Besides the great and intimidating Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman has been the top closer in baseball. I say "has been" because Hoffman has just retired from the game after 18 seasons in the Majors. Hoffman was primarily known for being the closer of the Padres from 1993-2008. For the last two seasons, he was the closer for the Milwaukee Brewers. Although Hoffman wasn't exactly considered the best closer because of Rivera's performances in the postseason, he was the most accomplished in MLB history with 601 saves. Although Rivera is just 42 saves behind him, Hoffman still will be remembered for this this amount. He has been clutch for so long but no more.
Hoffman won't be staying away from the game, though. He is going back to the Padres for some type of front office role. Looks like this future Hall of Famer still wants to be part of this game.
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