Troy Tulowitzki Announces Retirement from Major League Baseball after 13 Seasons

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July 27th, 2019
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Major League Baseball’s veteran superstar shortstop, Troy Tulowitzki, announced his retirement from professional baseball as a player on Thursday, July 25th, 2019. His career was definitely cut short due to a number of injuries over the last several years. From his statements it seems as if he will pursue opportunities to stay involved with the game of baseball possibly as a coach.

Tulowitzki played for three teams throughout his baseball career as an MLB ball player. He started his career and played for ten years with the Colorado Rockies (2006 – 2015). He was then traded to the Toronto Blue Jays where he excelled there from 2015 – 2017. He did not play in 2018 as he had and was recovering from surgery. This season he played for the New York Yankees, but due to injury he only saw action in 5 games.

Injuries:

The last three seasons, Tulowitzki dealt with multiple injuries that had him sidelined the majority of the time. In 2017, he only played in 66 games as he had a serious ankle injury in which there was major ligament damage. During spring training of 2018, he was immediately put on the disabled list (DL) for bone spurs, and he had surgery on both of his heels causing him to miss out on the entire 2018 MLB season.

In 2019, he played only 5 games with the New York Yankees due to a left calf sprain. With the amount and severity of all of these health issues Troy Tulowitzki decided it was time to retire from the game of baseball as a player. Although his career was cut short, he did have a very nice playing career over his 13 years as a professional ball player.

Career Accomplishments and Awards:

Tulowitzki was selected to the Major League Baseball All Star Team five times (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015). He won the Gold Glove Award twice (2010, 2011), and he won the Silver Slugger Award two times as well (2010, 2011). In 2007 with the Colorado Rockies he turned an extremely rare unassisted triple play. Troy holds the MLB record for the highest career fielding percentage as a shortstop with a career fielding percentage of .985.

Career Batting Statistics:

Year

Tm

G

PA

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

SB

BB

SO

BA

OBP

SLG

OPS

HBP

SH

SF

2006

COL

25

108

96

15

23

2

0

1

6

3

10

25

.240

.318

.292

.609

1

1

0

2007

COL

155

682

609

104

177

33

5

24

99

7

57

130

.291

.359

.479

.838

9

5

2

2008

COL

101

421

377

48

99

24

2

8

46

1

38

56

.263

.332

.401

.732

2

2

2

2009

COL

151

628

543

101

161

25

9

32

92

20

73

112

.297

.377

.552

.930

3

0

9

2010

COL

122

529

470

89

148

32

3

27

95

11

48

78

.315

.381

.568

.949

5

1

5

2011

COL

143

606

537

81

162

36

2

30

105

9

59

79

.302

.372

.544

.916

4

1

5

2012

COL

47

203

181

33

52

8

2

8

27

2

19

19

.287

.360

.486

.846

2

0

1

2013

COL

126

512

446

72

139

27

0

25

82

1

57

85

.312

.391

.540

.931

4

0

5

2014

COL

91

375

315

71

107

18

1

21

52

1

50

57

.340

.432

.603

1.035

5

0

5

2015

TOT

128

534

486

77

136

27

0

17

70

1

38

114

.280

.337

.440

.777

6

0

4

2015

COL

87

351

323

46

97

19

0

12

53

0

24

72

.300

.348

.471

.818

1

0

3

2015

TOR

41

183

163

31

39

8

0

5

17

1

14

42

.239

.317

.380

.697

5

0

1

2016

TOR

131

544

492

54

125

21

0

24

79

1

43

101

.254

.318

.443

.761

5

0

4

2017

TOR

66

260

241

16

60

10

0

7

26

0

17

40

.249

.300

.378

.678

1

0

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019

NYY

5

13

11

1

2

1

0

1

1

0

2

4

.182

.308

.545

.853

0

0

0

 

Career Fielding Statistics:

Year

Tm

G

GS

CG

Inn

Ch

PO

A

E

DP

Fld%

Rtot

Rdrs

Rtot/yr

Rdrs/yr

lgFld%

2006

COL

25

23

23

220.1

118

47

69

2

25

.983

-3

-3

-18

-16

.972

2007

COL

155

155

143

1375.0

834

262

561

11

114

.987

20

31

17

27

.975

2008

COL

101

97

89

863.1

509

190

311

8

70

.984

6

3

9

4

.976

2009

COL

151

148

134

1294.0

657

215

433

9

89

.986

13

13

12

12

.974

2010

COL

122

122

113

1065.0

609

211

388

10

103

.984

12

19

13

22

.971

2011

COL

140

140

121

1208.1

684

261

417

6

98

.991

14

12

14

12

.971

2012

COL

47

47

42

404.0

224

76

140

8

31

.964

0

-6

1

-18

.970

2013

COL

121

119

105

1029.1

570

183

379

8

84

.986

18

6

21

7

.975

2014

COL

89

88

73

739.2

392

119

269

4

59

.990

10

7

16

11

.975

2015

TOT

121

120

104

1025.1

522

153

361

8

85

.985

15

5

17

5

.973

2015

COL

82

81

68

685.1

356

107

241

8

59

.978

5

-1

8

-2

.974

2015

TOR

39

39

36

340.0

166

46

120

0

26

1.000

10

6

35

21

.972

2015

TOR

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

TOR

128

128

115

1128.2

533

158

366

9

72

.983

13

10

14

11

.976

2016

TOR

3

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

TOR

64

64

56

562.0

264

68

188

8

41

.970

6

0

12

0

.975

2019

NYY

4

4

3

30.0

10

3

7

0

0

1.000

-1

-1

-33

-40

.970

 

 

Media Statements:

"For as long as I can remember, my dream was to compete at the highest level as a Major League Baseball player ... to wear a big league uniform and play hard for my teammates and the fans," Tulowitzki explained. "I will forever be grateful for every day that I've had to live out my dream. It has been an absolute honor.

"I will always look back with tremendous gratitude for having the privilege of playing as long as I did. There is no way to truly express my gratitude to the fans of Colorado, Toronto and New York. They always made my family and I feel so welcome."

“I want to thank the Yankees organization and Brian Cashman for giving me the opportunity to wear the Yankees uniform and live out another childhood dream… I wish that my health had allowed for a different ending to that chapter.”

"While this chapter is now over, I look forward to continuing my involvement in the game that I love ... instructing and helping young players achieve their goals and dreams," he continued. "I'm saying goodbye to Major League Baseball, but I will never say goodbye 2 the game I love."

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