Choo Shin-soo said, "Cumulative annual salary of 190 billion..."I got 30 million won last year"

Choo Shin-soo said, "Cumulative annual salary of 190 billion..."I got 30 million won last year"

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Former baseball player Choo Shin-soo (43) confessed his behind-the-scenes story of his salary.

On SBS TV's "My Ugly Baby," which aired on the 4th, MC Seo Jang-hoon explained Choo Shin-soo's history as a guest, saying, "The record set by Choo Shin-soo while playing baseball is enormous."메이저사이트

"Choo Shin-soo's cumulative annual salary is 190 billion won (119 million U.S. dollars)," Seo said. "He is the No. 1 Korean Major Leaguer in annual salary. He became the first Asian player to hit his 200th home run in the Major League. He is also the oldest hitter in the Korean league."

MC Shin Dong-yeop also told Choo Shin-soo's story, saying, "He has donated about 2.5 billion won so far because of the large scale."

Choo Shin-soo said, "When I came to Korea from the Major League, I set the annual salary at 2.7 billion won, and there was a cap on the entire team's annual salary."

"At that time, 2.7 billion won (2.7 million U.S. dollars) was a huge amount of money by himself, and the team failed to bring in players, which weakened the team in a way. So, I cut my annual salary by 1 billion won in the third year. Last year, I was paid 30 million won (30,000 dollars), only basic salary," Shin said. "He donated all of that. Amazing."

After graduating from Busan High School, Choo signed a contract with the Seattle Mariners in 2001 and went straight to the U.S. In 2005, he made his big league debut with the Seattle Mariners. Since then, he has played for the Cleveland Indians (currently the Cleveland Guardians), the Cincinnati Reds, and the Texas Rangers as MLB's top hitters.

Choo Shin-soo, who became a starting player in 2008 when he was playing for Cleveland, has been a league-class outfielder since 2009. During his 16 seasons in the big league, he played in 1,652 games with a batting average of 0.275 218 homers, 782 RBIs, 961 runs scored, 157 steals, and 961 runs scored with an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 0.824. He became the first Asian player to hit 30-20 homers (2009) and cycling (2015) and 20 homers and 20 steals (2010-2013), which are considered the standard of the Hotajun people, achieved three times (2009, 2010 and 2013). He became the first Korean player to be named an All-Star in 2018, posting the most RBIs for batters from Asia (782), and the most homeruns for batters from Korea (218).

After finishing the 2020 season, Choo signed a contract with SSG and opted to go to the KBO League. During the four seasons he played in the KBO League, he had a batting average of 0.263 with 54 homers, 235 RBIs and 51 steals, 266 runs scored, and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 0.812. He retired after finishing the 2024 season last year.