Kyle McClellan retires from baseball at age 30
Kyle McClellan announced on his personal Facebook page this week that he has
officially retired from baseball at age 30. The right-hander made his major
league debut with the Cardinals in 2008 and eventually developed into a very
good middle reliever, posting a career-best 2.27 ERA across 75 1/3 innings in
2010. But injuries to both of his shoulders eventually derailed his career,
and he flamed out with the Rangers in June 2013.
Here is a portion of McClellan’s announcement …
"My first thoughts were how thankful I am to the St. Louis Cardinals and the
Texas Rangers. First the Cardinals… The Cardinals drafted me when I was a 17
year old kid who grew up here in St. Louis as a lifelong Cardinal fan. During
my time with the organization I not only grew as a baseball player but I grew
as a person. I learned lessons in my 11 years with the Cardinals that I will
take with me for the rest of my life.
The Texas Rangers…. I only spent one season with the Rangers but I will
always be thankful for them because they gave me a chance after coming off of
a surgery. They treated me with such respect and were honest with me from day
one and that is something that I will always appreciate. I wasn’t able to
perform to the level that I would have liked in my short time there and to
those fans and teammates I apologize for that. I will always be a fan of the
organization and am rooting for you.
I also need to thank the fans and my teammates. If it weren’t for the fans
we would not have this great sport. I was so fortunate to be a part of two
great fan bases who showed up every night to support the team. Many players
can only hope to be a part of organizations and fan bases like these and I
did not take that for granted."
http://ppt.cc/CcNe
肩傷所困，今年30歲的右投手McClellan宣布退休
2002年在第25輪被紅雀挑中，2008大聯盟初登板
2010年在牛棚有個2.27防禦率的球季，隔年先發後援兩邊跑，拿下12勝
去年轉戰條子，今年則無出賽記錄，在Facebook正式發布退休消息