Michael
Koo Jr
 
Nickname: Mini
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 192
 
Born: March 20, 1982 in Taiwan
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Bick Horizon Award 2001   
Zachary Matthews Award 2013    2019   
All-Star Selections 2004    2005    2007    2008    2009    2010    2012    2013   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 18 NC FF $ 300,000 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 3
2001 19 NC FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
2002 20 NC FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
2003 21 NC FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 5 5
2004 22 NC FF $ 300,000 9 9 9 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 6 5
2005 23 NC FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2006 24 NC FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 8 8
2007 25 NC FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
2008 26 NC FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 9 9 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 NC FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9
2010 28 NC FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
2011 29 NC FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 10
2012 30 NC FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
2013 31 NC FF $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
2014 32 NC FF $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
2015 33 NC FF $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
2016 34 NC FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
2017 35 NC FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
2018 36 NC FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2019 37 NC FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 18 NC FF 22 75 9 21 2 0 1 5 9 3 6 23 .280 .337 .347 .684 10.2 1.7
    AAA   70 309 42 92 12 3 4 28 23 7 21 86 .298 .342 .395 .737 42.2  
    AA   31 129 18 47 5 0 3 11 11 7 12 34 .364 .418 .473 .891 23.4  
    A   9 42 6 13 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 .310 .310 .333 .643 4.5  
2001 19 NC FF 158 618 93 174 20 4 8 39 72 19 34 181 .282 .335 .366 .701 80.6 11.9
2002 20 NC FF 161 618 81 211 21 5 10 58 79 52 45 85 .341 .391 .440 .831 98.7 20.0
2003 21 NC FF 155 607 103 175 18 5 11 52 107 26 69 97 .288 .369 .389 .757 101.2 19.7
2004 22 NC FF 133 509 101 162 30 7 16 56 71 28 69 77 .318 .405 .499 .904 99.9 23.9
2005 23 NC FF 154 590 97 207 39 5 17 77 95 45 77 69 .351 .429 .520 .950 128.1 36.3
2006 24 NC FF 156 597 102 181 31 3 16 59 87 44 74 53 .303 .387 .446 .832 104.8 22.2
2007 25 NC FF 158 616 121 198 39 8 19 73 80 37 72 40 .321 .399 .503 .902 120.0 30.5
2008 26 NC FF 157 614 126 204 31 12 18 87 85 49 74 35 .332 .410 .510 .920 120.0 29.8
2009 27 NC FF 154 572 110 192 37 5 17 61 92 42 80 29 .336 .420 .507 .927 122.0 31.9
2010 28 NC FF 154 533 95 166 32 6 17 62 75 29 65 22 .311 .390 .490 .879 100.8 27.9
2011 29 NC FF 154 592 92 169 37 3 20 73 62 17 70 16 .285 .363 .459 .822 106.1 28.6
2012 30 NC FF 148 562 115 196 36 6 20 81 50 20 70 17 .349 .422 .541 .963 122.8 39.8
2013 31 NC FF 156 580 101 168 27 2 15 70 40 19 74 25 .290 .375 .421 .796 92.1 23.3
2014 32 NC FF 160 589 99 155 18 5 20 61 40 15 71 23 .263 .355 .413 .768 89.8 18.5
2015 33 NC FF 151 563 97 163 18 2 16 81 33 17 68 24 .290 .372 .414 .786 85.8 26.9
2016 34 NC FF 158 583 104 161 30 2 11 47 38 25 77 18 .276 .369 .391 .761 87.7 25.2
2017 35 NC FF 157 568 90 152 26 6 9 46 64 33 83 26 .268 .374 .382 .756 87.5 25.5
2018 36 NC FF 155 648 79 165 20 4 4 52 55 28 45 85 .255 .305 .316 .622 64.5 12.2
2019 37 NC FF 156 479 36 84 7 3 0 21 23 17 20 90 .175 .218 .203 .421 12.8 0.0
20 Years Sim 2957 11113 1851 3304 519 93 265 1161 1257 565 1243 1035 .297 .374 .432 .807 1835.3 455.9
1 Years AAA 70 309 42 92 12 3 4 28 23 7 21 86 .298 .345 .395 .740 42.2  
1 Years AA 31 129 18 47 5 0 3 11 11 7 12 34 .364 .434 .473 .907 23.4  
1 Years A 9 42 6 13 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 .310 .310 .333 .643 4.5  
