After 12-seasons in professional baseball, a former Houston Astros World Series champion is calling it a career.

The longtime outfielder spent nine seasons in Major League Baseball and won the 2017 World Series with the Houston Astros.

The 5-foot-6 rotational left fielder drafted in 2013 spent four of his nine years in the major leagues with the Houston Astros.

A fifth-round draft pick by Houston in 2013 out of Vanderbilt ... In 2017, Kemp was on the 40-man roster for the Astros, winning a World Series ring with the club. Across 739 career games ...

Despite a slow start to the season, the Houston Astros are playing some good baseball and have creeped above the .500 mark.

DeGrom shut down Houston over the course of eight innings in what was his best start in a Texas Rangers uniform.