Ex-Los Angeles Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons has announced that he is retiring from Major League Baseball. Jared Tims of TalkinHalos shared this news on X.
Simmons is hanging his baseball shows after an 11-year career in the Majors. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the second round of the 2010 MLB Draft. In 2012, he made his MLB debut, appearing in 49 matches.
The shortstop entered the scene in 2013, winning a Gold Glove award and finishing 14th position in National League MVP voting. Simmons won another Gold Glove in 2014 and finished 2015 with the Atlanta Braves.
In the 2015-16 offseason, Atlanta traded Simmons to the Angels for Erick Aybar, Sean Newcomb and Chris Ellis. The trade was an undeniable victory for the Halos.
Newcomb gathered 4 wins Above Replacement in the six seasons he spent in Atlanta. Aybar stayed as a replacement-level backup infielder during his one season with the Braves. Ellis was sent to St. Louis a year later, where he made his major league debut.
Simmons dominated his first season with the Angels, winning a Gold award and finishing eighth position in the American League MVP voting, the highest of his career. He then had another great year in 2017, winning his fourth and final Gold Glove. In his five years with the Anaheim Ducks, Simmons averaged 4 WAR per season.
After he reached free agency in the 2020 season, Simmons ended his play with the Minnesota Twins in 2021 and the Chicago Cubs in 2022.
Andrelton Simmons was a career .263 hitter with 70 home runs and 444 runs batted in. Simmons was famous for his defense, as one of the premier shortstop defenders during his 11-year career. His best offensive season came with the Angels, as he slashed 281/.328/.394 with 37 home runs and 238 RBIs across his five years with the Ducks.
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