Former All-Star Reliever Announces Formal Retirement From Baseball
Former All-Star reliever Tyler Clippard has announced his retirement from Major League Baseball after a 16-year career.
The following was posted on the Rotowire fantasy baseball portal:
Clippard, 38, didn't pitch anywhere in 2023, last appearing in the majors for four games with the Nationals in 2022. He finishes a 16-year-old big-league career with a 3.16 ERA, having pitched for 10 different teams. Clippard made the All-Star team in 2011 and 2014 during his first stint with the Nats.
Clippard pitched for 10 different organizations in his career. He started out with the Yankees in 2007 and then excelled with the Nationals from 2008-2014. He then went onto Oakland, the Mets, the Diamondbacks, back to the Yankees, the White Sox, the Astros, the Blue Jays, the Guardians, the Twins, back to the Diamondbacks and back to the Nationals in 2022.
He finishes his career with a 56-48 record over 807 career games. He had a lifetime 3.16 ERA and also recorded 74 saves in his career, including a career-high 32 with the Nationals in 2012.
His best season in terms of wins was 2010 (11) while his best season in terms of ERA was 2011 when he posted a 1.83. He pitched in the playoffs in three separate seasons, appearing in the 2012 NLDS with the Nationals against the Cardinals, the 2014 NLDS with the Nats against the Giants and in the Mets 2015 run to the World Series.
He appeared in the NLDS, NLCS and World Series in that year.
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