After 14 major-league seasons, Juan Pierre has officially decided to retire from baseball, according to Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald. The 37-year-old did not play last year, but only now has he made it official that he will be done for good. 

The speedster stole 614 bases in his career and slashed .295/.343/.361 at the plate. Pierre added 517 RBI's, 464 walks and an impressive 167 sacrifice hits to his final resume. The outfield also impressed many with his 94 career triples and 2,217 hits over 1,994 games and 7,525 at-bats. 

Pierre only hit 18 home runs in his entire career, which just happens to be two fewer than Sammy Sosa hit during the month of June 1998. 

Pierre jumped around from the Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and the Miami Marlins. His best season came in 2003 with Florida. He was voted 10th in National League MVP voting and his team won the World Series. 

The Marlins made a trade with the Rockies to acquire Pierre and Mike Hampton, while giving up Charles Johnson, Preston Wilson, Pablo Ozuna and Vic Darensbourg. 

"A big part of it at the time was marrying him with Luis (Castillo) at the top of the lineup and having that speed component," Beinfest said. "That was a huge threat with those guys. They were disruptive. What we didn't know at the time was the type of guy we were getting, with the work ethic and attitude he brought to the ballpark. He fit like a perfect piece on that team."

The Marlins faced off against the New York Yankees in the World Series. Before the games started, the Yanks were heavily favored to win the 100th World Series. However, Josh Beckett stole the show and took home the MVP with the help of rookie Miguel Cabrera and Pierre as they guided Florida to a 4-games-to-2 series win. 

"Probably him, more than anybody else, transformed that team," Beinfest said to Spencer of the '03 Marlins.

All-in-all, Pierre did a great job of surviving the game of baseball with grit, hard work and stolen bases. 

"You talk about your favorite players and he automatically pops in your mind, because who doesn't like Juan Pierre?" Beinfest said. "Even that last year in '13, he was great. He had an opportunity to go elsewhere late that season and he wanted to stay. Part of that was family, and part of that was J.P. just being loyal, who he was."