Barry Zito

Athletics' Barry Zito announces retirement from baseball

Oakland Athletics pitcher Barry Zito announced that he is retiring from baseball.

What It Means:

This was expected with the Athletics allowing Zito to make several starts after the team was eliminated from postseason contention.

Zito was a workhorse from 2001 to 2006 with the Athletics. Over those six seasons, he averaged 222.9 innings per year. He'll finish his career with a 4.04 ERA and 1,885 strikeouts over 2,576 2/3 innings.