Melvin Mora has elected to hang up the cleats for the final time and retire, Rafael Rojas Cremonesi of Meridiano Deportes reports.

Mora signed with the Diamondbacks prior to this last season, but was never able to establish his game and was subsequently released in June.

In 41 games with the Diamondbacks this season, Mora was hitting 230/.246/.278 with 0 home runs and 16 RBIs.

In his career, Mora totaled 1503 hits and 171 homers, while posting a .277 avg in  1556 games or 5422 at-bats.

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