#36 Lim Soontaek, Catcher, 31 yrs, St. Louis Stallions

#36 Lim Soontaek, Catcher, 31 yrs, St. Louis Stallions
Tuesday, 10/29/2010

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Lim Soontaek

7/24/1979
31
South Korea
6"3
190

Catcher
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R

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2.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 1,500,000
2013
6 Year(s), 114 Days (1134 total Days)
170 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 0 Days (1190 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	71	55	51	39	66
Versus LHP	82	59	54	42	69
Versus RHP	66	53	50	37	65
Talent	65	55	49	36	60

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60
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Fielding Ratings
C : 48 (Range), .987 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 20
Infield Arm : 20
Outfield Arm : 20

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/23	SEA	W 9-4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#9
9/24	SEA	L 5-9	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	#9
9/25	SEA	W 4-3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	#7
9/27	@MIN	L 5-6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
9/28	@MIN	W 5-0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	#7
9/29	@MIN	W 17-1	6	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	#9
10/2	@BOS	L 1-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	#9
10/3	@BOS	W 8-7	5	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	#7	PoG
10/5	BOS	L 1-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
10/6	BOS	L 6-8	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	#9

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	139	497	157	16	4	10	67	79	30	67	.316	.355	.425	.780	.700	.109

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	137	538	3	0	0	8	3	5	211	30	1	2	33.3	77.3	5.8

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	144	49	7	1	2	12	22	7	24	0	0	0	.340	.371	.444	.815
vs. RHP	353	108	9	3	8	55	57	23	43	5	3	3	.306	.349	.416	.765
Close/Late	68	21	2	0	2	5	7	3	6	0	0	0	.309	.338	.426	.764
Scoring Position	133	36	6	3	1	53	0	9	15	5	2	1	.271	.307	.383	.690
Pinch Hitting	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	67	237	77	8	2	5	35	37	11	24	.325	.355	.439	.793
Road	72	260	80	8	2	5	32	42	19	43	.308	.352	.412	.763
March/April	24	84	26	5	0	3	17	13	4	14	.310	.344	.476	.821
May	25	81	23	1	2	0	5	7	3	12	.284	.310	.346	.656
June	22	82	32	4	0	2	12	20	7	9	.390	.438	.512	.950
July	21	78	29	3	2	0	14	13	5	6	.372	.407	.462	.869
August	24	89	31	2	0	3	9	15	5	9	.348	.375	.472	.847
Sept/Oct	23	83	16	1	0	2	10	11	6	17	.193	.244	.277	.522
Postseason	4	16	5	1	0	0	5	3	1	4	.313	.353	.375	.728

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2004	92	324	93	10	4	7	41	34	23	4	4	47	1	3	.287	.338	.407	.745	BOS CAR
2005	157	653	191	27	5	14	60	93	34	4	3	81	0	9	.292	.330	.413	.743	CAR
2006	153	576	168	18	2	13	77	73	52	5	6	70	1	3	.292	.352	.398	.750	CAR STL,NL
2007	151	572	175	29	7	9	50	95	47	2	3	89	3	8	.306	.359	.428	.787	STL
2008	158	595	155	15	4	7	50	74	33	4	2	87	1	2	.261	.303	.334	.637	STL
2009	162	570	140	21	2	7	62	75	45	1	4	86	0	8	.246	.300	.326	.626	STL
2010	139	497	157	16	4	10	67	79	30	3	5	67	1	2	.316	.355	.425	.780	STL
Total	1012	3787	1079	136	28	67	407	523	264	23	27	527	7	35	.285	.333	.389	.722

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004, AAA	54	223	70	14	2	7	29	43	19	33	3	4	.314	.363	.489	.852

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2006	3	11	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636
2008	15	52	7	2	0	0	1	3	3	14	0	0	.135	.182	.173	.355
2009	5	16	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438
2010	4	16	5	1	0	0	5	3	1	4	0	0	.313	.353	.375	.728
Total	27	95	18	5	0	0	8	6	4	21	0	0	.189	.222	.242	.464

Fielding Stats 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	139	137	1087	74	1	1179	18	.985	1229.2	8.63	3	239	52	21.8

Player History

Played for South Korea in the 2004 World Cup...
Drafted in 17th round, 269th overall pick, by Boston in 2004...
Had first career hit on 6/13/2004, off Juan Marzinas (NY)...
Hit first career homerun on 6/23/2004, off Ryan Levine (CON)...
Traded from Boston to Carolina on 7/11/2004 (Going to CAR: P Chester Finke, LF Yasusaburou Kaii, C Lim Soontaek. Going to BOS: C Shawn Lyle, RF Adam Pennington, P Ronald Hathorn)...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/30/2005, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Atlanta on 5/30/2005...
Traded from Carolina to St. Louis on 2/3/2006 (Going to CAR: C Damien Cuervo, P Wesley Rakowski, 2B Julian Quintana, P Bill Lowenstein, P Jeffery Randell. Going to STL: P Evaristo Aguiar, CF JJ
Biro Jr, C Lim Soontaek)...
Played for South Korea in the 2006 World Cup...
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 4/29/2006...
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game...
2/1/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $750,000 through salary arbitration...
Played for South Korea in the 2008 World Cup...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $750,000 through salary arbitration...
5/31/2009: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years.

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Triples
2007 - 7 - 7th

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