How Shin-Soo Choo's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Shin-Soo Choo posted a career Range Factor of 2.08, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 2005, posting 3.2, near the league average of 2.93 that year. The lowest point came in 2008 at 1.76, well below the league average of 2.89 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.05 in 2017 to 1.81 in 2018 and 1.89 in 2019. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 15 seasons.

Shin-Soo Choo Lifetime Range Factor

Stats similar to Range Factor for Shin-Soo Choo
Shin-Soo Choo
Range Factor
Career2.075
Season Avg.2.075
162 Game Avg.2.075
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Shin-Soo Choo Range Factor Per Season

Shin-Soo Choo's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RF, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Shin-Soo Choo Range Factor per season line chart

Shin-Soo Choo Range Factor by Team

Shin-Soo Choo's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Shin-Soo Choo career Range Factor by team bar chart

Shin-Soo Choo Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Shin-Soo Choo's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Shin-Soo Choo Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Shin-Soo Choo Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Shin-Soo Choo's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Shin-Soo Choo Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Shin-Soo Choo Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Shin-Soo Choo's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Shin-Soo Choo Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table