Chipper will retire at end of season
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — This will be it for Chipper Jones.
The Braves’ future Hall of Fame third baseball announced today that the 2012 season will be his last. The Jones played all 18 years with the Braves, who made him the No. 1 pick of the 1990 draft, where he won a World Series and a National League MVP award.
Jones, 40, ranks as the Atlanta Braves franchise leader in nearly every offensive category with a .304 career batting average, 454 home runs, 526 doubles and 1,561 RBIs in 2,387 games. His home-run total ranks 33rd in major league history.
Jones’ 18 years of service with the same team leads all active major league players, bettering Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera (17 years with the Yankees).
The Braves and Jones, a seven-time All-Star, are discussing a yet-to-be-determined role with team following the season.
Jones finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 1995, the season the Braves won the World Series. He was the league’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1999 when he hit .319 with a career-best 45 home runs and 110 RBIs.
He won his first career batting title in 2008 with a .364 average (league-best .470 on-base percentage). It marked the second-highest single-season average ever for a switch hitter. Mickey Mantle hit .365 for the Yankees in 1957.
Jones is the only switch hitter in Major League history to post a .300 career average with more than 300 homers, and his career batting average ranks second all-time among switch hitters. He also ranks third behind Mantle’s 536 and Eddie Murray’s 504 career home runs by a switch-hitter.
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Steve
March 22nd, 2012
10:05 am
Dam
JM
March 22nd, 2012
10:06 am
Jim Bitner
March 22nd, 2012
10:07 am
Thanks for the years Chipper!
ssiscribe
March 22nd, 2012
10:07 am
Thank you Chipper.
Spyro
March 22nd, 2012
10:07 am
No!
Adrian
March 22nd, 2012
10:08 am
Hopefully the team can send him on in style with a playoff appearance.
Quilvio Veras
March 22nd, 2012
10:08 am
Thank you, Chipper.
Spyro
March 22nd, 2012
10:08 am
I guess his time had to come at some point. Thanks Chip.
wordy
March 22nd, 2012
10:08 am
thanks for the baseball Chipper. You da man.
kerfeld
March 22nd, 2012
10:09 am
Better late than never, Chipper!
George Stein
March 22nd, 2012
10:09 am
What a helluva career he has had. Look forward to seeing number 10 up there next to 44, 3, 47, etc.
Get your flights for Cooperstown for July 2018.
Homer the Brave
March 22nd, 2012
10:09 am
At the rate Chipper is declining he might be done by the end of March 2012.
urban redneck
March 22nd, 2012
10:10 am
we’ll miss you, larry.
watch out for those holes walking to your deer stand in the dark.
GaDawg
March 22nd, 2012
10:10 am
1st ballot HOF. Let’s send him out with a World Series Championship, I can dream!
JS
March 22nd, 2012
10:10 am
Now he can start his career as Manager for Hooters.
ljlj
March 22nd, 2012
10:10 am
fnally some good news
Fish Bisch
March 22nd, 2012
10:10 am
I love you chipper.
Boat
March 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
Let’s hope he has one more good season and that the Braves can send him out in style!
Dave
March 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
1st Ballot Hall of Fame. Thanks Chipper!
Replace Chipper
March 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
Well…I guess its good that we didn’t trade Prado. Braves are cheap and they probably think they already have their 3B of the future in LF.
Dave
March 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
A class act … he will be missed by the game
Bill
March 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
My favorite player..but damn glad to see Braves will keep him in organization. Wish he would be new manager!
Hope he has a great year to go out on ..Thanks Chipper for all the excitement and fun. Go Braves!
BCS Tiger
March 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
Chipper will be missed. Another legend gone from the Braves.
Peadawg
March 22nd, 2012
10:11 am
Even though you’re a Gator fan (I will never forget College Gameday)…thanks Chipper!
FL Jacket
March 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
Thanks Larry!
Closely behind Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray as the best switch-hitter ever to play the game…
SSIgator
March 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
“the Braves and Jones have expressed interest in rejoining the organization in a yet-to-be-determined capacity after 2012″
Rumor has it that he will be the team marriage counselor and also double as the Hooters special events co-ordinator for Braves Night Out.
DB
March 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
Thanks for being a Brave your whole career! Thanks for autographing for everyone in line (including my son) 2 weeks ago at Disney! Class act, first ballot no doubt!
NorthGaDawg
March 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
Thanks for the memories Chipper. I’ve followed you all the way. Hope that future position is as hitting coach!
