Left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Sunday via social media, ending a 12-year career that included a World Series championship with the Texas Rangers in 2023. The 34-year-old reflected on his achievements, including three Roberto Clemente Award nominations and playing alongside baseball's greats. He expressed gratitude to his family, teammates, and fans while shifting focus to his role as a husband and father.
Andrew Heaney, a left-handed starting pitcher, made his retirement official on December 28, 2025, through a heartfelt social media post that featured a photo of him holding the 2023 World Series trophy. Drafted ninth overall by the Miami Marlins in 2012 after starring at Oklahoma State University, Heaney debuted in MLB with Miami in 2014 but appeared in just seven games before a trade to the Los Angeles Angels that December.
He spent the bulk of his career with the Angels from 2015 to 2021, making 102 starts with a 4.51 ERA and 593 strikeouts, though injuries like Tommy John surgery in 2016 sidelined him at times. Traded mid-2021 to the New York Yankees, he posted a 7.32 ERA in 35.2 innings before entering free agency. Heaney signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 2022, where he achieved a 3.10 ERA, then joined the Texas Rangers for 2023 and 2024.
With the Rangers, Heaney notched his first 10-win season in 2023 and earned the victory in Game 4 of the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, pitching five innings of one-run ball. That effort helped Texas secure the title, his lone championship. In 2024, he went 5-14. For 2025, Heaney signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates but struggled with a 5-10 record and 4.99 ERA, leading to his release on August 29. He then joined the Dodgers on a minor-league contract, making one appearance on September 27 against Seattle.
Across 230 appearances (208 starts) with six teams, Heaney finished with a 56-72 record, 4.57 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and 1,156 strikeouts over 1,136.2 innings. He allowed 1,113 hits, 339 walks, and 199 home runs, often challenged by the long ball. In his retirement message, Heaney wrote: "Over 10 years of Major League service time, three Roberto Clemente Award nominations, winning Game 4 of the World Series and becoming a World Series champion in 2023, playing Major League Baseball has been a unique honor and privilege."
He added: "I played with many of the greatest players of this generation... I’m humbled that I was even able to share the field with them. I was never an All-Star and definitely not a Hall of Famer, so I can only hope that I was great to each fan, player, coach, and staff member I got to be around." Looking ahead, Heaney stated: "I am now ready to return my focus and energy to being a husband, father, family man and active member of my community. I’m retiring from baseball, but I hope to give back more than I received."
