Tim Anderson’s run in Major League Baseball is over.
The former American League batting champion and two-time All-Star said Monday, Aug. 10, that he is retiring after a career that stretched across 10 seasons and three teams. Anderson, 33, made the announcement on a Zoom call with reporters and said he has already started turning the page to whatever comes next.
“I fought to try to get back for the last two or three years,” Anderson said, via MLB.com’s Scott Merkin. “I just couldn’t get the body to operate where it used to … Overall I’m happy. I’m happy in real life, the real world.”
Anderson had not been with a big league organization since the Angels released him in May 2025. His final MLB action came in a 31-game stint last season, when he hit .205/.258/.241.
At his best, Anderson was one of the sharpest contact hitters in the game. From 2019-22, he hit .318 with 51 homers and 163 RBIs in 374 games, a stretch that defined the peak of his career and included his 2019 American League batting title. He also made the All-Star team in 2021 and 2022 with the White Sox.
Over his 10 major league seasons with the White Sox from 2016-23, the Marlins in 2024 and the Angels in 2025, Anderson batted .276 with 98 home runs and 350 RBIs.
But the production faded as he moved deeper into his 30s. In his lone season with Miami, he slashed .214/.237/.226 in 65 games and had only three extra-base hits. That was his second straight year with a sub-zero Wins Above Replacement total.
The Angels gave him one more shot on a minor-league deal with a spring training invite in February 2025. Anderson hit well enough, batting .250/.297/.317, to crack the Opening Day roster, but he eventually lost playing time to younger infielders under manager Ron Washington.
“I still love the game,” Anderson said, via Merkin. “It just brought too much pain to me so going back to play is not for me, not where I’m at right now.”
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