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Miami Marlins History: All-Time Top 10 OPS

By Kevin Kraczkowski

Ivan Rodriguez #7 of the Florida Marlins smiles after the Marlins won Game 2 of the NLDS against the San Francisco Giants at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco, Calif., October 1, 2003 (Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images)
Ivan Rodriguez #7 of the Florida Marlins smiles after the Marlins won Game 2 of the NLDS against the San Francisco Giants at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco, Calif., October 1, 2003 (Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images) /
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Florida Marlins first baseman Hee Seop Choi grabs an infield grounder for a putout against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays June 26, 2004. The Rays won 6 to 4. (Photo by A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images) /

6) Hee-Seop Choi (.882)

Hee-Seop Choi was a 6’5″, 235 native of Hwasun, South Korea. Prior to the 1999 season he signed with the Chicago Cubs through free agency.

Choi eventually made his major league debut with the Cubs, and remained with the club for two seasons, slashing .210/.337/.401. After the 2003 season, the Cubs traded Choi with Mike Nannini to the Marlins for Derrek Lee.

Choi joined the Marlins and was immediately put in as their starting first baseman. In just 95 games for Florida, Choi slashed .270/.388/.495, smacked 15 home runs, and collected 40 RBI. On April 10th, Choi hit two solo home runs in Florida’s 5-3 defeat of the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Marlins traded Choi away at the deadline with Bill Murphy and Brad Penny to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Juan Encarnacion, Paul Lo Duca, and Guillermo Mota.

Choi played the rest of 2004 and all of 2005 with Los Angeles. After that, he spent eight seasons in the Korean Baseball Organization with the Kia Tigers.

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