Former University of Cincinnati Bearcats baseball and Springboro High School standout Tony Campana announced his retirement after playing parts of four Major League Baseball seasons and concluding his career in the Mexican League.
From Campana via Twitter:
Campana hit .249 with one homer, 16 RBIs and 66 stolen bases in 477 MLB plate appearances for the Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angels between 2011 and 2014. He was caught stealing just nine times.
Campana played in the Mexican League from 2018 until he was released by Leones de Yucatán late last week.
Campana signed a minor-league deal with the Chicago White Sox in Nov. 2014 but suffered a torn ACL before the start of Spring Training .
His only career homer was an inside-the-park home run that came at Wrigley Field against the Cincinnati Reds' Mike Leake on August 5, 2011. In 32 at-bats against the Reds, Campana hit .375 with an OPS of .925.
Campana had 54 stolen bases - with just 347 plate appearances - over two seasons for the Cubs. He was drafted by the Cubs in the 13th round (401st overall) of the 2008 MLB Draft. He holds the UC records for stolen bases in a career (104), season (60) and single game (6), per gobearcats.com .
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