Tim Anderson announced his retirement from baseball Monday, and the White Sox will honor him before the game Sept. 17, when the team will wear its original “Southside” City Connect uniforms.
Anderson, 33, made his announcement on a Zoom call, during which he said baseball brought him a lot of good moments but also a lot of pain. He was visibly sweating on the screen and needed to wipe his face.
“Definitely a lot of dark moments,” Anderson said. “Got to a point where I couldn’t enjoy it. You see I’m sweating. I still love the game; it just brought too much pain for me. So going back to play is not for me right now in life.”
The good moments include two All-Star Game appearances (2021, 2022), one Silver Slugger Award (2020) and one American League batting title. They also include one of the most memorable home runs in Sox history, Anderson’s walk-off homer against the Yankees in the 2021 “Field of Dreams” game.
The bad moments came later. His play began to suffer in 2023, when he hit one home run and batted .245. The Sox granted him free agency after the season. He played 65 games for the Marlins in 2024 and 31 for the Angels in 2025. Also in 2023, he shared that he had had a child out of wedlock and was working through it with his wife, Bria.
More to come …
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