After a remarkable career, Charlie Blackmon has decided to hang up his cleats.
The veteran outfielder for the Colorado Rockies made the announcement on Monday that he will be retiring at the conclusion of the 2024 MLB season.
“I have been blessed to call the city of Denver and the Colorado Rockies my baseball home for the entirety of my career,” Blackmon said in a statement. “I am grateful for the support of this organization, my teammates, and most of all Rockies fans. It is with a thankful heart and a career’s worth of memories that I choose a new path.”
Blackmon, who was selected by the Rockies in the second round of the 2008 amateur draft, has been a mainstay with the team since making his debut in 2011.
Throughout his career, the 38-year-old outfielder earned four All-Star selections and clinched the National League batting title in 2017 with a .311 batting average, leading the league in hits, runs, and triples. Blackmon boasts a career .292 batting average with 226 home runs and 797 RBI in 1,618 games. He holds the second position in Rockies franchise history in games played, at-bats, runs, hits, and doubles, while also leading in triples.
Blackmon returned to the Rockies this season on a one-year, $13 million deal. As the Rockies prepare for their final six games of the regular season, they sit at the bottom of the NL West standings with a 60-96 record, missing the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.