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Mark Loretta Retires

By Tim Dierkes | January 25, 2010 at 4:08pm CDT

Infielder Mark Loretta has retired to take a position as special assistant to the Padres' baseball operations staff, tweets MLB.com's Corey Brock.

Loretta finishes with a .295/.360/.395 line in 6,558 plate appearances across 15 seasons for the Brewers, Astros, Padres, Red Sox, and Dodgers.  He mainly played second base, but also logged significant innings at the other three infield positions.  Loretta appeared in two All-Star games and finished ninth in the NL MVP vote in '04, when he hit .335/.391/.495 for the Padres.  According to Baseball-Reference, Loretta banked $29.4MM in his career.

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  1. cicerojoe

    15 years ago

    Mark Loretta had a pretty nice career.

    Reply
  2. UnknownPoster

    15 years ago

    This is the right move. He looked really bad with the Dodgers and had no power left. I think he had less power than Juan Pierre… without the speed, contact or defense… it was a good move to retire

    Reply
    • vtadave

      15 years ago

      As a Dodger fan however, I will never forget the RBI single off Ryan Franklin in the NLDS. Kudos Mark. Enjoy this next phase.

      Reply
      • UnknownPoster

        15 years ago

        agree. He provided our first walkoff in the playoffs since Gibson, I believe. Had a good career, according to the numbers, just looked overmatched for most of the season.

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  3. dmendoza3

    15 years ago

    Met him in Chicago last year when they were in town to play the Cubs. Very much a CLASS act and deserves a long career outside the game. Good Luck Mark!

    Reply
  4. Ferrariman

    15 years ago

    i sort of guessed it was the padres as the “mystery team.”
    seems fitting.

    Reply
  5. BradyAndersonsSideburns

    15 years ago

    His career numbers are a little better than I realized. Solid player for sure, he had a nice career

    Reply
  6. formerdraftpick 2

    15 years ago

    Thanks for some great baseball Mark! Good luck with your future endeavors with my alma mater.

    Reply
  7. paulyicecubes

    15 years ago

    .295 career avg, not too shabby!

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  8. bstokes

    15 years ago

    Can the Padres bring him out of retirement mid-season? I’m only half joking…

    Reply
  9. bomberj11

    15 years ago

    Nice OBP too, seems like a guy that would have a low OBP. He was also a quiet player, and kind of lost in the crowd. Great career Mark!

    Reply
  10. Skye721

    15 years ago

    My all-time fave player… I am really gonna miss him out on the field.I wish him a long and very, very enjoyable career off the field. This job will keep him closer to his family, which is probably what he really wants. Good luck, Mark. Always love you!

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  11. Muggi

    15 years ago

    Solid big-league career. I wish him a happy retirement

    Reply
  12. Ohhhplease

    15 years ago

    Very nice signing for the Padres front-office. Another strong baseball mind in the front office. Very smart ballplayer who made the most out of his opportunities on and off the field…I really like the direction Hoyer is taking the baseball operations side of the Padres.

    Reply
  13. padreshobo

    15 years ago

    Great career and guy. Glad to see him with my Padres.

    Reply
  14. kcthomas

    15 years ago

    as a cardinals fan, i wish he would have retired 3 at bats ago 🙁

    Reply
  15. bjsguess

    15 years ago

    Very good player. Very under appreciated during his career. Good luck to him in the future.

    Reply
  16. czarandy

    15 years ago

    Get back to where you once belonged
    Get back, Loretta
    Go home

    Reply
  17. BraunforMVP

    15 years ago

    Nice player played for the Brewers for a while. Good luck to you

    Reply
  18. Guest 821

    15 years ago

    Thanks for the Coolest moment in my baseball related life.

    Reply
  19. mattinglyfan

    15 years ago

    Just a solid baseball player, underrated, it’s nice to see he retired on his own terms.

    Reply
  20. fgsfsfbbbrd

    15 years ago

    Mirroring the majority, good luck with your future endeavors Mark. You may not have had the flashiest career, but you got the job done, and done right. Great career, great man. Hopefully he can parlay that into being a great executive/manager/coach

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  21. ancientmariner

    15 years ago

    2006 Hutch Award Winner. Came back to wage and win his own private battle with skin cancer. Totally a class act. Met him at Safeco Field when he won the award and it couldn’t have gone to a nicer guy. Congratulations Mark on a terrific career and a firstclass representation of the Hutch Award!

    Reply
  22. frank2010phils

    15 years ago

    Good Career Mark , wish you nothing but the best !

    Reply
  23. JoeyT107

    15 years ago

    Mark was a class act, and one of the quietest, most under appreciated players in baseball. We loved him in Milwaukee.

    Reply
    • theWeiz

      15 years ago

      agreed. we loved him in san diego as well.

      Reply
  24. stefminus

    15 years ago

    god bless mark loretta. he was a key part of those late-season charges by the astros. good guy to have around.

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