Jose
March 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
I look forward to the Braves retiring his number. And I really appreciate he’s one of those rare guys to play his entire career with one team.
Sad Sack
March 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
Hope he makes it through this season first!
Brian from SC
March 22nd, 2012
10:12 am
The second longest-tenured uniformed Brave is currently Tim Hudson, who made his debut with the Braves in 2005.
Chipper is the last remaining link to the Braves of my childhood.
oldschooldog
March 22nd, 2012
10:13 am
Work, Chipper!
Kaley Fornia
March 22nd, 2012
10:14 am
Trade him to the Mets!!!
Lise P.
March 22nd, 2012
10:14 am
Buh-bye Larry!!!
therut
March 22nd, 2012
10:14 am
Smart-Smart move. thanks for everything Chipper!
Heisenberg
March 22nd, 2012
10:14 am
2012 mission statement…….Win one for the Chipper.
ATLBrave
March 22nd, 2012
10:14 am
New Manager?
iliketacos
March 22nd, 2012
10:14 am
Beat the rush, Larry. Pack up your locker and get out now!!!!!!! But we know you won’t be in a hurry to leave, you can’t even hustle to first base on a grounder!!!!!! Good Ridance!!!!!!!
slugger
March 22nd, 2012
10:15 am
JS your an idiot.
I saw sid slide
March 22nd, 2012
10:15 am
Your the best chipper… Thanks
Smitty
March 22nd, 2012
10:15 am
To do list….
Paint sign to show retired #10
Make cast for statue outside of stadium
Make cast for bronze bust in Cooperstown
Change name of “Ted” to “The house that Chipper and Bobby built”
R
March 22nd, 2012
10:15 am
Cooperstown may soon be calling you, Larry.
CrαZy
March 22nd, 2012
10:15 am
Me too Brian!!
David Tulis
March 22nd, 2012
10:16 am
Thanks to Chipper for his skill, service and community involvement as a Brave-what an awesome run!
And hats off to the Braves for keeping Chipper in Atlanta as one of the team’s key faces through the 90’s, 2000’s and 2010’s!
mattie fagan
March 22nd, 2012
10:16 am
Promises, promises.
therut
March 22nd, 2012
10:16 am
Don’t ever forget, although he made tons of money, he could have gotten even more by going elsewhere.
Random Braves Commenter on DOB Blog
March 22nd, 2012
10:16 am
Wait….he’s still playing?
Hooters!
March 22nd, 2012
10:16 am
Taking up a roster space, he should have quit a year or two ago.
Bubba
March 22nd, 2012
10:16 am
This is the most idiotic thing. You media hounds push and push until you get an answer. The season hasn’t even started yet and you just want him to say he will retire. Let the season play out.. it’s a long way to October and what if the Braves go deep in the playoffs and Chipper wants one more run at it.. Do you really want this guy to be a Brett Farvre and continue to change his mind on an hourly basis. Chipper is a class act.. Do what you need to do Chipper.. You’ve earned the right to make your own CHOICE! I love you man!!
Rick
March 22nd, 2012
10:16 am
Tell them one thing for me coach. “Let’s win one for the Chipper.”
Fred
March 22nd, 2012
10:17 am
Good for you Chipper! Glad to see a class act till the end! I am glad you are announcing now so the league can give you the farewell tour you deserve. (I am sure the Met’s especially will be glad to see you go
)
Thanks for all the wonderful memories. I hope 2012 will give you one more World Series ring!
richbrave
March 22nd, 2012
10:18 am
CHIPPER……….what’s to be said. You were among the very best of an elite group of BRAVES players throughout the history of American professional baseball. I have been most fortunate to be witness to many of them, EDDIE MATHEWS, WARREN SPAHN, LEW BURDETTE, HANK AARON, DALE MURPHY, TOM GLAVINE, GREG MADDUX, JOHN SMOLTZ BRIAN MCCANN, and CHIPPER JONES.
Thanx for the memories. Thanx for giving up your body. Here’s to healing up, and continuing with the BRAVES as a batting coach. Sure wish you’d give private lessons. I’d love for my grandson’s to receive one.
bravesgrl4life
March 22nd, 2012
10:18 am
Has there been any other player that spent his entire career with the Braves? Chipper is the last link to the 1995 Championship Team. His retirement will mean the end of a Braves era, just like Bobby’s did a couple of years ago.
