{"id":55316,"date":"2025-08-08T20:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55316\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T20:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:25:07","slug":"braves-3-10-era-pitcher-announces-retirement-after-12-mlb-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55316\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves’ 3.10 ERA pitcher announces retirement after 12 MLB seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the funkiest pitching motions in recent Atlanta Braves vintage has thrown home for the final time.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Alex Wood announced his retirement<\/a> from Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n

Wood came into professional baseball as a second-round pick by the Braves in 2012 out of the University of Georgia.<\/p>\n

He made his debut only 11 months later, a scoreless outing in relief.<\/p>\n

Wood began his Braves career as a reliever with his herky-jerky southpaw motion, but he eventually transitioned into a long-time big league starter.<\/p>\n

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The best portion of Wood’s career, by the numbers, came with the Braves.<\/p>\n

He had a 3.10 ERA with Atlanta, the best of his five MLB stops.<\/p>\n

He also went 21-20 for the Braves, including a 2.78 ERA season in 2014, his first full big league campaign.<\/p>\n

Wood was then sent to the Dodgers midway through the 2015 campaign. There, he made an All-Star Team (2017) and won a World Series (2020).<\/p>\n

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In the latter stages of his career, Wood also played for the Reds, the Giants and the Athletics.<\/p>\n

He last appeared in a pro game for the A’s in 2024, when he made nine appearances and had a 5.26 ERA.<\/p>\n

Wood has been a free agent for the entirety of the 2025 season before deciding to hang up his cleats.<\/p>\n

Overall, Wood went 77-68 in 278 appearances (211 starts) and had a 3.78 ERA.<\/p>\n

It’s tough to imagine teaching anyone to throw the way Wood did. But he parlayed that into a dozen years in the big leagues. That’s quite the feat.<\/p>\n

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