Stone Garrett, who played 118 games over parts of three seasons for the Washington Nationals and Arizona Diamondbacks, announced his retirement Tuesday via Instagram.
“My time as a baseball player has come to an end. I am forever grateful for the journey the game of baseball took me on,” he wrote. “From playing in cities you’d never think of visiting (for better and worse). To traveling across the world and experiencing different cultures.
“To my parents who gave me their unwavering support and the resources to succeed from day one, thank you. To my friends who kept me humble no matter what level I was playing at, thank you. To my teammates, coaches, and trainers who pushed me to be the best competitor I was capable of being, thank you.
“I look forward to using the discipline and habits I’ve acquired throughout my career to make it to the “top” in whatever the next chapter holds. The reward was the journey not the destination.”
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Garrett, 29, retires with a career batting average of .276, a .341 on-base percentage, and a .492 slugging percentage. He hit 14 home runs and collected 53 RBIs in 118 games.
After appearing in just two major league games last year with the Nats, and another 71 in Triple-A, Garrett left for the KBO, the top league in Korea. He played 22 games in the 2025 regular season with the Kiwoom Heroes, slashing .241/280/.310.
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Originally drafted by the Marlins in the eighth round of the 2014 MLB draft, Garrett reached the Double-A level in 2019, then signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as a free agent in March 2021.
Garrett got his first taste of the big leagues in 2022, when he appeared in 27 games with Arizona and slashed .276/.309/.539. He signed with the Nationals as a free agent in November 2022.
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