Thank you, Chipper, for giving us so many years of good baseball. I will be there the night #10 is retired, and will be in Cooperstown when you go in on your first ballot.
Random Braves Commenter on DOB Blog
March 22nd, 2012
10:18 am
Could have gotten more money? What is this Saint Chipper? The Braves paid him serious money, where winning at the time and he was playing for one of the best managers in the history of baseball who drafted in out of high school. Please stop with the semantics.
"G"
March 22nd, 2012
10:18 am
CHIPPER…I would tell my wife all the time that you are the “MAN” Now you can be the BRAVES hitting coach with you smooth swing. PEACE MY BROTHER!
tenaciousd
March 22nd, 2012
10:18 am
Over/under 100 losses this season? It will be very close.
Ray
March 22nd, 2012
10:19 am
Thanks Chipper. Stay by the phone. Cooperstown will be calling shortly.
beachcomber
March 22nd, 2012
10:19 am
Face of the Braves. Modified contract to allow us to keep other stars. Moved to LF to accommodate Vinny. Gutted it out through a lot of injuries. First ballot Hall of Famer. Every franchise should be so lucky to have a Chipper Jones for 19 years.
Big Chief
March 22nd, 2012
10:19 am
Thank goodness -though at least a year or two later than he should’ve retired. What to do with all that money. $27MM will come off the books between Chipper and D Lowe. Bet Liberty just pockets it though.
Alan
March 22nd, 2012
10:19 am
I know Chipper gets bashed alot on here but in this time of free agency at least he stayed with the same team. The past few seasons have not been his best but he had a great career and it will not be the same with Chipper gone. Thanks for the years, the memories, and sticking it to the Mets when the fans would holler Larry. Chipper owned Shea stadium and even named his kid Shea. Good luck Chipper you will be missed
Ryan
March 22nd, 2012
10:19 am
We’ll miss you HOSS. What a ride.
Mert
March 22nd, 2012
10:19 am
A class act that will be missed. A great example of a team player!
BigTimeTECHFan
March 22nd, 2012
10:20 am
Wow, I remember him coming up out of the farm system as the next great SS in baseball. Then the injury to the knee was supposed to kill his career, then the move to outfield, 3rd, OF, 3rd The pennant run against the Mets when he carried the Braves (with good pitching).
For sure an All-Time great Brave, would be great to see him retire with 1 more great year, MVP…………………World Series……………………
bravesgrl4life
March 22nd, 2012
10:20 am
Smitty
March 22nd, 2012
10:15 am
To do list….
Paint sign to show retired #10
Make cast for statue outside of stadium
Make cast for bronze bust in Cooperstown
Change name of “Ted” to “The house that Chipper and Bobby built”
That’s a bittersweet to-do list there. I really like the last item. Without those two, who knows how many of us would be fans?
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
March 22nd, 2012
10:20 am
Wow, I’m stunned and yet not surprised. Most of us kind of expected that the end was near, but it’s still a shock to the system. Lord am I gonna miss seeing Chipper in uniform, and yes, it has been one hell of a privilege to have seen his entire career.
Artie
March 22nd, 2012
10:21 am
He’s several years past due!!!
SSIgator
March 22nd, 2012
10:22 am
And so the final act of the Cox & Friends era is about to play out. Maybe after this year they will change the motto of the team: The Atlanta Braves – Do Less With More
therut
March 22nd, 2012
10:22 am
Got to thinking about this. Didn’t M.Jordan, Bill Elliott, Mark Martin, (15-20 boxers) and tons of other football and basketball players retire and then renege? Chipper don’t be one of those.
Dawg '88
March 22nd, 2012
10:22 am
to the ones making light of this situation and making fun of Chipper or making other derogatory remarks…GET A LIFE and QUit bothering to be here. You must be one bored/ignorant/unintelligent lot!
IjIj or whoever you are and Larry’s 1st….well you know….go take a long walk on a short pier….stupid/ignorant knownothings!
Chipper Jones
Hall of Fame 2017!
Charlie
March 22nd, 2012
10:22 am
Chipper,
You have been my all-time favorite Brave. Congrats on a wonderful career. I wish you the best.
