Joey Votto has announced his retirement. ... Long one of the best batsmiths in baseball, Votto hit .315/.436/.545 (162 OPS+) through his prime, which was 2009-17.

The case against Joey Votto. Votto's not-particularly-eye-popping counting stats will be used against him when he debuts on the Hall of Fame ballot in 2029.

With regards to baseball history, there's a mountain of important and fun stats that paint the picture of just how good Votto was. First, per Sarah Langs of MLB.com: Joey Votto’s peak 7-year WAR ...

Joey Votto is officially hanging up the spikes. After a 17-year big league career, the six-time All-Star announced in an Instagram video on Wednesday that he’s retiring from baseball.. After ...

I f you loved Joey Votto’s baseball career, it’s easy to trace the origin of said love back to the 2010 season. Fans of the Cincinnati Reds had been in a dismal, dismal place for quite some ...

Joey Votto, a Cincinnati Reds legend, has announced his retirement from Major League Baseball after 17 seasons. Votto, 40, made the announcement in a social media post Wednesday. "That’s it, I ...

Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto bats during a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, in Milwaukee. Votto went two-for-four but the Reds lost 7-3. Benny Sieu Associated ...

Prior to his NL MVP season in 2010, there were many baseball fans who had never heard of Joey Votto.The Reds first baseman is one of the best hitters in the National League, and he’s off to a ...

Joey Votto tips his cap to the Reds fans at the end of the 2023 season. Getty Images The first baseman had previously told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale that he hoped to remain with the Reds in 2024.

Everything changed, Votto said, after the 2017 season. It had been a terrific year. At 33, he’d played in every game, led the majors in on-base percentage and finished second in voting for the ...

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto reached a milestone on Monday that was 15 years in the making: his 2,000th hit. Votto became the fifth Reds player to record his 2,000th hit, getting there ...

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto (19) waits in the dugout in the seventh inning of the baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.