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Tim Anderson retires from MLB after 10 years

Tim Anderson announces retirement after 10 MLB seasons. The two-time All-Star Anderson retires at age 33.


2019 batting champ Tim Anderson retires after 10 seasons...


Two-time MLB All-Star shortstop Tim Anderson announced on Monday that he’s retiring after 10 seasons in the majors.


Anderson, 33, played his first eight seasons in Chicago. The White Sox drafted him 17th overall in 2013.


“The game brought a lot of good moments but also brought a lot of pain,” said Anderson during a call with reporters. “Throughout playing, there definitely were a lot of dark moments. I lost a lot of people. It got to the point where I really couldn't enjoy being in that setting. It just wasn't the same.”


“Even as I sit here and try to have an open conversation to be more calm and comfortable to talk about baseball, it's not really there no more. I still love the game, but it has just brought too much pain to me, so going back to play is probably not for me right now.”


Three years after being drafted, the Alabama native burst onto the scene as a rookie. In 2016 Anderson hit .283/.306/.432 with 9 home runs, 30 RBI and 10 steals across 99 games, good for a 7th-place finish in AL Rookie of the Year voting.


His average dipped in 2017, but he played 146 games and set new career marks with 17 homers and 56 RBI. A year later he topped those numbers again, posting career highs of 20 home runs, 64 RBI and 26 stolen bases - production he wouldn’t match again.


Even after his stats dipped, Anderson broke out in 2019. He won the AL batting title by leading baseball with a .335 average, and added 18 home runs, 56 RBI, 17 steals and an .865 OPS.


He became only the third player in White Sox history to win the batting crown, and the first since Hall of Famer Frank Thomas in 1997.


“I’m getting emotional now because we’re talking about something that I worked my whole life to get there,” Anderson said.


“Nobody knows what I sacrificed and what the body felt every day, what I was leaving at home from my kids to my wife, through some of the decisions I made. I still kept going, and I had my moments where it bothered me.


“But I couldn't show it, and it got to a point where it started showing out loud and I couldn't control it.”


Anderson kept rolling after 2019, hitting over .300 in the next few seasons. He earned three consecutive All-Star nods and picked up his only Silver Slugger award in 2020.

 
His production fell off a cliff in 2023. He hit just .245 in 123 games with only 1 home run both career lows outside of his sophomore season when he batted .240.


That same year he was also at the center of his viral brawl with Guardians infielder José Ramírez.


In the offseason Anderson signed a one-year, $5 million contract with the Marlins for 2024. He then joined the Angels on a minor-league deal for 2025, which turned out to be his 10th and final season.


Across those last two years he went homerless, drove in just 12 runs in 96 games, and never hit higher than .215.




The veteran stood out as much for his personality as his play, bringing an energetic, colorful presence to the game throughout his career.


“I’m kind of happier, waking up and being able to be around my kids and really living a real life, because life is bigger than trying to make people happier with a bat and a ball.”






One of the highlights of his career came four years ago at the Field of Dreams game, when he delivered a walk-off hit against the New York Yankees.
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