Jason Giambi Calls it Quits

Former Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies and Major League Baseball player Jason Giambi has decided to hang up his spikes and retire after 20 MLB seasons.

Giambi spent seven seasons in New York and compiled the below stats:

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	Awards
2002 ★	155	560	120	176	34	41	122	109	112	.314	.435	.598	1.034	172	AS,MVP-5,SS
2003 ★	156	535	97	134	25	41	107	129	140	.250	.412	.527	.939	148	AS,MVP-13
2004 ★	80	264	33	55	9	12	40	47	62	.208	.342	.379	.720	90	AS
2005	139	417	74	113	14	32	87	108	109	.271	.440	.535	.975	161	MVP-18
2006	139	446	92	113	25	37	113	110	106	.253	.413	.558	.971	148	MVP-14
2007	83	254	31	60	8	14	39	40	66	.236	.356	.433	.790	107
2008	145	458	68	113	19	32	96	76	111	.247	.373	.502	.876	128
	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	Awards
NYY (7 yrs)	897	2934	515	764	134	209	604	619	706	.260	.404	.521	.925	143

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table

Giambi finished his career, however much tainted by steroids, with 440 home runs, a 50.0 WAR, an MVP Award in 2000, the 2nd place MVP Award in 2001, two Silver Slugger Awards and five All Star Game appearances.

Giambi released a statement thanking his fans and such and was quoted as saying the following:

“I want to thank the fans for being a part of this incredible journey. I especially want to thank the fans that gave me a second chance to let me show you the human being you see today.”