3 Years Minors 110 480 66 152 18 3 7 42 37 14 33 125 .317 .367 .410 .778 70.1  
162 Game Average 608 101 181 28 5 14 63 68 30 68 56 .297 .374 .432 .807 100.5  
Career Highs 161 648 126 211 39 12 20 87 107 52 83 181 .351 .429 .541 .963 128.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   8297 1361 2408 387 66 190 828 924 411 914 756 .290 .367 .421 .789 1283.6
vs LH   2816 490 896 132 27 75 333 333 154 329 279 .318 .395 .464 .860 500.3
Home 1465 5391 875 1578 227 40 127 533 585 268 581 497 .293 .369 .420 .789 831.0
Away 1492 5722 976 1726 292 53 138 628 672 297 662 538 .302 .380 .444 .823 953.0
RISP   1903 0 614 106 16 50 840 0 0 249 182 .323 .398 .474 .872 346.9
Pinch Hitting   112 19 26 1 0 4 9 15 4 18 12 .232 .358 .348 .706 16.3
Close/Late   1414 224 429 63 8 42 193 0 3 167 124 .303 .382 .448 .830 233.4
Mar/Apr 439 1672 287 483 73 15 36 163 203 62 186 156 .289 .370 .415 .785 265.3
May 505 1892 316 553 82 15 47 195 233 80 216 178 .292 .371 .426 .797 308.1
June 487 1812 294 539 88 18 41 179 215 92 184 159 .297 .369 .434 .803 286.7
July 449 1760 301 546 99 10 48 212 192 118 203 161 .310 .387 .460 .847 294.6
August 504 1914 336 588 83 12 51 204 206 99 215 186 .307 .383 .443 .826 317.9
Sep/Oct 573 2063 317 595 94 23 42 208 208 114 239 195 .288 .367 .417 .784 311.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2000 18 NC FF SS 22 22 164.7 24 52 0 10 1.000 4.15   1.3
2001 19 NC FF SS 158 158 1322.0 183 502 15 82 .979 4.66   12.0
2002 20 NC FF SS 157 146 1345.0 202 464 19 84 .972 4.46   11.7
2003 21 NC FF SS 155 148 1356.0 188 448 16 77 .975 4.22   9.7
2004 22 NC FF SS 132 125 1142.7 166 406 9 79 .985 4.51   11.4
2005 23 NC FF SS 151 147 1319.0 159 436 15 66 .975 4.06   11.0
    3B 2 2 19.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.32   0.1
2006 24 NC FF SS 154 148 1332.3 183 473 16 84 .976 4.43   10.8
2007 25 NC FF SS 153 148 1362.0 174 490 14 94 .979 4.39   8.7
2008 26 NC FF SS 155 147 1331.3 225 433 17 91 .975 4.45   6.2
2009 27 NC FF SS 153 142 1295.3 159 447 16 86 .974 4.21   8.4
2010 28 NC FF SS 144 127 1173.7 166 380 12 66 .978 4.19   4.3
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2011 29 NC FF SS 150 147 1330.3 180 452 14 81 .978 4.28   6.4
2012 30 NC FF SS 146 144 1292.0 196 448 13 94 .980 4.49   6.6
2013 31 NC FF SS 153 145 1307.7 202 547 7 98 .991 5.16   9.6
2014 32 NC FF SS 157 148 1354.0 190 507 12 88 .983 4.63   8.3
2015 33 NC FF SS 149 144 1280.3 182 493 16 87 .977 4.74   9.3
2016 34 NC FF SS 153 146 1328.0 199 543 10 95 .987 5.03   8.7
2017 35 NC FF SS 156 147 1334.3 206 551 10 93 .987 5.11   9.2
2018 36 NC FF SS 154 152 1357.3 211 509 9 85 .988 4.77   5.7
2019 37 NC FF SS 154 154 1257.3 228 517 11 128 .985 5.33   5.9
  SS 2906 2785 24985.3 3623 9098 251 1668 .981 4.58   165.2
  3B 3 2 22.0 2 5 1 1 .875 2.86   0.1
Career Totals   2909 2787 25007.3 3625 9103 252 1669 .981 4.58   165.3
Career Highs   158 158 1362.0 228 551 19 128 1.000 5.33    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2001 19 NC FF 16 71 13 29 2 1 1 10 8 0 3 15 .408 .447 .507 .954
2004 22 NC FF 16 64 12 16 1 0 3 7 8 4 8 8 .250 .342 .406 .749
2007 25 NC FF 13 53 11 16 3 1 3 7 4 5 7 6 .302 .383 .566 .949
2009 27 NC FF 3 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
2015 33 NC FF 6 25 3 7 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 .280 .308 .520 .828
Career Post-Season Batting 54 225 39 71 8 4 7 25 22 10 19 31 .316 .377 .480 .857
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2002-1-.341
2004-6-.318
2005-3-.351
2007-10-.321
2008-3-.332
2009-3-.336
2010-4-.311
2012-1-.349
On-Base Pct
2002-3-.391
2003-8-.369
2004-1-.405
2005-2-.429
2007-8-.399
2008-4-.410
2009-1-.420
2010-5-.390
2011-9-.363
2012-1-.422
2013-6-.375
2015-10-.372
2017-10-.374
CAR-43-.374
Slugging Pct
2004-8-.499
2005-8-.520
2008-9-.510
2009-6-.507
2010-9-.490
2012-6-.541
OPS
2004-2-.904
2005-3-.950
2008-5-.920
2009-1-.927
2010-8-.879
2012-3-.963
XR
2002-8-98.7
2003-4-101.2
2004-8-99.9
2005-2-128.1
2006-9-104.8
