12/04/2018 |
Entered the Major League Baseball as a free agent from South Korea. |
12/26/2018 |
Signed a 5-year contract worth a total of $194,750,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. |
01/01/2019 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (16); Power: 18 (18); Eye: 14 (14). |
04/29/2019 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
05/01/2019 |
Wins the MLB NL Rookie of the Month Award. |
07/01/2019 |
Wins the MLB NL Rookie of the Month Award. |
07/14/2019 |
Was selected to the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. |
09/01/2019 |
Wins the MLB NL Rookie of the Month Award. |
11/14/2019 |
Wins the 2019 MLB NL Gold Glove Award at 3B. |
11/16/2019 |
Wins the 2019 MLB NL Platinum Stick Award at 3B. |
11/17/2019 |
Wins the 2019 MLB NL Rookie of the Year Award. |
11/19/2019 |
Finished 2nd in 2019 MLB NL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
01/01/2020 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (16); Power: 18 (18); Eye: 14 (15). |
06/15/2020 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
07/01/2020 |
Wins the MLB NL Batter of the Month Award. |
07/13/2020 |
Was selected to the 2020 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. |
08/24/2020 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
11/07/2020 |
Wins the 2020 MLB NL Gold Glove Award at 3B. |
11/08/2020 |
Wins the 2020 MLB NL Platinum Stick Award at 3B. |
11/08/2020 |
Finished 2nd in 2020 MLB NL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
01/01/2021 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (16); Power: 18 (18); Eye: 14 (15). |
07/11/2021 |
Was selected to the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. |
11/12/2021 |
Wins the 2021 MLB NL Gold Glove Award at 3B. |
11/14/2021 |
Wins the 2021 MLB NL Platinum Stick Award at 3B. |
01/01/2022 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (15); Power: 17 (18); Eye: 14 (15). |
07/17/2022 |
Was selected to the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. |
09/01/2022 |
Wins the MLB NL Batter of the Month Award. |
09/12/2022 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
11/05/2022 |
Has met the vesting criteria in his contract. |
11/05/2022 |
Finished 2nd in 2022 MLB NL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
11/05/2022 |
Finished 2nd in 2022 MLB NL voting. |
11/05/2022 |
Wins the 2022 MLB NL Platinum Stick Award at 3B. |
11/05/2022 |
Was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Houston Astros in exchange for C Hagen Danner, 2B Jordan Groshans, LF Sergio Arguelles, SS Ronny Mauricio, SP Mike Moore. |
01/01/2023 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (15); Power: 17 (18); Eye: 14 (15). |
11/05/2023 |
Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $39,000,000 with the Houston Astros organization. |
01/01/2024 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (15); Power: 16 (17); Eye: 14 (15). |
07/11/2024 |
Hits three home runs against the Cincinnati Reds, going 3-3 with 7 RBI and 4 runs scored! |
10/15/2024 |
Hits three home runs against the Cleveland Indians, going 4-4 with 8 RBI and 4 runs scored! |
11/25/2024 |
Rejected the Houston Astros qualifying offer. |
12/02/2024 |
Became a free agent. |
01/01/2025 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 16 (17); Eye: 14 (16). |
01/27/2025 |
Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $145,000,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. |
08/10/2025 |
Hits his 300th career Major League Baseball home run! |
09/08/2025 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
11/03/2025 |
Wins the 2025 MLB NL Gold Glove Award at 1B. |
01/01/2026 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 16 (17); Eye: 14 (16). |
07/19/2026 |
Was selected to the 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. |
01/01/2027 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (14); Power: 15 (16); Eye: 14 (16). |
04/07/2027 |
Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $108,270,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. |
07/14/2027 |
Collects his 1000th career Major League Baseball RBI! |
07/18/2027 |
Was selected to the 2027 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. |
07/23/2027 |
Injured (Bone spur (elbow)), out for 6-7 weeks. |
01/01/2028 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (14); Power: 15 (16); Eye: 14 (17). |
07/25/2028 |
Hits three home runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates, going 3-3 with 4 RBI and 4 runs scored! |
08/15/2028 |
Was claimed off waivers by Detroit while with St. Louis. |
08/31/2028 |
Hits his 400th career Major League Baseball home run! |
09/04/2028 |
Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award. |
12/01/2028 |
Was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Vegas Royal Flush, along with SP Cédric Perez, SP Sergio Contreras, RP Tommy DeLarge, in exchange for CF Adrian Hernandez, SS Sergio Lara. |
01/01/2029 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (13); Power: 15 (16); Eye: 14 (17). |
03/20/2029 |
Injured (Asthma), day-to-day for 3 days. |
04/08/2029 |
Scores his 1000th career Major League Baseball run! |
08/18/2029 |
Injured (Fractured cheekbone), out for 5 weeks. |
09/13/2029 |
Suffered setback in recovery from injury, requires surgery and will miss another 8 weeks. |
11/16/2029 |
Wins the 2029 MLB NL Gold Glove Award at 1B. |
01/01/2030 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (13); Power: 14 (16); Eye: 13 (17). |
07/16/2030 |
Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for 6 days. |
01/01/2031 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (13); Power: 11 (16); Eye: 11 (17). |
07/02/2031 |
Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for one week. |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year |
GS |
Rank |
2019 |
158 |
7 |
2023 |
157 |
4 |
2024 |
156 |
7 |
2025 |
160 |
3 |
|
|
Year |
H |
Rank |
2019 |
190 |
9 |
2020 |
194 |
4 |
2022 |
177 |
10 |
|
Year |
TB |
Rank |
2019 |
383 |
4 |
2020 |
383 |
1 |
2021 |
343 |
6 |
2022 |
366 |
2 |
2024 |
352 |
7 |
2026 |
322 |
9 |
|
Year |
2B |
Rank |
2020 |
39 |
8 |
2022 |
45 |
4 |
2023 |
44 |
4 |
2024 |
39 |
9 |
|
Year |
HR |
Rank |
2019 |
49 |
3 |
2020 |
50 |
2 |
2021 |
45 |
5 |
2022 |
46 |
3 |
2024 |
47 |
6 |
2025 |
36 |
10 |
2026 |
41 |
6 |
|
Year |
RBI |
Rank |
2019 |
147 |
1 |
2020 |
109 |
6 |
2021 |
120 |
3 |
2022 |
113 |
6 |
2023 |
146 |
2 |
2024 |
129 |
7 |
|
Year |
R |
Rank |
2019 |
121 |
6 |
2020 |
121 |
2 |
2023 |
122 |
7 |
2025 |
101 |
10 |
|
Year |
BB |
Rank |
2019 |
99 |
8 |
2022 |
90 |
7 |
2025 |
88 |
5 |
|
Year |
IBB |
Rank |
2019 |
14 |
5 |
2022 |
23 |
3 |
|
|
|
Year |
EBH |
Rank |
2019 |
92 |
2 |
2020 |
89 |
1 |
2021 |
76 |
6 |
2022 |
94 |
1 |
2023 |
84 |
7 |
2024 |
87 |
4 |
2025 |
73 |
7 |
2026 |
79 |
6 |
|
Year |
AVG |
Rank |
2019 |
.313 |
8 |
2020 |
.312 |
6 |
|
Year |
OBP |
Rank |
2019 |
.412 |
5 |
2020 |
.389 |
7 |
2022 |
.385 |
4 |
2026 |
.388 |
6 |
|
Year |
SLG |
Rank |
2019 |
.631 |
3 |
2020 |
.616 |
1 |
2021 |
.565 |
5 |
2022 |
.604 |
1 |
2024 |
.578 |
9 |
2026 |
.599 |
5 |
|
Year |
RC |
Rank |
2019 |
155.22 |
3 |
2020 |
147.92 |
2 |
2021 |
123.46 |
4 |
2022 |
142.34 |
2 |
2026 |
122.89 |
9 |
|
Year |
RC/27 |
Rank |
2019 |
9.33 |
5 |
2020 |
8.90 |
3 |
2021 |
7.28 |
8 |
2022 |
8.54 |
2 |
2026 |
8.27 |
6 |
|
Year |
ISO |
Rank |
2019 |
.318 |
3 |
2020 |
.304 |
1 |
2021 |
.273 |
6 |
2022 |
.312 |
1 |
2024 |
.299 |
6 |
2026 |
.299 |
5 |
|
Year |
WOBA |
Rank |
2019 |
.420 |
2 |
2020 |
.414 |
1 |
2021 |
.393 |
4 |
2022 |
.389 |
2 |
2026 |
.407 |
5 |
|
Year |
OPS |
Rank |
2019 |
1.043 |
3 |
2020 |
1.005 |
1 |
2021 |
.934 |
5 |
2022 |
.989 |
1 |
2026 |
.987 |
5 |
|
Year |
WAR |
Rank |
2019 |
10.1 |
2 |
2020 |
9.6 |
1 |
2021 |
8.0 |
1 |
2022 |
7.1 |
2 |
2026 |
5.7 |
7 |
|
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|
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