Tim Anderson announces retirement from MLB after 10 seasons
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 10, 2026, 9:10 PM
Last updated Aug 10, 2026
Tim Anderson announced his retirement from Major League Baseball during a videoconference on August 10, 2026. The former Chicago White Sox shortstop, who also played for the Miami Marlins and Los Angeles Angels, cited personal struggles with anxiety and a desire to focus on family as reasons for stepping away. Anderson, a two-time All-Star and 2019 batting champion, reflected on his mixed emotions about his baseball career. The White Sox plan to honor him at a September 17 game against the Tigers, where he will throw out the first pitch.
- •Anderson played 10 MLB seasons, primarily with the White Sox.
- •He hit.276 with 98 home runs and 350 RBIs in his career.
- •Anderson was selected in the first round of the 2013 draft.
- •He won a batting title in 2019 and was an All-Star in 2021 and 2022.
- •The White Sox will honor him with a ceremony on September 17.
- 9:10 PMYahoo Sports — Tim Anderson, a 2-time All-Star and batting champion with White Sox, retires: ‘Goal is to be happy’
"CHICAGO — Tim Anderson stepped to the plate, representing the game-winning run for the Chicago White Sox nearly five years ago in Dyersville, Iowa. With a large national audience tuning in, the shortstop delivered a signature moment of his career by blasting a two-run homer into the cornfields beyond the right-field wall to give the Sox a 9-8 victory over the New York Yankees in the inaugural ...
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