Magglio Ordonez To Retire
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Magglio Ordonez will announce his retirement this Sunday at Comerica Park,
the site of the defining moment of his 15-year career. Ordonez, who hit a
walk-off home run to end the 2006 ALCS and send the Tigers to the World
Series, spent the last seven seasons of his career playing in Detroit.
Ordonez suffered a fractured ankle during last year's ALCS, his second such
injury in as many seasons. The 38-year-old expressed interest in playing in
2012 and the Athletics appeared to have some interest, but he never signed a
deal.
Ordonez retires with 294 home runs and a .309/.369/.502 batting line in 1848
games over the course of 15 seasons with the White Sox and Tigers. The
six-time All-Star won the 2007 American League batting title and three Silver
Slugger awards. Ordonez, a longtime Scott Boras client, earned more than
$133MM in his career, according to Baseball-Reference.