After rehabbing with Pirates the past 13 months, pitcher Tom Koehler retires
Veteran pitcher Tom Koehler announced his retirement Monday, 2 ½ years after throwing his final regular-season pitch and 13 months after joining the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
The 33-year-old right-hander pitched for six seasons for the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays before shoulder injuries struck during 2018 spring training while with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Koehler signed with the Pirates in February 2019 and spent the year rehabbing with the organization.
Koehler made the announcement via a post to his verified Instagram account.
“Thank You (baseball) you have been great to me,” Koehler wrote. “Looking forward to starting my next chapter in the game. (I don’t know) when or what that will be. But first I have some 5 year old softball to watch.”
Koehler went 36-55 with a 4.39 ERA over 161 games (133 starts) in the majors.
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Chris Adamski is a TribLive reporter who has covered primarily the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2014 following two seasons on the Penn State football beat. A Western Pennsylvania native, he joined the Trib in 2012 after spending a decade covering Pittsburgh sports for other outlets. He can be reached at cadamski@triblive.com.
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