Orlando Cabrera retires

Orlando Cabrera announced his retirement from playing baseball in January 2012. He originally signed with the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1993 out of Columbia and played shortstop and second base with the Expos from 1997 to 2004. He was traded to the Red Sox during the 2004 season and won a World Series Championship with them. He signed with the Los Angeles Angels in 2005 and played there until 2007 when he was traded to the Chicago White Sox where he played the 2008 season. He signed with the Oakland Athletics at the beginning of 2009 and was traded to the Minnesota Twins during the season. He signed and played with the Cincinnati Reds in 2010. Then he signed with the Cleveland Indians at the start of 2011 and was traded to the San Francisco Giants during the season. For his career he hit .272/.317/.390 with 123 home runs, 854 RBI, 985 runs and 216 steals in 1985 games.