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Old 08-21-2012, 04:17 PM   #298
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Originally Posted by dynaboyj View Post
How in the world do you retire with exactly 2000 hits? Timing? Did he die or something, like Roberto Clemente? What happened?
This was mostly bad timing. This was his 18th year in the league, and by this time he was a part-time player, appearing in just 47 games, at got 149 at-bats. He picked up his final hit on the last day of the season, and was released in the offseason then signed and released without playing the next season before he retired.
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