Ross Stripling is calling it a career.

The veteran pitcher announced his retirement Monday on Instagram, about six weeks after the Kansas City Royals released him following a monthlong tryout during spring training.

Stripling went 40-54 with a 4.17 ERA and four saves in 248 appearances with the Dodgers, Toronto, San Francisco and Oakland. The right-hander was an All-Star for the National League champion Dodgers in 2018 when he went 8-6 with a 3.02 ERA in 122 innings while bouncing between the starting rotation and the bullpen.

“After 13 seasons and full of tremendous pride and gratitude, it’s time to hang up the cleats. I never could have imagined the experiences and memories I’d be a part of. They exceeded every hope that my younger self could have dreamt for my baseball career,” Stripling wrote. “It never could have been possible without my family and friends. I also want to give a huge thank you to all my coaches and teammates over the years. I had so much love and support along the way, and I’m thankful to everyone that was a part of it in any form or fashion. All of you helped me be the best baseball player I could be. This has been an unbelievable honor, and I feel incredibly lucky to be so fulfilled and content with leaving the game behind. Now, l’m excited to be home and begin the next chapter of life with my amazing family.”

The former Texas A&M star spent four-plus seasons with the Dodgers (2016-20) before being traded to Toronto during the 2020 season. He had the best season of his career with the Blue Jays in 2022 when he posted career highs in wins (10) and innings pitched (134 1/3) and a career low in ERA (3.01). He moved on to San Francisco in 2023 and moved across the bay to Oakland in 2024.

The Royals gave him an opportunity when he signed in late February. He struggled in five spring training appearances with Kansas City, allowing 14 runs (13 earned) in eight innings of work before being released on March 23.

Stripling, selected by the Dodgers in the fifth round of the 2012 amateur draft, earned the nickname “Chicken Strip” because he used it — thanks to the urging of a teammate — on the back of his jersey during MLB Players Weekend in 2017.

The name stuck so much so that Stripling signed his retirement announcement “with love, Chicken Strip.”