Former A’s infielder Gio Urshela announces retirement after 10 seasons
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- Gio Urshela announced his retirement Monday in an Instagram post at age 34.
- Urshela played 10 years in MLB for eight clubs, finishing with a .722 OPS.
- He finished with 73 home runs and over 750 hits in 851 games.
After spending most of the 2025 season with the Athletics, veteran infielder Gio Urshela, 34, announced his retirement Monday in a post on social media.
Urshela, who signed a one-year contract worth a reported $2.15 million before incentives, struggled during a 59-game stint with the A’s last season. He posted a .613 OPS with no home runs in more than 180 at-bats before the West Sacramento-based team released him on Aug. 17, 2025.
Urshela signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins in February but did not appear in the majors. The Twins released him March 20 after he played for Colombia in the World Baseball Classic.
“Today is the day. The day you never dream about, the day you never imagine, the day you never expect to come … but deep down you know that one day it will arrive,” Urshela wrote in an Instagram post announcing his retirement. “This is not a moment to be sad, it is a moment to be grateful to God for allowing me to play this beautiful sport that changed my life.”
A journeyman infielder, Urshela played for eight teams during his 10-year major league career. He is best known for his time with the New York Yankees from 2019 to 2021, when he slashed .292/.335/.480 with 41 home runs and 63 doubles in 291 games.
His 2019 season was particularly strong. He hit .314 and produced 3.8 wins above replacement, according to Baseball Reference.
Those three seasons with the Yankees, along with a solid 2022 campaign with the Twins, accounted for most of Urshela’s offensive production. During that four-year stretch, he recorded all three seasons in which he finished with more than 1.0 WAR.
In 851 games and more than 3,000 plate appearances, Urshela finished his career with a .722 OPS, 73 home runs and more than 750 hits.
