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Former All-Star Dexter Fowler retires after 14 years in MLB

Former All-Star center fielder Dexter Fowler is retiring after 14 years in the big leagues, he announced in a social media post Tuesday.

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

Fowler, 36, played for five teams in his career, bursting onto the national scene in 2015 and 2016 when he was the leadoff 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 .393 on-base percentage in 2016, which helped him to a 5-year, $82.