2007-4-120.0
2008-1-120.0
2009-1-122.0
2010-9-100.8
2011-6-106.1
2012-2-122.8
2013-10-92.1
2016-10-87.7
2017-10-87.5
CAR-6-1835.3
Games
2002-1-161
2007-5-158
2008-8-157
2013-10-156
2014-1-160
2016-8-158
2017-10-157
CAR-3-2957
At-Bats
2002-4-618
2003-1-607
2005-7-590
2006-10-597
2007-4-616
2008-2-614
2011-9-592
2018-1-648
CAR-3-11113
Runs
2003-2-103
2004-5-101
2005-6-97
2007-4-121
2008-1-126
2009-2-110
2010-7-95
2011-8-92
2012-2-115
2013-6-101
2014-6-99
2015-7-97
2016-2-104
2017-3-90
CAR-2-1851
Hits
2002-1-211
2003-6-175
2005-3-207
2007-3-198
2008-2-204
2009-2-192
2010-10-166
2011-8-169
2012-3-196
2013-9-168
CAR-5-3304
Total Bases
2005-7-307
2007-4-310
2008-2-313
2009-4-290
2012-3-304
CAR-8-4804
Singles
2001-6-142
2002-1-175
2003-2-141
2005-5-146
2007-8-132
2008-5-143
2009-6-133
2012-4-134
2015-6-127
2016-10-118
CAR-8-2427
Doubles
2005-6-39
2009-4-37
2011-4-37
2012-4-36
2016-8-30
CAR-9-519
Triples
2007-8-8
2008-2-12
2009-7-5
2010-5-6
2012-6-6
2014-8-5
2017-2-6
2018-10-4
CAR-10-93
RBIs
CAR-32-1161
Stolen Bases
2001-1-72
2002-1-79
2003-1-107
2004-3-71
2005-1-95
2006-2-87
2007-2-80
2008-1-85
2009-1-92
2010-2-75
2011-4-62
2012-5-50
2013-8-40
2014-7-40
2016-8-38
2017-1-64
2018-1-55
CAR-1-1257
Caught Stealing
2001-3-19
2002-1-52
2003-1-26
2004-3-28
2005-1-45
2006-1-44
2007-1-37
2008-1-49
2009-1-42
2010-1-29
2011-3-17
2012-5-20
2013-5-19
2015-3-17
2016-1-25
2017-1-33
2018-1-28
2019-5-17
CAR-1-565
Walks
2003-9-69
2004-7-69
2005-5-77
2006-4-74
2007-8-72
2008-9-74
2009-3-80
2011-6-70
2012-10-70
2016-9-77
2017-5-83
CAR-8-1243
Strikeouts
2001-1-181
 
   Black Ink Test: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 211    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 79    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Injured on 4/10/2000 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/10/2000, off Beau Fletcher (FLA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/14/2000, off Mario Kendrick (NY)
Won Rookie of the Year in 2001, hitting .282 with 8 HR, 39 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kentucky on 4/6/2002
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/2002, hitting .438 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 9/29/2002
Injured on 6/4/2004 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/27/2004
Won World Championship with North Carolina in 2004
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Mississippi on 8/7/2005
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Virginia on 4/10/2007
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Injured on 10/16/2007 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Named North Carolina Clippers team MVP for the 2008 season
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/17/2009, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 2 RBI
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Named North Carolina Clippers team MVP for the 2010 season
Had 2000th career hit on 7/31/2011, off Kyle Nunn (Con)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Tennessee on 9/15/2011
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Injured on 7/16/2012 with a Sore Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/2/2012, hitting .524 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Maryland on 9/12/2012
Named North Carolina Clippers team MVP for the 2012 season
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/2013, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Florida on 8/21/2013
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2013, hitting .517 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Mays Award at Shortstop in 2013
Named to the FFL 15th Anniversary Team
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against D.C. on 7/31/2015
Injured on 9/22/2015 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Had 3000th career hit on 7/25/2017, off Galon Thrace (MS)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Mississippi on 8/27/2019
Won Mays Award at Shortstop in 2019