TDC
March 22nd, 2012
10:23 am
YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kathy
March 22nd, 2012
10:23 am
My heart is heavy today. We all knew this day was coming, but it still hurts to read/hear that this is it for him. He’s been a part of my life every summer night since he came to the Braves and I’ll miss his beautiful swing, his leadership, his infectious smile, and the way he talks out of one side of his mouth. See you in Cooperstown in 5 years, Chipper! Thanks for the memories!
zgoldatl
March 22nd, 2012
10:24 am
Im 25 & an Atlanta native, so I grew up on Chipper Jones. As a current season ticket holder, and a lifelong fan, I want to say, thank you Chipper for all the memories. Let’s make a few more this year.
Eric
March 22nd, 2012
10:24 am
Haters gonna hate. Typical comments.
Here’s to one final year. Will be sure to make the drive to a game this season.
perk
March 22nd, 2012
10:24 am
helluva ball player!
braves hawk
March 22nd, 2012
10:24 am
Lets give a hip hip hurra for the Chip!!! Well done man!! Next the HOF and Cooperstown
Met Fan
March 22nd, 2012
10:24 am
FINALLY!
Charles
March 22nd, 2012
10:24 am
Class and loyalty –traits not often seen in today’s players. But Chipper is a throw back to the players who played because they like to play. Glad he is going to be a Brave for life, going out on his terms and will be around to help other future Braves. Now he can go ahead and enjoy the season ahead. Go Braves
MJ
March 22nd, 2012
10:25 am
My childhood baseball days have just come to an end.
don
March 22nd, 2012
10:25 am
his announcement is a year or two late in coming.
therut
March 22nd, 2012
10:26 am
How could I have left out Brett Farve?
Dawg '88
March 22nd, 2012
10:27 am
Artie….”several years past due”.
You mean like the year he won the batting title?
Really…do you have any facts or knowledge of baseball to back up that comment? Of course not!
Who would have taken his place and produced numbers that would have made a difference? No answer right?
Find another place to bore someone
Buzz Capra Was The Best
March 22nd, 2012
10:27 am
Thanks for the memories Chipper. Too bad for the injuries or he would have had 500 homers, but I think he’s a lock for the Hall of Fame.
bravesgrl4life
March 22nd, 2012
10:28 am
I hope Chipper goes out there this year and tears it up to shut up all the haters. Give ‘em hell, Hoss!
WinOne4theChipper!!!!!
March 22nd, 2012
10:28 am
Win one for the Chipper!!!!!!
You are a class act and will be missed! Thank you for your many years of Atlanta Braves Excitement! I hope to see you back in ‘13 and many more years as a permanent Braves fixture. I would like to see you return as our hitting coach and later as manager of the Atlanta Braves!
I hope we can send you out with a 2012 World Series Champion!
God bless you Chipper!
Geo. from Augusta!
jch
March 22nd, 2012
10:28 am
Good for Chipper announcing it now and controlling how he finishes his career. This allows the team an entire season to prepare.
Not sure about the new hitting coach but sure would love to see Chipper involved in this in some way.
Finally
March 22nd, 2012
10:28 am
It’s about damn time! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. BUH BYE!
Jesus
March 22nd, 2012
10:28 am
Truly a sad day in the history of the Atlanta Braves. I can easily say he will forever be my favorite Brave of all time. Thank you Mr. Jones for all of the memories. I cannot wait to see you in the HOF in five years.
And to all of you haters I’ll say this: You wish you could have been as productive in your life at something for 20 years. All of you make your comments to feel better about your miserable little lives. It’s fans like you that don’t go to games and only critize but never praise. Go and cheer for a NY team because we don’t need you.
jch
March 22nd, 2012
10:29 am
Tickets for the last few home games just got REALLY scarce!
Notso Fast
March 22nd, 2012
10:29 am
Chipper has been a good one. I’m glad we know when he is leaving and the Braves can start getting his replacement ready. No worry about his at bats this year to qualify for another contract. Thank you Chipper.
TDC
March 22nd, 2012
10:29 am
Artie
March 22nd, 2012
10:21 am
He’s several years past due!!!
co-sign
WinOne4theChipper!!!!!
March 22nd, 2012
10:30 am
Correction, “I hope we can send you out as a 2012 World Champion”
Rusty
March 22nd, 2012
10:30 am
Hopefully the role he will be playing after this year is as hitting coach or at least a position where he will be around to help guys who are struggling.
Maybe he’ll be able to stay healthy and end his career with a .300 season w/ a bunch of big hits and homers….
