Ex-White Sox Star Calls Time on 14-Year MLB Career With Retirement Announcement

Closing time: End of innings for WA baseball great

Former Major League Baseball star and Perth product Liam Hendriks has announced his retirement, closing the book on a storied professional career which carried him from Wanneroo to Chicago White Sox.

Ex-white Sox Star Calls Time on 14-Year MLB Career With Retirement Announcement

Liam Hendriks was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in December 2022 while playing for the Chicago White Sox. But the right-hander didn’t let non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma decide the end of his baseball career and fought his way back to the mound in 2023. That comeback became one of the defining parts of his career. Then, after […]

MLB All-Star Who Came Back From Cancer Retires Immediately at 37

In the end, it wasn't an oncologist who told Liam Hendriks his career was over. It was his right arm. "My arm has told me in no uncertain terms that it has exactly zero fastballs left in it, and my elbow has made it clear that throwing anything harder than a light breeze now requires a three-day…

3-time All-Star Hendriks retires after 14-year MLB career

Longtime MLB pitcher Liam Hendriks announced his retirement on Tuesday, via his Instagram account. “After years of staring down hitters, I have decided to officially retire from Major League Baseball,” Hendriks said in his statement. “My arm has told me in no uncertain terms that it has exactly zero fastballs left in it, and my elbow has made it clear that throwing anything harder than a light breeze now requires a three-day recovery window.” Vi…

Liam Hendriks Announces Retirement

In a very amusing and self-deprecating post on his Instagram page, veteran reliever Liam Hendriks has announced his retirement after 14 big league seasons.  The 37-year-old Hendriks cited the fans, his family (“a huge thank you to my wife for always believing in me, which was honestly a terrifying display of delusion on her part“), […]

Longtime reliever Liam Hendriks announces retirement from baseball

Liam Hendriks is hanging up his cleats. The longtime major-league reliever announced his retirement from baseball on social media Tuesday, closing the book on a 14-year career.