{"id":84906,"date":"2024-09-04T18:28:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=84906"},"modified":"2024-09-04T18:28:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:28:04","slug":"former-texas-ranger-elvis-andrus-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/04\/former-texas-ranger-elvis-andrus-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Texas Rangers All-Star Set to Retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Texas Rangers shortstop and two-time All-Star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/andruel01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-04_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elvis Andrus<\/a> has announced that he plans to retire this Friday. The 36-year-old started his MLB career in 2009, debuting with Texas. He was an All-Star in 2010 and 2012. In 2017, he also received the Rangers Player of the Year Award. Now that he&#8217;s announced his retirement, he can make a strong case for his induction into the Rangers Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elvis Andrus to officially retire as a Ranger on Friday. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0fcTU6NwqZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/0fcTU6NwqZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Evan_P_Grant\/status\/1831412296373227648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Two-Time All-Star Elvis Andrus Announces He Will Retire<\/h2>\n<p>Andrus played for the Rangers for 12 seasons until 2020. He has also played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2021\/02\/06\/texas-rangers-trade-elvis-andrus-to-oakland-as\/\" target=\"_self\">Oakland Athletics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/05\/16\/elvis-andrus-last-hurrah\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago White Sox<\/a>, signing with the latter as a free agent. Before the 2024 regular season, he signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks in March on a minor league contract. Andrus has not played this season following his release, as he missed the cut-off date for the Opening Day roster.<\/p>\n<h3>Elvis Has Left the Building<\/h3>\n<p>Andrus will retire as a Ranger on Friday and get the opportunity to throw the first pitch against the Los Angeles Angels. Former teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=,youngmi02,young-016mic&amp;search=Michael+Young&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-04_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Young<\/a> and manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=washiro01,washin002ron&amp;search=Ron+Washington&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-04_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Washington<\/a> (now the Angels skipper) will attend the press conference scheduled for that day, and Young will throw the first pitch with Andrus. Once he retires, a job within the Rangers organization could be in his future. In 2022, he reached a significant milestone, reaching his 1,900th career game. He also reached an even more substantial milestone, collecting his 2,000th career hit.<\/p>\n<p>Andrus is a veteran shortstop who has never won a Gold Glove Award or World Series, but did have a very successful career. For his career, he recorded 102 home runs, 775 RBI, and 347 stolen bases. He has also recorded a career WAR of 34.2 and 2,091 hits. It will be interesting to see where the future takes Andrus as he bids farewell to his playing days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Texas Rangers shortstop and two-time All-Star Elvis Andrus has announced that he plans to retire this Friday. The 36-year-old started his MLB career in 2009, debuting with Texas. He was an All-Star in 2010 and 2012. In 2017, he also received the Rangers Player of the Year Award. 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