1  1  37  71  .218  .350  .421  100   85   2   0   1   4   2
 2004 25 TOT NL 126  343   53   86  21  1  15   46   1  0  63  96  .251  .370  .449  116  154   2   4   6   4   6
         FLA NL  95  281   48   76  16  1  15   40   1  0  52  78  .270  .388  .495  132  139   2   2   4   3   4
         LAD NL  31   62    5   10   5  0   0    6   0  0  11  18  .161  .289  .242   43   15   0   2   2   1   2
 2005 26 LAD NL 133  320   40   81  15  2  15   42   1  3  34  80  .253  .336  .453  107  145   2   4   1   8  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      363  915  130  220  54  3  40  120   3  4 141 262  .240  .349  .437  106  400   6   8   8  16  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        408   58   98  24  1  18   54   1  2  63 117  .240  .349  .437  106  179   3   4   4   7   9
 Career High    133  343   53   86  21  2  15   46   1  3  63  96  .253  .370  .453  116  154   2   4   6   8  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 23 CHC NL   57   43    4   2.5   105| .180  .264| .281  .337| .320  .419| .601  .756|  60  .231  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 2003 24 CHC NL  245  163   32   5.3   110| .218  .270| .350  .342| .421  .433| .771  .775| 100  .530   0.9   0.1  50%
 2004 25 TOT NL  416  269   63   6.3   107| .251  .264| .370  .334| .449  .427| .819  .762| 116  .600  10.7   1.0 100%
         FLA NL  340  213   58   7.3   107| .270  .264| .388  .334| .495  .427| .883  .762| 132  .664  15.3   1.4 100%
         LAD NL   76   56    5   2.4   107| .161  .264| .289  .334| .242  .427| .531  .762|  43  .204  -4.5  -0.4   0%
 2005 26 LAD NL  368  258   48   5.0   106| .253  .266| .336  .336| .453  .424| .789  .760| 107  .513   3.2   0.3  25%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1086  733  147   5.4   107| .240  .266| .349  .337| .437  .427| .786  .764| 106  .539  11.7   1.1  42%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2002 23 CHC NL 1B 22 106 8 2 16 .983 .992 5.18 7.97 8.16 9.39 12 125.7 2003 24 CHC NL 1B 69 523 40 5 46 .991 .993 8.16 7.98 10.04 9.60 55 504.7 2004 25 TOT NL 1B 112 882 51 9 78 .990 .993 8.33 8.23 9.68 9.51 98 867.7 FLA NL 1B 89 721 41 8 59 .990 .993 8.56 8.23 9.62 9.51 79 712.7 LAD NL 1B 23 161 10 1 19 .994 .993 7.43 8.23 9.93 9.51 19 155.0 2005 26 LAD NL 1B 83 698 62 2 59 .997 .993 9.16 8.29 10.29 9.64 78 664.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 23 CHC NL 1B 22 106 8 2 16 .983 .992 5.18 7.97 8.16 9.39 12 125.7 2003 24 CHC NL 1B 69 523 40 5 46 .991 .993 8.16 7.98 10.04 9.60 55 504.7 2004 25 TOT NL 1B 112 882 51 9 78 .990 .993 8.33 8.23 9.68 9.51 98 867.7 FLA NL 1B 89 721 41 8 59 .990 .993 8.56 8.23 9.62 9.51 79 712.7 LAD NL 1B 23 161 10 1 19 .994 .993 7.43 8.23 9.93 9.51 19 155.0 2005 26 LAD NL 1B 83 698 62 2 59 .997 .993 9.16 8.29 10.29 9.64 78 664.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 286 2209 161 18 199 .992 .993 8.29 8.17 9.86 9.56 243 2162.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 286 2209 161 18 199 .992 .993 8.29 8.17 9.86 9.56 243 2163
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  LAD STL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


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Transactions 

March 4, 1999: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

November 25, 2003: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Mike Nannini (minors) to the Florida Marlins for Derrek Lee.

July 30, 2004: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Bill Murphy and Brad Penny to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Paul Lo Duca, Guillermo Mota, and Juan Encarnacion.

March 24, 2006: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 3, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Chicago Cubs$305,000
2004Florida Marlins$310,000
2005Los Angeles Dodgers$351,500
2006Boston Red Sox$725,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,691,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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