Professional baseball SSG Landers Choo Shin-soo (42) expressed his honest thoughts on the “recommended future” at a retirement press conference.
Choo Shin-soo held a retirement press conference at the Gyeongwonjae Ambassador Hotel in Incheon on the 7th. “I’m Choo Shin-soo, a former baseball player who came back from a baseball player to an ordinary person,” said Choo, who started the press conference and said, “The fans couldn’t attend, but I thank the fans for supporting me while I was in the U.S. Even when I returned to Korea, I didn’t meet my expectations, but I got good memories and memories that I couldn’t change anything. It was a time to learn a lot.”
After going through Seattle (2001-2006), Cleveland (2006-2012), Cincinnati (2013) and Texas (2014-2020), Choo Shin-soo, who had 218 home runs, 782 RBIs, 961 runs, 157 runs, and OPS.824 in 1,652 games in the Major League, returned to Korea in 2021 by signing with SSG, and recorded a batting average of 263 runs, 205 RBIs, 266 runs, 51 runs and OPS.81 in 439 games in the KBO League.
Choo Shin-soo, who announced his retirement this year for the last time, did not play many games due to injuries, but finished the final season with a not bad performance, batting .281 (71 hits in 253) with five home runs, 37 RBIs, 40 runs, and 5 steals with an OPS of .776 in 78 games.
Choo Shin-soo has built the most successful career among Korean Major League players. For this reason, fans are mentioning the controversy over Choo Shin-yeop (Choo Shin-soo, Kang Jung-ho, Lee Dae-ho and Lee Seung-yeop), who are discussing who the best hitter in Korea is.
Kang Jung-ho, who is mentioned for the second time in the Korean pro baseball league, posted a batting average of 298 (902 games in 3070 at-bats), 139 homers, 545 RBIs, 470 runs and 51 steals in 902 games in the KBO League, and a batting average of 254 (233 hits in 917 at-bats) in 297 games in the Major League, and a batting average of 254 (646 home runs, 144 RBIs, 120 runs and eight steals in 297 games in the Major League. Lee Dae-ho, who has experienced both Korean, American and Japanese professional baseball, posted a batting average of 399 (2,199 hits in 7,118 at-bats) in 1971 games in the KBO League, 374 home runs, 1425 RBIs, 972 runs, 11 steals, OPS.900 in 570 games in the Japanese professional baseball league (622 hits in 2,122 at-bats), 98 homers, 348 RBIs, 242 runs, 242 runs, OPS.857, and a batting average of 253 runs (74 hits in 292 at-bats) in 104 games in the Major League, and 14 home runs, 49 RBIs, 33 runs and OPS.740.
Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop, who is closing the end of Choo Kang-yeop, posted a batting average of .302 (2,156 hits in 7,132 at-bats) in 1906 games in the KBO League, 467 homers, 1498 RBIs, 1355 runs, 57 steals OPS.961 and 257 (686 hits in 2,668 at-bats) in 797 games in the Japanese professional baseball league, and 159 homers, 439 RBIs, 394 runs and 18 steals OPS.818. 메이저사이트
“I feel truly overwhelmed whenever I hear that story. I think it’s just because the league I played in is different,” said Choo, who smiled and said, “Would you please exclude me (from the draft)? I think I would have done well if I had the opportunity to play in the U.S. as well as Dae-ho and Lee Seung-yeop.”
On Kang, Choo said, “In case of (Kang) Jung-ho, he is my favorite junior and takes care of me. He was a really good player in Korea, but I think his time in the U.S. was short. Considering that he is joking, I think it would be a little too much to have (Kang) in the second place. He is a good player, but his time in the U.S. was short.” “Playing in the U.S., I don’t think all of them are great players. Other Korean players just didn’t have a chance. Lee Seung-yeop is the best hitter in Korea, and I personally think Lee Seung-yeop or Dae-ho should be at the front.”
