[Photo] Choo Shin-soo becomes first Asian player to hit 200 home runs in MLB

Posted on : 2019-06-06 16:12 KST Modified on : 2019-06-06 16:12 KST

South Korean baseball player Choo Shin-soo, who currently plays for the Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball (MLB), became the first Asian-born player to hit 200 home runs in the MLB on June 5. In a match between the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, Choo hit a home run in his first plate appearance of the match. It was the 200th home run of his 15-year career and his 11th of this season,

eclipsing Japan's Hideki Matsui (175) and Ichiro Suzuki (117 homers).

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