Former All-Star outfielder Werth announces retirement
Jayson Werth has retired from professional baseball.
"I'm done ... whatever you want to call it," Werth told Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports. "No regrets, man."
Werth, 39, a veteran of 15 MLB seasons, was most recently playing for the Seattle Mariners' Triple-A affiliate Tacoma Rainiers before a hamstring injury put him on the shelf.
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, Werth made his major-league debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2002 before a 2004 trade sent him to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He spent four seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, where he won a World Series in 2008 and made his lone All-Star appearance in 2009, before spending the final seven years of his career as a fixture for the Washington Nationals.
All told, Werth posted a career line of .267/.360/.455 with 229 home runs, 300 doubles, and 132 stolen bases over 1,583 games.
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