Pat Burrell retires

Pat Burrell announced his retirement from playing baseball in January 2012. He had been the first overall pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1998 out of the University of Miami. The outfielder and first baseman played for the Phillies from 2000 to 2008 and won a World Series Championship with them in 2008. He played with the Tampa Bay Rays from 2009 to 2010 and then the San Francisco Giants from 2010 to 2011. He won another World Series Championship while with the Giants in 2010. For his career he hit .253/.361/.472 with 292 home runs, 976 RBI, 767 runs and 7 steals in 1640 games.