Former All-Star to Retire From Professional Baseball After 2024 Season
Former All-Star Shin Soo-Choo has announced that he's going to retire after the 2024 baseball season, which he's playing in his home nation of South Korea.
Per Jeeho Yoo, KBO expert, on social media:
#KBO news: Shin-Soo Choo of the SSG Landers (ex-CLE, CIN, TEX) announced today he will retire after the 2024 season. He's been playing for the Landers since 2021. In 2023, Choo batted .254/.379/.398 with 12 HR, 41 RBI, 6 SB in his age-41 season.C
Choo played 16 years in the big leagues with the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds and Seattle Mariners. He debuted with Seattle in 2005 and is another frustrating example for Mariners fans of giving up on a guy too early.
He then went to Cleveland became a very productive player, hitting 20 homers and bringing in 86 runs in 2009 and going 22/90 in 2010. He spent one year (2013) with the Reds, hitting .285 and posting a .423 on-base percentage. Finally, he ended his major league career with the Rangers, making the All-Star Game in 2018 when he finished with 21 homers and 62 RBI.
For his major league career, he ends with a .275 average and a .377 on-base percentage. He hit 218 career home runs and drove in 782.
On the international front, in addition to playing in the KBO, he also represented South Korea at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He was named the MVP of the U-18 Baseball World Cup for South Korea, which helped jumpstart his professional career in the states.
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