Travis Shaw announces his retirement from Major League Baseball
The Mayor of Ding Dong City is calling it a career. Former Red Sox first baseman Travis Shaw has announced his retirement in a social media post on Monday night.
“For the last eight years, I’ve been blessed to live out my childhood dreams of playing Major League Baseball,” Shaw wrote. “But today, that dream comes to an end! 12 years ago, being a 9th-round pick, I would never have imagined what this game provided me. The memories will last a lifetime. To everyone that made an impact on my career (the list is endlessly long), I will forever be indebted to you! As this chapter closes, the only two words that come to mind is THANK YOU!”
The former ninth-round selection out of Kent State back in 2011 by the Red Sox, quickly shot up the rankings of the club’s top 30 prospects. Shaw would make his major league debut in May 2015 and appeared in 65 games hitting .270 while driving in 13 homers.
The Ohio native saw regular playing time in 2016 when Pablo Sandoval missed the majority of the season with shoulder surgery.
Shaw played in 145 games hitting .242 with 116 hits, 34 doubles, two triples, 16 homes, 73 RBIs with a .726 on-base percentage.
He was traded in the offseason to the Brewers that brought reliever Tyler Thornburg to the Red Sox. A deal that Sox fans hate to talk about because Thornburg spent almost his entire tenure with Boston on the injured list. The veteran reliever only appeared in 41 appearances in two seasons with the club.
Shaw would play four seasons with the Brew Crew and one with the Blue Jays before coming back to the Red Sox in 2021. He would help the Sox in the teams run to the American League Championship Series.
However, 2022 was not as kind to Shaw, where he started the season 0-for-19 and was designated for assignment after seven games.
Shaw played in 733 major league games. He tallied just under 2700 plate appearances and hit .237/.319/.437 with 114 homers, 127 doubles, 366 runs batted in and 310 runs scored.
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