Right-handed pitcher Roy Oswalt revealed on Tuesday that he has decided to retire after 13 seasons in Major League Baseball that saw him become a three-time All-Star and two-time 20-game winner while also appearing in one World Series.
According to ESPN, Oswalt, 36, has decided to call it a career after 365 games over his 13-year career spent with the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers and Colorado Rockies.
Oswalt spent the bulk of his career in Houston, who selected him in the 23rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Oswalt went 20-10 in 2004 and then 20-12 in 2005. With the Astros, Oswalt was the National League wins champion in 2004 and earned the NL Championship Series MVP in 2005.
Oswalt, a native of Weir, Miss., pitched in nine games for the Colorado Rockies last season, going 0-6 with an 8.63 ERA.
All-Star pitcher Roy Oswalt has decided to retire, and plans to work with his agent, Bob Garber. 163 wins, 102 losses.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) February 11, 2014
Oswalt finished in the top-five in Cy Young award voting five times in his career, including a third place finish in the 2004 season.
According to ESPN, Oswalt is gearing up to join his former agent Bob Garber at RMG Baseball as vice president of baseball operations now that he's called it a career and is done with pitching.
In his 365 games, Oswalt went 163-102 with a 3.36 ERA, 1.211 WHIP and 1,852 strikeouts. In the postseason, Oswalt went 5-2 with a 3.73 ERA, 1.341 WHIP and 56 strikeouts over four years and eight series, including the 2005 World Series where the Astros eventually lost to the Chicago White Sox.
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