SSIgator
March 22nd, 2012
10:30 am
bravesgrl4life and Kathy -
Do you two work at the same Hooters?
ncgary
March 22nd, 2012
10:31 am
in an ever changing world
here is one more cataclysmic event to have to deal with
go braves
go chipper
Josh
March 22nd, 2012
10:32 am
“iliketacos” – you sir (or ma’am) are a moron.
ncgary
March 22nd, 2012
10:32 am
ncscoots
word of the day
cataclysmic
joe
March 22nd, 2012
10:32 am
Gee, what are we going to do without a .270 hitter with almost no power left batting in the 3 hole next year. wonder if we can find something constructive to do with that $15 millon dollars ?
john1010
March 22nd, 2012
10:33 am
Thanks for the memories, Chipper! I hope this last year goes well for you!
Kathy
March 22nd, 2012
10:34 am
SSIgator, ignorant sexist comments become you
VP
March 22nd, 2012
10:34 am
I will punch any clown who comments negatively towards about Chipper Jones. He is the one true Brave in my opinion. Was willing to take pay cuts, change position for inferior players. Always a team first player. Goodbye Larry Wayne Jones, we will miss you.
wjones
March 22nd, 2012
10:35 am
Thank God that Chipper will replace Rick Camp as the greatest Brave to spend his entire career with the team. Shame we didn’t do that for Hank, Warren, Eddie, or Phil, but at least we finally got a good player as our top lifelong player. Congrats on one fine career, Chipper—now let’s make this last Chapter the best one yet!
meh
March 22nd, 2012
10:35 am
I’m gonna miss hearing “chopper to Chipper”.
Mister Frisky
March 22nd, 2012
10:35 am
Too bad Chippers last season will be spent in last place.
John
March 22nd, 2012
10:36 am
It won’t feel right watching the Braves next season without #10 in the lineup. I hope he goes out with a bang this season.
brenlu
March 22nd, 2012
10:36 am
Most of these comments have been warm and fuzzy with thanks to someone who has given his all to the Braves. Chipper has been such fun to watch. He has been willing to restructure his contracts and make a position move in order to help the team and to play his entire career with the Braves which is rare in this age of “give me the money and more of it”. Yes, he’s gotten older and his body, not his love of the game, is telling him it’s time to go, but for those of you with the “what have you done for me lately” attitude who can’t appreciate what Chipper has meant to the Braves, find another team to watch. You’d fit right in with the New York-Boston-Philadelphia crowds!!!
Amber
March 22nd, 2012
10:36 am
1st ballot HOF, class act, now please come back as the hitting coach!!
randy cason
March 22nd, 2012
10:37 am
adios,and dont let the door hit you on the ass on the way out
kerryb
March 22nd, 2012
10:38 am
You know, it doesn’t matter what you write a blog about. It won’t take long for the classless idiots to come out. The guy has had a great HOF career but that doesn’t matter to some morons that have accomplished nothing in their own worthless lives.
bravesgrl4life
March 22nd, 2012
10:38 am
S SIgator – I have more “hooters” than most of the girls they have at Hooters these days.
And I don’t take anyone with “gator” in his name seriously.
richbrave
March 22nd, 2012
10:38 am
joe:
Yeah joe, a guy with 18 HR’s in each of the last two seasons. pretty pathetic huh?
Puppet Please
March 22nd, 2012
10:38 am
Chipper, great career….but for what you were making you hung on too long. Your salary and inablility to play more than 120 games really hamstrung the front office from getting a quality bat to improve the middle of the lineup. We’ve had the pitching to win a title if we had the hitting.
njbraves
March 22nd, 2012
10:38 am
If you’re talking trash about Chipper Jones today, you’re not a Braves fan. The guy has been the face of the franchise and it’s best player for almost 20 years. He has restructured his contract several times to help the Braves and always left money on the table to stay in Atlanta. A truly great Brave, and a lock HOF’er. If you can’t see and appreciate what this guy has done for the Braves, you really are lost. All the best to Chipper, thanks for everything you’ve done in baseball.
SSIgator
March 22nd, 2012
10:38 am
Kathy -
A little sensitive today are we? It was just a question.
wjones
March 22nd, 2012
10:38 am
I see you haters have finally gone and done it, and made Jesus mad. I guess he put you in your place, huh? If Jesus says Chipper is his favorite Brave, that’s plenty good enough for me!
yoursporthouse.com
March 22nd, 2012
10:39 am
Good, maybe we can get a 3B now that will play more than 80 games in a season. Chipper hasn’t been clutch since 2000 and hasn’t played a full season. He has not had a big hit for us in a meaningful game in years. The Braves kept him because all you hear at each game is cheers for Chipper and people buying his shirts and jerseys. So the team made money off him. Atlanta teams always keep and pay the players they shouldn’t (Chipper, Matt Ryan, Joe Johnson, Marvin Williams) and trade the ones they shouldn’t have traded (Dominique, Deion Sanders, Jermaine Dye).
mark
March 22nd, 2012
10:39 am
Thanks, Chipper, for a ton of great memories.
