# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/choi-hee-seop
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:54:46.790Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/choi-hee-seop"
name: "Choi Hee-seop"
slug: "choi-hee-seop"
description: "Hee-seop Choi is a South Korean former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, and Los Angeles Dodgers and in the KBO League for the Kia Tigers. He was the first Korean-born position player to play in the major leagues."
tagline: "South Korean baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HeeSeopChoi_20050515.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1979-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.745002666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikiquote.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%ED%9D%AC%EC%84%AD"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%BE"
    title: "تشوى هى سيوپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee-seop_Choi"
    title: "Hee-seop Choi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee-seop_Choi"
    title: "Hee-seop Choi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E7%85%95%E6%B8%89"
    title: "崔煕渉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%ED%9D%AC%EC%84%AD"
    title: "최희섭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee-seop_Choi"
    title: "Hee-seop Choi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Hee-seop"
    title: "Choi Hee-seop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E5%B8%8C%E6%B6%89"
    title: "崔希涉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q482769"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump