Braves third baseman Chipper Jones announces he will retire at the end of the upcoming 2012 season.

Jones was the overall number one selection in the Major League Draft in 1990 and has played his entire career with the Braves. 
He currently has  a .304 career batting average, with 454 home runs, 526 doubles and 1,561 RBIs. 

Jones and Anaheim Angels first baseman Albert Pujols are the only two active players to hit at least 400 career homers and still have more walks than strikeouts.  He finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 1995 and was the NL MVP  1999. He has been named to seven NL All-Star teams and  the only switch hitter in Major League history to post a .300 career average with more than 300 homers, and his career batting average ranks second all-time among switch hitters, and his home run total ranks third among all switch hitters.

The Braves and Jones have expressed interest in rejoining the organization in a yet-to-be-determined capacity after 2012.