SpideyMatt
March 22nd, 2012
10:40 am
Nothin’ left to do now but just win the whole freakin’ thing.
John Fogerty
March 22nd, 2012
10:41 am
Put me in coach, I’m ready to play – today
Yeah C’mon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Fogerty
March 22nd, 2012
10:41 am
Put me in coach, I’m ready to play – today
Yeah C’mon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BravesfaninWis
March 22nd, 2012
10:41 am
Good in the sense that we can use that money to get younger and hopefully more productive at 3rd base, but bad because Chipper is a Braves icon. Hopefully he will be a hitting coach or something on those lines very soon.
John Fogerty
March 22nd, 2012
10:41 am
Put me in coach, I’m ready to play – today
Yeah C’mon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
coachx
March 22nd, 2012
10:41 am
Thanks for all the fond memories Chipper.
One of the greatest of all time and without question a LEGEND.
Brave for life ! You have to respect the man.
yoursporthouse.com
March 22nd, 2012
10:41 am
When the Braves won the World Series, Chipper was hurt. Just stating the facts.
Al
March 22nd, 2012
10:42 am
Hope he hits 46 homers this year to get to 500
Ralph
March 22nd, 2012
10:42 am
Now he can ride the bench the entire season if he wants too and doesn’t have to worry about those 123 games and still draw his 14 million.
The Great One
March 22nd, 2012
10:43 am
Greatest Atlanta Braves of All-Time in rank: Aaron, Maddux, Niekro, Chipper, Murph
smilesga
March 22nd, 2012
10:43 am
Thanks for the memories Chipper, and I look forward to the new memories you will make on the field this season. Glad to know you’ll retire as a Brave and hope to stay with the organization!
splendid splinter
March 22nd, 2012
10:44 am
It had to happen. Chipper has been a great ballpayer and 3rd sacker (probable HOF), but his time is over. I’ve seen Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Dale Murphy, Greg Madddox, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz – all leave the game. It happens to everybody. And it happens best when it is on your own terms and they don’t have to run you off.
Turtsnap
March 22nd, 2012
10:44 am
One helluva baseball player. You will be missed Larry Wayne Jr.
David O'Brien
March 22nd, 2012
10:44 am
Here’s a newer story (another will be written after Chipper’s press conference)
Chipper Jones to retire after 2012 season, future HOF spent entire career with Braves
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/03/22/chipper-jones-to-retire-after-2012-season/
John Fogerty
March 22nd, 2012
10:44 am
Maybe the organization can finally get rid of the “Crazy Train” soundbite. You would think the tape would be worn out by now.
SnakeFish
March 22nd, 2012
10:44 am
Eddie Murray has more home runs as switch hitter, making Chipper third.
SSIgator
March 22nd, 2012
10:44 am
bravesgrl4life -
“I have more “hooters” than most of the girls they have at Hooters these days”
Are you bragging or complaining? And does this mean that you work at one or not? Just curious. The Gimper has a diverse fan base.
Moylan Prado
March 22nd, 2012
10:44 am
All aboard the Crazy Train to Cooperstown in 2018!
Thank you Chipper for all the memories!
Braves fan in maine
March 22nd, 2012
10:45 am
Thank you Chipper for all the great memories……. really gonna miss ya hopefully you can take over for fredi who I think is a waste and should have never been hired
panamajack
March 22nd, 2012
10:45 am
Now he can take all the time off he wants too this year and get that deer stand built.
cowdogit
March 22nd, 2012
10:45 am
That Buzzard living on the light pole, followed the trail of dead animals to Chipper Jones third base area.
VABravesFan
March 22nd, 2012
10:45 am
Sad to see you go Chipper – hard to remember Braves baseball without you. You’ve carried this team for more than a decade – guess it’s time to hand the reigns down to BMac. Thanks for sticking it out for one more year – it’s gonna be a good one.
