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Jeremy Affeldt To Retire At Season’s End

By Steve Adams | October 1, 2015 at 10:26am CDT

Giants left-hander Jeremy Affeldt will retire after the 2015 season, the team announced today via press release.

Jeremy Affeldt

Affeldt, 36, has enjoyed a 14-year career at the Major League level, the past seven of which have come as a member of the Giants’ bullpen. He’s helped the team capture three World Series Championships in that time and recorded a 3.07 ERA with 7.3 K/9, 3.7 BB/9 and 10 saves in 360 1/3 innings.

Originally selected in the third round of the 1997 draft by the Royals, Affeldt debuted with Kansas City in 2002 as a 23-year-old and spent the next three seasons splitting time between the rotation and the bullpen. He was traded to the Rockies at the deadline in 2006, and though he struggled to a 6.91 ERA in his first 27 1/3 innings with Colorado, Affeldt went on to enjoy very strong seasons there in 2007-08. In that time, he worked to a 3.41 ERA in 137 1/3 innings of relief despite pitching roughly half of his games in one of MLB’s most notorious hitters’ havens.

All told, Affeldt logged 924 2/3 innings as a Major Leaguer, posting a 43-46 record to go along with 28 saves, 141 holds, a 3.97 ERA, 7.0 K/9, 3.9 BB/9 and a 52.4 percent ground-ball rate. In addition to his solid regular-season numbers, Affeldt was a postseason hero for the Giants, allowing just three runs over the course of 30 1/3 playoff innings. He was credited as the winning pitcher of the decisive Game 7 in last year’s instant classic showdown with the Royals.

Affeldt signed three contracts with the Giants, the first of which was a two-year, $8MM pact. His strong performance under that deal led the Giants to sign him to a two-year, $9.25MM extension which contained a $5MM club option that was ultimately exercised. The last of his contracts, which he’s currently wrapping up, was a three-year, $18MM free-agent deal signed in the 2012-13 offseason. All told, Affeldt has earned more than $42MM in his playing career, per Baseball-Reference, a very nice sum for a relief pitcher that was never consistently a closer but was long a rock-solid setup man. MLBTR wishes Affeldt and his family the best of luck and continued happiness in his post-playing days.

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  1. mrnatewalter

    5 years ago

    Bittersweet moment for me. Affeldt has been one of my favorite players, both due to his achievements on the field, but his work off the field.

    Hopefully he can use this time to make a difference in the world… it was a worthy career, Mr. Affeldt.

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  2. vtadave

    5 years ago

    $42 million in career earnings. Not bad. I’d quit too.

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    • WazBazbo

      5 years ago

      Over $45,000 per inning for an entire career!

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  3. ianthomasmalone

    5 years ago

    I don’t understand why he doesn’t wait until after next season so he can get another World Series ring. What Giant retires after an odd numbered season?

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    • kershawsrightarm

      5 years ago

      He must know something other Giants don’t know lol.

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      • mrnatewalter

        5 years ago

        Giants will have Osich and Lopez next year. I’m sure if Affeldt signed a deal somewhere, it would be low and after a year of struggling and a couple different injuries, he might see it as a chance to go spend time with his family rather than take the risk.

        Can’t blame him.

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    • Gil Gunderson

      5 years ago

      Obviously, his contract is up at the end of this season, and the Giants don’t need to re-sign him with the emergence of Josh Osich as another lefty reliever this year.

      I’m not sure what I’ll remember most about Affeldt: all the bizarre, freak injuries he’s suffered, or the 0.00 ERA in the 2012 and 2014 postseasons. From Game 6 at Philadelphia in the 2010 NLCS to Game 7 at Kansas City last year, his postseason performances have been immense.

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      • Ted

        5 years ago

        How about when he got body-slammed by Kyle Farnsworth during that Royals/Tigers melee?

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    • jklaus37

      5 years ago

      Maybe he is just not into the sport anymore. He’s played it for a lot of years

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      • kershawsrightarm

        5 years ago

        Nonsense… That’s like saying you’re tired of women.

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