After a 14-year career in the Major Leagues, Dominican left-hander retirement/” title=”MLB: Melky Cabrera and Travis Snider announce their retirement”>Francisco Liriano bids farewell to the best baseball in the world.
FanSided’s Robert Murray shared the following statement:
“I have spent time recently reflecting on my career and thinking about his future… And I have decided to retire from professional baseball after a 20-year career,” the 38-year-old pitcher said.
“I want to thank all the instructors and fans, both in the United States and in the Dominican Republic, who have supported me throughout my baseball journey,” he added.
Liriano was signed in 2000 by the Giants and then traded to the Twins in 2003 in the AJ Pierzynski trade. In 2006, after making his Major League debut the previous year, he was called up to the All-Star Game.
In his career, in which he split time between starting rotations and bullpens, Liriano had a 4.15 mark in 419 games (300 starts).
He prescribed 1,815 strikeouts and completed 1,813 innings and two-thirds of work for the Twins, White Sox, Pirates, Astros and Tigers.
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