{"id":130716,"date":"2025-08-09T03:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T03:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130716\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T03:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T03:24:10","slug":"all-star-pitcher-alex-wood-retires-after-12-mlb-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130716\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Star pitcher Alex Wood retires after 12 MLB seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Left-handed pitcher Alex Wood<\/a> posted a long message on social media Friday announcing his retirement after 12 major league seasons that included a World Series title with the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n

Wood, 34, began his post on Instagram<\/a> by saying he had “immense gratitude” following a career in which he was an All-Star selection in 2017 and reached the postseason seven times.<\/p>\n

“I never could’ve imagined it would turn out this way,” Wood wrote.<\/p>\n

“Baseball was my first love. Outside of God and my family, nothing else has shaped me the way this game has,” he added. “Even writing this, I can’t help but smile thinking about how much I still love the game after all this time.”<\/p>\n

Wood’s retirement comes after he went 1-3 with a 5.26 ERA in nine starts for the Oakland Athletics<\/a> last season. Overall, the 6-foot-4 pitcher from Charlotte, North Carolina, went 77-68 with a 3.78 ERA over 278 games split between five teams, including two stints with the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

He played collegiately at Georgia, was selected in the second round of the 2012 draft by the Braves and made his major league debut with Atlanta a year later. Wood’s best season came in 2017 when he went 16-3 with a 2.72 ERA in 27 games for the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

After spending 2019 in Cincinnati, he returned to Los Angeles and pitched four scoreless innings during the Dodgers’ six-game World Series win over Tampa Bay. He also spent three seasons with the San Francisco Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Playing for five iconic franchises and becoming part of those communities is something my family and I will always cherish,” Wood wrote.<\/p>\n

He then closed his message by writing: “Cheers to what’s next. See you at the park! Love, Woody.”<\/p>\n