Jermaine Dye Officially Retires

[Elite]

After 14 seasons and 325 home runs in the Major Leagues, Jermaine Dye is retiring, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter link). Dye, 37, last played in 2009, though he considered returning to the majors in 2010 and 2011.

Dye, a 17th round selection in 1993, hit 325 homers in his career with a .274/.338/.488 line. He played for the Royals, White Sox and Athletics after breaking in with the Braves as a 22-year-old in 1996. The two-time All-Star and 2006 Silver Slugger recipient was the World Series MVP in 2005 when the White Sox won the World Series.

Dye was traded twice; he went from the Braves to the Royals in 1997 and from the Royals to the A's in a three-team trade in 2001. He earned just shy of $75MM in his career, according to Baseball-Reference.

MLBTR

This guy is foolish, ends up not signing with a team two off-seasons in a row because he wouldn't accept a minor league deal and he essentially forced himself out of the league.

 

[RipCity32]

Kind of a shame. Dude could hit, and I'm sure multiple teams could use him as a DH.

 

[playmaker7]

Meh not much of a loss for the MLB but Rip is right

Oh well, here's to a career

 

[Lake Louise]

Guess after two years of not being able to get a major league deal, he decided to call it quits. At least he knew when to call it quits. He probably could of still put up some nice numbers for some team.