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Chris Taylor retires after 12 MLB seasons, won 2 World Series titles with Dodgers

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After 12 major-league seasons, longtime utility player Chris Taylor has decided to call it a career.

Taylor’s retirement was revealed on Friday's MiLB transactions log. He was with the Los Angeles Angels’ Triple-A Salt Lake affiilate and compiled a slash average of .255/.382/.321 with seven doubles in 132 plate appearances.

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The 35-year-old was best known for his 10 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning two World Series championships and NLCS MVP honors in 2017. He was named to the NL All-Star team in 2021.

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Taylor’s best season was in 2017, when he batted .288/.354/.496 with 21 home runs, 34 doubles, 72 RBI and 17 stolen bases. As he did throughout his career, Taylor appeared all over the field for the Dodgers that season, playing 49 games in center field, 48 in left, 22 games at second base, 14 games at shortstop and eight at third base.

He was a 2012 fifth-round selection by the Seattle Mariners out of Virginia and played three seasons in Seattle before being traded to the Dodgers in 2016 for pitcher Zach Lee. Taylor remained with the Dodgers for the next 10 seasons, re-signing with them as a free agent, before he was finally released early in the 2025 season. Taylor signed with the Angels and played 30 games, finishing with a .179/.278/.321 slash average.

The standout moment of Taylor’s Dodgers career was his walk-off home run off the St. Louis Cardinals' Alex Reyes to win the 2021 National League wild-card game.

In eight postseasons, Taylor hit a collective .247 with a .792 OPS, 13 doubles, 9 homers and 26 RBI. That included the 2017 NLCS, when he shared MVP honors with Justin Turner, hitting .316 with a 1.248 OPS and two home runs.

Taylor finishes his MLB career with a .248/.327/.419 slash average, 110 home runs and 443 RBI. He played 383 games in left field, 290 at shortstop, 233 in left field, 182 at second base and 94 at third.

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