ESPN.com · Nov 5, 2015
Aramis Ramirez retires after 18 seasons in MLB
Aramis Ramirez, a three-time All-Star during an 18-year career in the majors, confirmed his decision to retire from baseball during a radio interview in his native Dominican Republic on Thursday.
"What I said in the spring training is official. I already played my last season in the majors and left the game," the third baseman said to the radio program "Grandes en Los Deportes" on 102.5 FM in Santo Domingo.
"After 18 years in the majors and more than half of my life playing baseball, I want to be with my family and do some of the things I like," Ramirez said.