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Eric Hosmer recently announced his retirement from professional baseball. Almost 16 years after the Kansas City Royals made him the third overall draft pick, the first baseman will transition into a career in media. By any reasonable standard, Hosmer had an incredibly successful career in baseball: he played parts of 13 seasons in the majors, suited up for 1689 games (a figure only matched or bested by 511 other humans in history), and made nine figures of United States dollars along the way.