April 1, 2011
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(AP) -- Veteran outfielder Randy Winn is retiring after 13 major league seasons.
The 36-year-old Winn was granted his release by the Baltimore Orioles on Monday after signing a minor league deal with the club in early February.
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The well-traveled Winn is a career .284 hitter with 110 home runs and 662 RBIs in 1,717 games with Tampa Bay, Seattle, the Giants, the New York Yankees and St. Louis. He announced his retirement plans in a phone interview with The Associated Press from his home in the Tampa, Fla., area.
Winn, who played college basketball alongside NBA star Steve Nash after walking on at Santa Clara before making the switch to baseball, was selected in the third round of the 1995 draft by the Florida Marlins.