Baseballs Big Cat Retires

Submitted by mike Wed 03/30/2005

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Andres Galarraga retires after 19 seasons Tuesday one home run short of 400. "I'm happy," said Galarraga's wife, Eneyda. "He'd like to stay home right now. He's played for a long time. You know when it's time for you to retire."

Galarraga signed a minor-league deal with the New York Mets in December after making his second successful return from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma last season.

He had hoped to join the 400-home run club by finishing his career mainly as a pinch-hitter. He had three home runs and was batting .235 in 17 spring games.

Galarraga missed the 1999 season after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, then hit .302 with 28 home runs and 100 RBIs with Atlanta in 2000.

The disease reoccurred in November 2003. He underwent surgery that month and had a stem cell transplant the following February.

Source: Denver Post

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