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(Sports Network) - Pat Burrell is retiring after a 12-year major league
career, according to multiple reports.
Burrell spent the majority of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies, who
selected him with the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 1998 draft, and also
played for the Tampa Bay Rays and San Francisco Giants.
Although he often struggled to live up to high expectations, Burrell was a
member of the 2008 Phillies team that won the World Series and led the
championship parade on a horse-drawn carriage.
He joined Tampa Bay the next year and batted just .221, then was released
early in the 2010 season. Burrell signed with San Francisco and experienced a
resurgence of sorts, clubbing 18 homers and driving in 51 runs with a .266
batting average. He went on to win a second World Series title with the
Giants.
Burrell played in 92 games for San Francisco in 2011, hitting .230 with seven
homers and 21 RBI.
The former Miami-Florida star hit .253 with 292 home runs, 299 doubles and 976
RBI in 1,640 major league games.
Burrell finished his career with more World Series rings (two) than hits in
the Fall Classic (1-for-27).
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