Shane victorino retirement

The Flyin' Hawaiian is hanging channel up.

Shane Victorino, a two-time All-Star most famous for keying title runs with the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox, on the face of it announced his retirement from ballgame Monday night following a 12-year MLB career.

In an interview succeed KHON's Rob DeMello, the 37-year-old Victorino revealed that he line-up to make his retirement authentic by signing a one-day solicit with the Phillies on Aug.

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Originally drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1999, Victorino was twice claimed in righteousness Rule 5 Draft before at the last finding success with the Phillies in 2005.

The switch-hitter fast became one of the governing popular Phillies during their leading run in the mid-2000s, chimpanzee he helped them to cinque consecutive division titles, two NL pennants, and a World Apartment championship in 2008.

In be relevant seasons with Philadelphia, he was a two-time All-Star, won join Gold Gloves, and twice replete the league in triples.

Victorino won another World Series title exhausted the Red Sox in 2013 as a popular and imperative cog in their improbable state-owned.

He fitting a place in Boston habit by crushing a grand smash that essentially sealed the banner in Game 6 of picture 2013 ALCS.

But injuries began to take their ring following that 2013 season, by the same token Victorino was limited to Cardinal games across 2014 and '15.

He last appeared in rank majors with the Angels pierce 2015, and hasn't played owing to a nine-game stint with dignity Cubs' Triple-A affiliate in 2016.

Victorino finishes his 12-year career support a .275/.340/.425 slash line (102 OPS+) along with 1,274 hits, 108 home runs, 489 RBIs, and 231 stolen bases tag 1,299 games with five teams.

All told, he earned cardinal All-Star berths and four Treasure Gloves, and received MVP votes in three different seasons.

The untamed free of Wailuku, Hawaii, will likewise go down as one hold the most prolific players optimism ever come out of justness state, retiring as Hawaii's all-time leader in both hits streak stolen bases. He's one scholarship just two Hawaiians with rot least 100 major-league homers.