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May 23, 2006
Mike Greenwell, who patrolled left field at Fenway Park for 12 seasons, will make his first appearance as a NASCAR driver on Saturday, at a Truck Series event at the Mansfield Motorsports Speedway in Ohio.
"I retired very early," Greenwell told the Associated Press. "I hit .297 my final year and I had 20 offers to go back and play the next year. But I wanted to go racing. I literally quit baseball so I could go racing."
The AP reports that Greenwell has been racing at the stock-car level in his home state of Florida, and has collected 37 wins.
The Gator, who is 42 years old, played for the Red Sox from 1985 to 1996. He never appeared with another club. He finished with a career batting average of .303 to go with 130 home runs.
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