Howie Kendrick has announced his retirement from Major League Baseball after 15 seasons.

Kendrick won the 2019 NLCS MVP as the Washington Nationals marched toward a World Series title.

"To the fans, without your support and love for the game, our stage and lights would not shine as brightly as they do. Know you will be missed as well. I will always love the game of baseball and will constantly reflect on the lifelong memories made. For now, it's time to drop the mic and enter a new stage of my life," he wrote on Instagram.

Kendrick, 37, hit .275 with two home runs and 14 RBIs during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season for the Nationals. The team declined his $6.5 million mutual option for 2021 after the season, and he received a $2.25 million buyout