Manuel DeJesus Rodriguez III
March 22nd, 2012
10:45 am
Hooters all across the country are putting their waitresses on full alert.
yoursporthouse.com
March 22nd, 2012
10:45 am
Al,
I hope so too, maybe if he has some of that stuff that Ryan Braun has, he may be able to.
kerryb
March 22nd, 2012
10:46 am
These same idiots griping about Chipper Jones trying to help the team the last couple of years would have griped about Mickey Mantle playing an extra couple of years thinking he had something still to offer. Morons!
Damon Barryhill
March 22nd, 2012
10:46 am
Batting coach!
MONK ATL
March 22nd, 2012
10:46 am
bravesgrl4life could not have said it better!!! Thanks #10 for all the Memories, your place as one of
the all time Great Braves and your future H .O. F. Induction is all but set in stone. Glad to hear you
want to stay in the Braves organization after this Final farewell Season. Go Chipper and Go Braves!!!
dap01
March 22nd, 2012
10:46 am
Thanks for letting us watch the best 3rd baseman ever.
steve
March 22nd, 2012
10:47 am
It has been a privilege to watch you play, Chipper. Thank you
richbrave
March 22nd, 2012
10:47 am
Braves fan in maine
March 22nd, 2012
10:45 am
“……….Thank you Chipper for all the great memories……. really gonna miss ya hopefully you can take over for fredi who I think is a waste and should have never been hired………..”
Boo-Yah. Blow it up!
SAB
March 22nd, 2012
10:47 am
Chipper will be missed. Thanks Chipper!
bustersonly
March 22nd, 2012
10:48 am
Prado just became our full time 3rd baseman, who’s going to play left field now that we are down to a 24 man roster?
Moylan Prado
March 22nd, 2012
10:48 am
Last home games of the season are against the Mets.
lovethebraves
March 22nd, 2012
10:48 am
Thanks for the memories Chipper! come back as a hitting coach!
jeffrey d
March 22nd, 2012
10:49 am
Gee, what are we going to do without a .270 hitter with almost no power left batting in the 3 hole next year
You’re complaining about a .275 average (.344 OBP), “almost no power” of 33 doubles and 18 homeruns?
I’m not too sure why there’s so much hate for Chipper from people who claim to be Braves fans. He’s been productive for the Braves as recent as…last year.
anonymous
March 22nd, 2012
10:49 am
well well, another big farewell celebratory thingy that will be scheduled smack dab in the middle of the race for that second wild card. And just like last season, the Braves will fall FLAT and miss out on the playoffs. But hey! the special day for chipper will be fantastic and all that these Braves fans and this organization really wants done right!
kerryb
March 22nd, 2012
10:49 am
The last couple of years Mickey Mantle played in 1967 and 68 he played in about as many games as Chipper and had a worse batting average and stats than Chipper. He also had bad knees by that time but I bet you didn’t hear Yankees fans making the same idiotic comments about him that you read on here.
julie07
March 22nd, 2012
10:50 am
Roscoe P.
March 22nd, 2012
10:51 am
Damn quitter !!
John Fogerty
March 22nd, 2012
10:51 am
da dah
da dah
da duh
aye aye aye
Joan
March 22nd, 2012
10:51 am
Thanks Chipper for all you have done for the Braves and given your time to make all of us enjoy baseball. May your years ahead be happy ones and you achieve what God has in store for you to do.
milesarcher33
March 22nd, 2012
10:51 am
Thanks for giving the Braves Nation a Hall of Fame career. Without you, those 14 pennants wouldn’t be hanging on Turner Field’s walls.
kerryb
March 22nd, 2012
10:52 am
bustersonly
March 22nd, 2012
10:48 am
Prado just became our full time 3rd baseman, who’s going to play left field now that we are down to a 24 man roster?
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Joey T will be our next 3rd baseman not Prado. My guess is after the season the Braves will trade Prado and go after a big bat in LF with the money they are not paying Chipper anymore.
Larvell Blanks
March 22nd, 2012
10:52 am
Closely behind Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray as the best switch-hitter ever to play the game
If you think Chipper is behind Murray, you’re crazy. Chipper’s OPS is a hundred points higher (.935 vs. .836). His slugging percentage is much higher (.533 vs. .476). And he has played a much more difficult defensive position.
More to the point, why is it relevant to compare Chipper to other switch-hitters at all, rather than to all hitters? The point of switch-hitting is to make you a better hitter than you would be from just one side — otherwise, you’d just stay right- or left-handed. It’s not like you say, “Well, he doesn’t hit very well, but he does it from both sides of the plate, so that’s OK!”
