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Former all-star Dexter Fowler retires after 14 years in MLB

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Former all-star centerfielder Dexter Fowler is retiring after 14 years in the big leagues, according to a social media post by him.

"It's here. I'm hanging up my cleats," Fowler wrote on Tuesday.

Fowler, 36, played for five different teams in his career, bursting onto the national scene in 2015 and 2016 when he was the lead-off man for the Chicago Cubs. Chicago lost in the NLCS in '15 but won the World Series the next year, as Fowler was the catalyst for their first title in 108 years.

Fowler had a career high .