{"id":557486,"date":"2026-02-06T08:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/557486\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:23:33","slug":"former-dodgers-outfielder-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/557486\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Dodgers Outfielder Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder David Peralta officially retired from baseball via Instagram on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to formally announce my retirement from baseball,\u201d Peralta wrote via his Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank God for all of the blessings he has given me, for giving me the best parents and sisters who always supported me. For my wonderful wife and beautiful kids who were always with me and supported me unconditionally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the Arizona Diamondbacks organization for making my dreams come true, believing in me and giving me the opportunity to play the best baseball in the world \u2013 MLB. I also want to thank all of the other organizations that were a part of my career; Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to Dave McKay for making me a Gold Glover, and thank you to Jose Amado for making me a Silver Slugger. And of course, thank you to all of the fans were always so special with me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a lot of years of hard work, dedication and discipline, and I can now say with my head up that \u2018I did it.\u2019 The Freight Train has reached his final destination \u2013 HOME. Thank You BASEBALL!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Did David Peralta Play for the Dodgers?<\/p>\n<p>Peralta joined the Dodgers on a one-year, $6.5 million deal ahead of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He played 133 games for the Dodgers during the season, posting a .675 OPS with seven home runs and 55 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder David Peralta with the team in 2023.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ce9f2e2683f23bf43645f2320fa9af81.jpeg\"\/>Oct 7, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder David Peralta (6) hits a double against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the second inning for game one of the NLDS for the 2023 MLB playoffs at <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dodger-stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dodger Stadium;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dodger Stadium<\/a>. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>Peralta spent most of his time in MLB in the NL West, spending nine seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks before heading to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2022. After leaving the Dodgers, he also played for the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n<p>The outfielder didn\u2019t sign with an MLB team ahead of the 2025 season, and most recently featured for Bravos de Margarita in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.<\/p>\n<p>In his career, Peralta hit 125 home runs and recorded 569 RBIs, and had a Silver Slugger and Gold Glove award.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers Nation wishes David Peralta the best in his retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder David Peralta officially retired from baseball via Instagram on Wednesday. \u201cI want to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,20780,38,57,4,18,5706,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-557486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-david-peralta","13":"tag-diamondbacks","14":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-san-diego-padres","17":"tag-silver-slugger","18":"tag-tampa-bay-rays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116022730052881874","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}