PMC
March 22nd, 2012
10:52 am
Thanks 10, Thanks.
Efrim
March 22nd, 2012
10:53 am
Sucks about Chipper. I was hoping he would stay as long as possible. My favorite Brave. But at least he can have a farewell tour. He deserves it. Oh well.
In terms of salary structure, if Hudson doesn’t come back strong and the Braves decide to go with “kids” next year and trade Jurrjens/don’t exercise Huddy’s option, we’re talking a rotation of Hanson, Beachy, Minor, Teheran and Delgado. And guaranteed salaries once McCann’s option is picked up will be Mac at 12 million and Uggla at 13.2 million. Those are the only guarantees.
iliketacos
March 22nd, 2012
10:53 am
Come on Josh….the only time he ran to first base, he blew out his knee.
enough already
March 22nd, 2012
10:53 am
Alot of people have a man crush on Larry (Hooter) Jones. Have at it.
Mark in ATL
March 22nd, 2012
10:54 am
Chip and I are same age…sucks getting old
yoursporthouse.com
March 22nd, 2012
10:54 am
kerryb,
Your comments are idiotic. Mickey Mantle won championships on the field, Chipper did not. Chipper was hurt when the Braves won in ‘95. Dude has padded his stats by not playing many games, and has not had a big hit in a big game since 2000 vs the Mets.
Steve
March 22nd, 2012
10:56 am
Did you hear that collective roar??? Thats the sound of Mets fans finally having something to cheer about!!
JoeFan
March 22nd, 2012
10:56 am
Probably should have called it quits last season. Lets hope he his an asset this year and not just taking up a spot on the bench. Rather have seen him go out on top than on injured reserve.
kerryb
March 22nd, 2012
10:57 am
yoursporthouse.com
March 22nd, 2012
10:54 am
kerryb,
Your comments are idiotic. Mickey Mantle won championships on the field, Chipper did not. Chipper was hurt when the Braves won in ‘95. Dude has padded his stats by not playing many games, and has not had a big hit in a big game since 2000 vs the Mets.
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You are a complete and utter moron. You shouldn’t even be allowed to post because you have absolutely no clue as to what you are talking about. Chipper Jones played in 1995, he hurt his knee in spring training in 1994. Chipper was the starting 3rd baseman in the 1995 World Series. I know because I was there when they won it that night. What a moron.
Admiral
March 22nd, 2012
10:57 am
A first ballot hall of famer and a living legend. Thanks, Chipper.
panamajack
March 22nd, 2012
10:57 am
kerryb
March 22nd, 2012
10:52 am
I was talking about this year, Joey won’t be on the team this year and Chipper will be building his deer stand.
Reality Check
March 22nd, 2012
10:57 am
He hasn’t been relevant for years. Leave today and make room for someone who cares about winning. He is a loser and he plays for a loser. Perfect match …
yoursporthouse.com
March 22nd, 2012
10:57 am
Mantle holds all-time WORLD SERIES records for home runs (18), runs scored (42), and runs batted in (40). WORLD SERIES, not regular season in June vs the Nationals. WORLD SERIES RECORDS!!
JBird
March 22nd, 2012
10:58 am
Chris, Did DOB retire too? In honor of both I will be retiring at the end of the year. Sixty is the new 40 :@)
JoeFan
March 22nd, 2012
10:58 am
Lets hope that Joey T. is ready and the Braves fill one or more OF spots with productive bats with the extra money.
yoursporthouse.com
March 22nd, 2012
10:59 am
kerryb,
Did Chipper Jones win the World Series? By the way, I was there too and he didn’t do anything, that’s why I didn’t think he was there.
P Rose
March 22nd, 2012
10:59 am
Check back for more developments as this story unfolds, as Chipper changes his mind back and forth again throughout the season!
BRETT SHEPHERD
March 22nd, 2012
10:59 am
its about time…GO LA DODGERS. THE LAST BRAVES PLAYER THAT ACTUALLY PLAYED AT FULTON COUNTY STADIUM…GOOD LUCK CHIPPER
wjones
March 22nd, 2012
11:00 am
“yoursporthouse.com
March 22nd, 2012
10:41 am
When the Braves won the World Series, Chipper was hurt. Just stating the facts.”
Check your “facts” before “stating” them, bozo. Chipper was second in ROY vote that year, next to Nomo, who had been playing in Japan for years. Batted third. Drove in 86 runs. But please don’t let the facts get in the way of stating them.