Outfielder Nick Markakis is retiring after a 15-year career.
A three-time golden glove winner, Markakis, holds the record for consecutive games without a foul for a fielder at 398. He was as steady on the board as in the outfield and finished with 2,388 careers and a dash of. /.357/.423. Markakis has played in no less than 104 games every year in his career, except in 2020’s shortened season.
“I keep saying to myself, whether it’s now or if I was lucky enough to get the chance to become a Hall of Famer – to get so many hits – those 3000 hits or 2,400 hits, it’s not the player who I was, “Markakis told The Athletic.” I think I played the right way and that’s all that matters to me. “
The 37-year-old was drafted seventh overall by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2003 draft and spent the first nine years of his career at the Orioles. A native Georgia native, Markakis, signed with the Atlanta Braves ahead of the 2015 season. His lone All-Star season was during the 2018 Braves at the age of 34.